The Full-time Foodie

“Green” Hummus

Late last year, I had purchased a brand new electric pressure cooker for one main reason:  to cook chickpeas from scratch.  For one thing, I’m a little wary of eating canned foods on the regular.  No scientific reasoning behind this, but it was just a matter of eating fresh food as often as I could.   After I pressure cooked my first batch of chickpeas...

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Quick Rice Dosa with Garlic-Coconut Chutney

Ok.. do I even need to go there? Maybe a little so I can feel better: it’s summer + I’ve traveled every weekend + I have had MANY MANY fails lately.   Phew, that felt better  On to today’s post! So this recipe might raise a lot of eyebrows of the seasoned dosa chefs, but what I was after was a quick dosa recipe...

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Shrimp Fideuà

Hello hello!  I’m happy to report that my batteries are completely recharged and I’m back feeling quite excited to cook again.  Not that I wasn’t cooking before, but I was struggling on the “what do I share on the blog!?!” front!  Sometimes I forget that the blog isn’t meant to be a stressful thing I HAVE to keep up with.  I just love cooking and trying...

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Crispy Kale Chaat

Happy friday everyone!  I’m so glad the weekend’s almost here! You know how some weeks you just feel a bit… off your game?  I’m having one of those weeks for sure and for no reason in particular.  So this weekend I plan on recharging the ol’ batteries and it coincides with a trip to see my best friend in Canada!  So excited On to today’s recipe!  ...

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Vegan Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

Hello hello! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend/start to the week! I had a particularly spectacular weekend celebrating our first wedding anniversary! It’s so hard to believe that a little over a year ago, I was in a completely different state of mind, re: wedding planning chaos mode. It’s funny how that happens right? You spend a whole year obsessing over little details and...

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Tortilla Samosas with Green Chutney

Happy Spring Forward!!! Just kidding, this is probably the worst part of daylight savings.  I woke up this morning to my alarm feeling quite exhausted and realized it was because my internal clock was still an hour behind.  Yes, I’m one of those people who feels like even an hour of sleep is precious!  But on a happier note, it was a beautiful day out...

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Peri Peri Chicken

For the longest time, I avoided recipes that required things to marinate for a long time before consumption.  I just wasn’t a planner with my meals because my life was anything but routine when I first started cooking.  But over the past year or so, routine has finally made its way into my life. I s’pose it’s inevitable  To make life a little easier...

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