Have you heard of the nickname for beets, dirt candy? Well...they do roast up sweet and delicious and are tasty hot, warm or cold. Eat them with butter, salt and pepper or quick pickle them with a simple vinegar brine and add some red onions to make a colorful side dish. Yum!

Butternut squash ravioli with fried sage brown butter sauce! Use wonton wrappers for a quick and easy bite or, if feeling ambitious, break out the pasta maker! Illustrated with color pencil and digital edits

Sweet Mixed Congee for the cold cold winter.

This pea soup is very easy and fast to make.
It’s creamy and delicious, you can add salt, more vegetables and spices. Enjoy!

Kashmiri Kahwa or Kehwa Chai is a traditional Kashmiri tea flavored with cardamom and infused with cloves, cinnamon, and saffron. It was traditionally prepared in a brass kettle known as samovar. It is basically green tea with flavors of spices that helps you keep warm in the chilling winters

either war or room temperature, this leek stew is proof that vegetable stews are delicious.

Salads are all about the mingling of a good selection of ingredients, a variety of textures, a nice and even vinaigrette coating and, in the summertime, a fresh bite.

This is particularly good on baked potatoes, but I've also had it on crackers, over rice, with pasta, and even by itself- and it works just as well.

Home made Christmas chocolates full with good crispy stuff

This potato salad is divine.
I'm not a mayonnaise lover, but vinegary dressings are my thing. You can go as heavy as you want but leaving the honey-mustard shine through is key.

This is Tortilla de Patatas the way my grandma used to make it. Always better when the egg is slightly undercooked (which we only had when grandpa was not eating, because he liked his well set), but tasty either way

This is a Finnish recipe my dad loves to make. The secret ingredient is ground cardamom!

This is a typical South Indian recipe that is easy to make & very healthy too. It can be used as a spicy hot curry to be served with hot steamed rice and crispy wafers/ Pappadum. This recipe can be diluted to make a simple protein-rich soup too. Choose your avatar. This recipe has been in my family and many families of the state Kerala, India.

One of my favorite recipes for holidays or just because, this easy and flavorful sauce is great on meats like turkey or ham, or throw it on breakfast pancakes or desserts like cheesecake. A winner!

A rustic savory tart loaded with umami flavors to serve with a side salad for a unique dinner or cut into small pieces for hors d'oeuvres or an appetizer. The illustrations were done for They Draw and Cook’s inktober challenge 2020.