This is a new dish I invented during my half-hearted SBD attempt last week. The recipe itself is nothing new, but it is the unusual combination that turned out to be a surprise, a good surprise. One of the most popular recipes on this site is the Lemony Kale and Chickpea stir fry. This one is very similar, only difference is that the chickpeas were replaced with white beans and the kale with asparagus. So, is it worth an entire post if it is just the same recipe? Probably not, …

I have been totally ignoring the SBD principles since our Italy trip in November and slowly a few pounds have managed to creep back in. To reset my system to get rid of those carb cravings, I am planning to get back into South Beach Diet Phase1 starting next Monday. I’ve been planning this for a while, but something always comes up and I have dropped the ball at the last minute so many times. So this time, to make sure that I will stick to my plan, I went …

In my last post I ranted about folks who don’t respond to my oh-so-very-helpful e-mails. But to be honest, I have to say that I am no saint either! I have promised many things on e-mail to readers which I never delivered. One such undelivered promise is about posting an Indian themed South Beach Diet menu plan. It is one of the most frequent queries I get after I started sharing my SBD experiments here.
Many Indians -even the non-vegetarians- are not comfortable with eating meat or seafood three times a …

I am not exaggerating when I say that this is my new favorite dish! I have always liked chickpeas aka garbanzo beans aka Kabuli Chana, but the black chana which we call Kadala in Kerala has always been my favorite. I normally buy canned garbanzo beans only for quick fix dishes and for salads, but recently I came across an interesting recipe called Lemony Chickpea Stir-Fry on 101 Cookbooks. Just reading about the golden, crusty, pan-fried chickpeas had me drooling and made me wonder why I never tried chickpeas this …

I’ve been on the diet for 6 weeks now, if someone told me last month that I’d stick to a diet for so long, I wouldn’t have believed them! But now it has become a normal part of life. I don’t really have to remember to eat breakfast or the daily snacks now, my body tells me when it needs food, and I always have something handy.
I started missing some of my favorite foods though, not rice and potatoes, but the fatty cuts of meat! I have professed my …