Mexican Tortilla Soup

For the last and final day of the marathon, here is my another favorite 'Mexican (Chicken) Tortilla soup' Another hearty and wholesome soup which can be called a full meal. Made with chicken and black beans, topped with crispy tortilla chips, this one is a sure hit in the winters. Add or minus more veggies, add a avocado and its just becomes more healthy...nothing can go wrong with that. Not a very difficult soup to create and you can always...

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Simple and Easy Cucumber Salad

Today recipe for the 6th day of the blogging marathon, is probably the easiest one since I started blogging....not that most of the recipe are not easy, but this one beats all hands down!! With just one main ingredients and rest of the items which are always stacked in the pantry, it makes for quick easy crunchy salad...now who can beat that! ?? lol.... Now this is not only a quick salad, but if your kids love to eat cucumber, you could try it...

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Indianized Vegetable Soup with Lentils

Another hearty soup I love and eat like a whole meal is lentil soup. This is also a wintry soup which is full of good stuff, like protein and nutritious veggies. With the winter slowly coming upon us, its always good to have such soups for a light dinner at nights. this soup also freezes well, so you can make a big batch of it and freeze it for a quick meal during weekdays. Have it with a piece of warm baguette or french bread, for a...

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Pasta Salad with Tomato-Lime Dressing

For the 4th day of the blogging marathon, I am posting a very yummy pasta salad. I favor pasta salads, even if I see one in a buffet. I cannot but help take a serving of it! I don't mind even if it has a creamy base or like this one just a oil base. With all the veggies added to it, it becomes a whole meal by itself. It surely is good to go as a side dish and what better is that it is a cold salad and can be prepared few hours to a day ahead....

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Happy Deepawali 2011 with homemade sweets from me to you virtually! :)

HAPPY DEEPAWALI TO EVERYONE!!!...MAY THE DARKNESS BE DIMINISHED IN YOUR LIVES AND ONLY LIGHT AND BRIGHTNESS WITH JOY BE FILLED!!! Here are the sweets I made this year...please accept it virtually ...from my family to yours!!!.. Enjoy!!!  Sweet Boondi  Easy Rava and Coconut Ladoo Simple Rice Murukku  Simple Rice Flakes Chivda / Chevda  Rosettes or Rose cookies, Gulabi Puvvulu, Rose Flowers  Baked Whole Wheat Diamond...

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Vegetable and Corn Chowder

Here is another hearty soup with lots of veggies....very comforting and heart warming soup. To say...I might be little partial to chowder, a creamy and cheesy base....I think I love a lot. Chowders usually have potato in it and added flour thickness. But you can get a variety of chowders like clam chowder, corn chowder, meat ball chowder etc.,. But here is a very yummy vegetarian chowder with lots of veggies. I think I can really live on this...

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Bread salad / Panzanella

When I first saw this recipe....I really loved it....then I came to know that its a classic made by Italians. Tho we only know of salads which use a variety of leaves..this is a salad made purely with bread, which is kind of interesting. Its absolutely simple to make and delicious too. So for my Soups and Salads theme in this blogging marathon, I chose this as one of my salads. If you like crispy croutons and are like me in picking them out of...

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Chicken Chilli Soup ~ Blogging Marathon # 9

Hi everyone...how are the Deepavali preparations going on?...I am sure everyone is trying out new recipes or remaking their old ones and are going to enjoy them in full swing!.... With Diwali just around the corner, here I am starting on a another Blogging marathon, started by Srivalli....which I have always enjoyed and looked forward to do.... It so fun to see so many new recipes made by my friends and give me opportunity to learn new ones...

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Rava Kesari Boorelu / Halwa Boorelu

As Diwali get closer and closer.....so many dishes to be made.....yummy ones for sure....But I am not totally motivated this year...but since I don't want to break the tradition...I started making a few sweets.....some regular ones.... As it is the festival of lights, I don't want to bring darkness by not making any :(.....so I will do make some.....OK I don't know...will think....gosh what am I writing??....well whatever... Here is a twist on...

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Semi-Homemade ~ Quick Panini - A visual treat! :)

I am a totally sandwich girl...I can eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Just gather a few things and whip up a sandwich and I am done...Oh how much I would love if whole of my family also would eat it so :)....but thats Ok...I try to make one for myself almost for every lunch....either a sandwich, soup or salad...I don't mind eating it over and over again. I used to love Chicken Frontega sandwich from Panera bread. I used to make sure I...

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