Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Happy Friday folks! It's the middle of my work week and as everyone around me knows, I'm dead tired and want a meal with little to no clean up, that's healthy and nutritious so S and I don't fall off our healthy wagon. Now, pasta is a super easy and relatively healthy option for nights like these, but honestly there's only so many times I can have spaghetti and sauce with garlic bread for dinner. We need something more packed with flavor and more bursting with color (even if it's just a different color than red). Sometimes the easiest solutions are the most fun! Being that I have little to no imagination when it comes to thinking of dinners on the fly, I took to the cabinets and freezer trying to find something to add to our boring pasta routine. What came out of the kitchen took 20 minutes, was super filling, packed with flavors, and pretty darn healthy!

Dinner for two!

An Update To My Hiatus and Red Velvet Cream Cheese Whoopie Pies To Celebrate

Hello again, strangers! I know it's been over 3 months since I've done any blogging, and I'm sorry that it happened without any warning. Some personal issues came up and I started working 45 hours a week and never taking a break, and of course it affected me more than I wanted to admit to. However! This weekend I was encouraged to take a much needed break and spend the weekend with my parents in Chicago. It was an absolutely lovely weekend, and I spent it doing absolutely nothing that I hated and everything that I loved. I wrote, I watched movies with my parents, I ate (finally), and most of all I got back in touch with who I am and who I want to be. It's been an eye opening weekend, and I'm hoping that my plan to take one of these a month is going to seriously help me relax and take a breather sometimes.

This is how I spent my entire weekend (with movies in the background)

Rice Pudding

Today's post comes to you from my sweet tooth. After making more of that amazing chicken and potato curry, we had a LOT of leftover rice! And I absolutely hate reheating rice. It's probably because I just don't know how to do it well, but it always turns out hard and crunchy and gross! So either I try to make only the amount of rice I need, or I end up throwing it out! What a shame, right? So I did some research, and wouldn't you know it, with a little tweaking, I found the most amazing leftover rice pudding I've ever come across!

The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 3 - Chicken and Potato Curry

Yumm!!! Oh my gosh you guys. I know I've been gushing for weeks about how much I love indian food and how NOT sorry I am for giving you guys a month of recipes for it, but this one is just phenomenal. It's not my grandma's, but it's definitely delicious! It's full of savory spices with not too much heat. With a cup of rice, it's just amazing!

The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 2 - Dadi's Samoosas

Oh my goodness, if you made that chutney last week you are going to be SO glad you did! This, my friends, is the best thing in the world. The aroma that moves around your house when you make these, and the way it fills you up but you still want more, is just so good. I made a batch of 10 samoosas, and when I woke up Mr. H from a nap, within the hour they were all gone. Including the really big one I made! The sweetness of the meat, paired with the flaky crust, and the tang of the chutney is just to die for. Of course I have the recipe for entirely from scratch, but if you're like me and a little short on time (or just lazy like me!) of course this a HUGE time saving shortcut that I'll share with you ;)

The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 1 - Dadi's Chutney

You're going to hate me for the next few weeks. Sunday I decided I was REALLY craving desi food! I have been for a really long time, and not being able to be home to go see my grandparents has really put a damper on my Indian food intake. A few weeks ago I called my grandma to get her recipe for Samosas and Chutney.

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