Fusion, Lunch, Dinner and Entrees

BAKED ‘Tikka Masala’ pasta

VEGAN, VEGETARIAN, NUT-FREE Baked ziti is one of my brother’s favorite pasta dishes. This traditional dish has pasta baked in a tangy tomato sauce with some veggies. Ziti is similar to Penne but cut straight.Today’s recipe is a Fusion dish. It takes penne pasta and bakes it in ‘tikka masala’ sauce. Tangy and spicy. Italian… Continue reading BAKED ‘Tikka Masala’ pasta

Fusion, Lunch, Dinner and Entrees

Fusion Dish – Bowtie pasta meets Asian flavors

Here is a quick stir-fry fusion dish mixing up pasta with Asian flavors. All it takes is 4 key ingredients and just about 15 minutes to put together. One tip that I have professed over and over again is to keep cooked pasta handy in the freezer. When I am making pasta  dishes, I cook 2-3… Continue reading Fusion Dish – Bowtie pasta meets Asian flavors

Appetizer, Lunch, Dinner and Entrees, Mexican

Cauliflower stuffed paratha quesadilla

VEGAN, VEGETARIAN, GLUTEN-FREE, NUT-FREE Our attempt at fusion Indian Mexican cuisine. Both my grandmothers were amazing cooks, I probably inherited some of their genes 🙂 One of my fondest memories is my maternal grandmom making me cauliflower paratha. All from scratch. She used to shred the cauliflower head, add salt and garam masala and let… Continue reading Cauliflower stuffed paratha quesadilla