Weekend Breakfast Blogging is a wonderful event started by beautiful and talented Nandita of Saffron Trail. The theme for March was to come up with a breakfast/brunch dish with eggs as the main ingredient. Without further ado I give you the amazing recipes the egg lover foodies -and some egg haters too- have come up with, just in time for Easter.

Stuffed Omelette and Hashbrowns
Sheela of Delectable Victuals brings us a quick and easy but quite filling delicious breakfast of omelettes stuffed with spinach and cheese and spiced with some Madras …

I am not a big Bloody Mary fan, I like the taste, but don’t really like to drink a glass full of it. So when I saw Rachael Ray whipping up a Bloody Mary dipping sauce on Food Network for Halloween, I had to try and recreate it at home. After several tries, I got one mix that I really liked. This makes a great dipping sauce for Shrimp instead of regular cocktail sauce.

Ingredients

1 finely chopped shallot
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp hot Tabasco sauce
1 cup canned tomato sauce
1 tsp horseradish
1 …

The best Lebanese food I’ve ever had was in Ireland of all the places! I was in Dublin on a business trip and my Irish colleagues took us to their favorite Lebanese restaurant for dinner – may be because there were people from four different continents in our group - and the food was amazing! Next day I was out shopping , I wasn’t looking for it, but it so happened that there was a tiny pocket sized Lebanese cookbook next to the check-out counter and I had to buy it. This was two years ago, …

Spanish Tortilla or tortilla de patatas or tortilla española is one of the signature dishes of Spain. Unlike the name suggests ,there is no flour in this; it is a potato omelette. This thick and delicious simple omelette is such a favorite in Spain, it seems in olden ages country girls in Spain could improve their chances of finding the perfect husband by making an excellent tortilla! Spanish omelettes can be eaten hot or cold or at room temperature, this makes a wholesome brunch, and the left overs can be used for a …

Ilaneer as Tender Coconut water is known in Kerala is one of the most delicious natural thirst quenchers in the world. On long road trips during the hot summers back home, the roadside Ilaneer vendors were like gods to us. At less than Rs. 10/. (less than 25¢) for a coconut, this very affordable drink is a great alternative to the expensive colas which are full of chemicals and artificial sweeteners. The refreshing tender coconut water is sweet in taste and has a lot of medicinal values. 
For those who are not familiar with coconuts, …

Nishino has been on my radar ever since the Zagat Guide to America’s Top Restaurants 2007 came out. According to the Zagat survey, five restaurants tied for the top spot in Seattle in 2006 - The Herbfarm, Nishino, Lampreia, Rover’s and Mistral . We have been to three, and been planning to go to Herbfarm for our anniversary this year, but had never thought of Nishino. So when the 25 for $25 announcement came out, I was really excited to find Nishino in the list and we finally went there Thursday night.
The restaurant …

French love their desserts, that is why they invented courses like Avant Desserts (pre-desserts) and Petits-Fours (a small cake generally eaten at the end of a meal). Normally the avant desserts are small in size, and contrast the taste of the main dessert to follow. Here is a perfect avant dessert recipe to serve before a sinful chocolate lava cake or some other form of death by chocolate. This will make a nice dessert on its own if you just need something light for that sweet tooth after a …

Lychee is one of my favorite fruits; I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like lychee. I love the sweetness and the texture and it brings back a lot of childhood memories of palm fruits and young coconuts. Harvested during early summer, fresh lychees are available in Asian stores in spring and summer, and in canned form throughout the year. Lychee makes a wonderful addition to fruit salads and can be used to make a bunch of desserts and cocktails. A web search also revealed a collection of recipes including main dishes and appetizers using Lychee. …

When I invite friends home, normally there is one vegetarian among ten hardcore non vegetarians.  Since the only vegetarian in the group is my best friend, she gets to make a personal request, and she always ask for my spinach cutlets. It is a very easy recipe, and the patties can be made a day in advance, so I’m more than happy to oblige. These cutlets are so yummy, even the hardcore carnivores hog these, I always end up making enough for the whole group in addition to the countless non-veg dishes we cook for …

The Cantonese term Dim Sum refers to an assortment of fried or steamed food served in steamer baskets or small plates and are consumed as part of breakfast or brunch. I found different translations for the term like “A Little bit of Heart” , “Heart’s delight” and “Touch of the Heart”. All these make sense, since these little pieces of heaven touches your heart, and you can eat these small delights to your heart’s content. All the dim sum plates are meant to be shared, sharing the Sunday dim sum brunch with family and friends is a big tradition for …

Blogger totally screwed me over when I tried to do some customization… I had to switch back to the classic template… I am giving up for today…. All the navigation aids like labels are gone now… I tried everything, can’t take this anymore, if anyone knows what to do, please let me know. I’m out to get a life now…

Latest Update:Its back!!!! Except for one widget, everything else is recovered now… phew! What a waste of time… Guess I won’t touch it for a while now.

