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South Maui Restaurant Reccomendations

Shveta Berry — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:47:47 +0000

The past couple of months have felt like a whirlwind. I started a new job. My husband, Arjun, started a new job. The kids went back to school and are actually at the same school for first time which is pretty exciting. It feels like quite an intense period of change and my mind has...

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Deviled Eggs

Shveta Berry — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:22:49 +0000

My husband travelled to India back in May and, given my love of cookbooks and food writing in general, brought me back a couple of books that I have been making my way through. I just finished the first one called India on my Platter. It is by Saransh Goila who basically won India’s version...

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Indian Chopped Salad

Shveta Berry — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:54:13 +0000

So, Indian cuisine is generally not big on salads. There are vegetables a plenty on the offer but they are generally of the cooked variety. The closest thing you see as an ode to raw veggies is a simple plate of sliced cucumber, tomato, and radish liberally doused with lemon juice and sprinkled with tangy...

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Coconut Whipped Cream

Shveta Berry — Tue, 24 May 2016 22:01:30 +0000

This is my favorite time of year to eat fruit. All the berries and stone fruit are arriving in stores and markets, not to mention the mangos! I really have to restrain myself around the mangos. And the love for them is seemingly genetic because my kids can’t get enough of them either. My favorite...

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Whole30 Recipe Round Up

Shveta Berry — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:15:28 +0000

It has been over two months since I completed the Whole30 and I still feel the benefits of the program. For the most part, I’ve continued to eat Whole30 unless I am at a restaurant and then I get carte blanche to indulge. I typically only eat out 2-3 times a week so these...

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Cauliflower Pilau

Shveta Berry — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 21:12:21 +0000

Some of the tastiest evenings of my childhood start with my Dad at the stove filling the house with the smell of of browning onions and spices. This was always a dead giveaway that we were having company for dinner. Rice in itself was somewhat of a special treat – usually we ate whole wheat...

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Stocking your Kitchen: Knives

Shveta Berry — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:55:59 +0000

I remember very distinctly the first time I had the pleasure of wielding a very sharp, good quality knife. I was in my early twenties, at a cousin’s place who had recently gotten married and consequently her kitchen had gotten a significant upgrade thanks to all the generous gifts from her wedding registry. We were...

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Stuffed Dates

Shveta Berry — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:33:38 +0000

At the beginning of my Whole30, the thing I probably missed the most was cheese. So when I stumbled upon Nom Nom Paleo’s recipe for macadamia nut “ricotta” I was pretty excited. It is a cinch to make in the food processor and requires less than five ingredients. During the Whole30, I used it to...

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Whole Roasted Indian Cauliflower

Shveta Berry — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:43:22 +0000

Growing up in a vegetarian Indian home meant that there was no meaty piéce de resistance like a standing rib roast when we entertained. If my mom wanted to step it up a notch, she would serve vegetables whole. The two examples that come to mind immediately for me are her whole roasted cauliflower that...

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Whole30 Recap

Shveta Berry — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 00:27:38 +0000

Well folks, my Whole30 ended earlier this week. This was the first time in my life I have embarked on any sort of elimination diet and, honestly, it surprised me. The health benefits were great and the effect on my cooking even more profound. If I’m being perfectly honest, my cooking and eating were in...

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