Most weekends we go to an Indian buffet that we love in Cambridge.   I always salivate over the creamy  kheer in the large bowl being scooped generously by the patrons into delicious globs held by tiny overflowing cups.  Finally I decided to make a kheer that I too could enjoy.  Many may disagree and it's all good but white rice has little nutritional value for me so I used quinoa instead for my  recipe.  Plus I figured Gabrie...

After my morning yoga class and before picking up Gabriel from school today, I worked quickly to make these cookies and ate some of the batter along the way.  Bad, bad me.  The recipe should make 16 cookies but mine only made 12.  What a craving I had for these when I woke up today.  Luckily I had all the ingredients in the kitchen drawers so it was just a matter of putting them together.  When Gabriel got home he looked up on ...

Holiday Bread Pudding ~ I don't make this bread pudding too sweet  although I am a serious sweet monger.  The chocolate chips and raisins give it plenty of sweetness so much so that my husband and toddler love the resemblance of a chocolate chip cookie but in a bread pudding.  It's so difficult passing by the bread pudding sitting on the  kitchen counter without sneaking a bite...or two...or three... For the bread, I always u...

Blueberry Quinoa Pudding ~ Quinoa is such a versatile grain that you can make it as a first course or as a dessert.  My grandfather Pepe use to make cakes out of quinoa, among many other dishes, during a time in Peru when this grain was only fed to the chickens or eaten mainly by the Andean people in the mountains. Every years, Pepe made four cakes for my birthday, and we ate this one right after all the kids were done destroying the p...

In one of my first posts I mentioned how much I love quinoa. In fact,  I love it so much that I try to incorporate it into many different dishes, including desserts.    This pudding is rich and creamy and  thickened with Kuzu Root Starch, which comes from a fibrous plant used in China for more than 2,000 year.  Kuzu is a great thickener and it is soothing to the stomach.  You can also think of this recipe as a great way to satisfy...