I am very lucky to be married to a guy who not only shares my passion for food, but is a fantastic cook as well. But even though both of us work full-time, somehow cooking is my responsibility in our house. It is not something that Siv demands, he doesn’t expect me to cook every day, he cooks when he is in the mood, and expects me to do the same. But I have a voice in my head that tells me that the kitchen is my domain, and cooking …

Chicken Masala is such a generic term, I know. But not sure what else to call this dish, and to make matters worse, I make at least 5 different types of chicken masalas, so will have to just call these CM1, CM2 etc. I made CM1 as a side for Mutton Biryani today. Well, I don’t get the idea of having a strong meat curry with biryani, I personally think that the combination messes up both the Biryani taste and the curry taste, but Siv loves to have chicken/mutton curry with Biryani. Since …

Chicken Lollypop is one dish that I miss greatly from the Indo-Chinese restaurants back in India. I’ve been to a bunch of Indo-chinese restaurants around here in US and Canada, but none of them served this wonderful dish!!! Recently I went to a Latin-Asian fusion restaurant and ordered Chicken Lollypops and was very disappointed, when it turned out to be a totally different dish.
So this Friday night, when we wanted to chill at home instead of eating out, Siv and I decided to make some real spicy appetizers …

FareStart is one of those restaurants where you can eat without feeling guilty that the money you spend on food can feed a small district in Africa. Why? Because every penny you spend here helps someone start a new life.  They are a non-profit organization that teaches homeless and other disadvantaged the necessary job and life skills to find a job in the food service industry.
The FareStart adult program is an intensive training program combining over 16-weeks of hands-on food-service training with classroom instruction, individual case management and job placement …

Is Ginger a spice or vegetable? I’m not sure if Ginger qualifies for the A to Z of Indian Vegetables event, since the instructions specifically says, use a vegetable, and I think of ginger as predominantly a spice. But if I use Ginger as the main ingredient in a dish,  it could be considered a vegetable, right?
Vegetable or not, noone would disagree on the greatness of Ginger, it has been used as a medicine in India for generations. Ginger is a great remedy for a lot of digestive disorders. Ginger in hot tea is a very …

This dish is one of my childhood favorites. Mine is a hardcore non-veg family; when we were growing up we used to have fish almost every day and some kind of meat in the weekends.  But on those rare days when there was no non-veg at all, there were 2 or 3 dishes that would get me by. Pumpkin Erissery with rice and papadam is one combination I could forget my carnivore self for. I still make it once in a while when I feel like having a light vegetarian meal …

This is another one of my mother-in-law’s recipes, perfected by Siv. She is a fantastic cook, but somehow I always like Siv’s versions a little better. I guess the secret ingredient makes all the difference; yeah I’m talking about “Luvvvvvv” . Okay, he is sitting right next to me, and I need someone to load the dishwasher.
My favorite crab preparation is the Red Curry Crab at Malay Satay Hut, our favorite Malaysian restaurant. This is a very close second. Siv made it sometime ago for a party, and I …

Yeah, first time I heard about this place, I was surprised too, there are a lot of Asian-French fusion places around here, but it was the first time that I ever came across a specific Korean fusion. But I was intrigued, did a little research, and came across some pretty encouraging reviews.. So when I heard that Suneeta had selected Coupage as Sudhakar’s birthday dinner venue, I was very excited…(okay, I subtly suggested the place to her in the first place ), but nonetheless thanks to her for picking this place …

Is it March already? Twenty-Five for $25 is back again! http://www.nwsource.com/contests/restaurants/25for25_0307/
To tell you the truth, I’m not a big fan of this promotion, I’ve had some bad experiences in the past, but going to keep an open mind and try at least some of these places. Nishino is the first on my list, since it was on my list of places to try anyway, and the $25 menu looks amazing!
If you try one of these places, do let me know what you thought!
Oh, and UrbanSpoon has a contest; the person …