Keto Chilled Cucumber & Avocado Soup#SundayFunday

This Keto chilled soup is very refreshing with fresh cucumber and creamy avocados.

Serves 2
Ingredients
1 Cucumber - peeled, seeded and diced
1 Avocado
½ Cup Plain Whole Milk Yogurt - mine is homemade
1 Tablespoon Cup Fresh Parsley / Coriander Leaves
1 Tablespoon Fresh Dill
1 Scallion - green only - chopped
1 Lime - zest and juice
Salt and pepper to taste

Method 

Add the cucumber, avocado, yogurt, parsley, dill, and green onion to the blender. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Blend the mixture until it is smooth.

Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.
Nutritional Info : Per Serving - Total Carbs - 12
Labels: Keto, Cold Soup, Cucumber, Avocado, Healthy, Vegetarian, Sunday Funday, Yogurt, Gluten free

• Creamy Cucumber Pasta Salad from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Crockpot Mexican Butternut Squash Soup from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Fresh Fig Salad from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Golden Moon Milk from Culinary Cam
• Instant Pot Pumpkin Sambar from Cook with Renu
• Keto Chilled Cucumber & Avocado Soup from Sneha's Recipe
• Smashed Potatoes from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Warm Root Vegetable Salad with Pomegranate Molasses Dressing from Food Lust People Love

Aloo Tinda Ki Sabzi#SundayFunday

My friends who are Punjabis introduced me to this vegetable. Tinda / Tinday, is a watery vegetable similar to lauki (bottle gourd). It belongs to the family of squash and gourds. In English it is referred to as Apple Gourd or Indian Round Gourd or Indian baby pumpkin.. “Tinda” is also called Tindsi in Rajasthan. In Marathi, it is called Dhemase ढेमसे. In Sindhi language, it is called Meha. It is popular in Pakistani and Punjabi cuisines.

Make this vegetable and you will love it too.

Ingredients
500 Grams Tinda - sliced
2 Large Potatoes - sliced
1 Large Onion - finely chopped
2 Tomatoes - Blended
1 Teaspoon Red Chili Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 Teaspoons Cumin seeds
A Pinch Asafoetida
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves- for garnish

Method 

Wash and peel the tinda and potatoes, cut them into four parts and sliced it.
Blend the tomatoes.
Heat oil in a pressure pan , add the cumin seeds.
When it splutters, add the onion and sauté till onions are translucent. Next add the tomatoes and sauté till the moisture evaporates and oil leaves the sides.
Add the dry spice powders and salt. Also add the potato and tinda pieces and sauté on high flame for five minutes.
Add ¼ cup of water and cover it. On high flame take just on whistle and switch off the flame. Let the cooker cool done open garnish with coriander leaves. The tasty and delicious sabzi is ready to be served. Have this sabzi with chapati or parathas as it goes very well.

Labels: Apple Gourd, Tinda, Sabzi, Side Dish, Sunday Funday, Vegan, Gluten free

Squash Recipes for Sunday Funday ! 

• Aloo Tinda Ki Sabzi from Sneha’s Recipe
• Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Lauki Chana Dal (Instant Pot & Pressure Cooker method) from Cook with Renu
• Roasted Black Futsu Wedges with a Ginger Dipping Sauce from Culinary Cam
• Summer Squash Skewers from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Three Sisters Soup from Palatable Pastime

Gluten Free Oats & Apple Pancakes#BreadBakers

Oats and Apple pancake with, maple syrup
Fluffy gluten free apple pancakes that you can make in your blender!

Makes 6 Pancakes
Ingredients
1 Cup Oats
1 Cup Fresh Yogurt
1 Large Egg
1 Cup Grated Apple
2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
1 Tablespoon Honey
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
½ Teaspoon Cinnamon powder
A Pinch of Salt

Method

In blender pulse the oats till powdered then add rest of the ingredients, except for the grated apple in the blender. Blend until it forms a smooth batter, pausing to scrape down the sides as necessary. Remove this batter into a bowl, stir in the grated apple and mix it well.

Heat a skillet/non-stick pan over medium-low heat, lightly brush the surface with butter.
Take a 1/3 measure cup, fill it with batter and pour this into the pan. Since it's quite thick , spread it lightly into a circle. Let the pancake cook for about 2-3 minutes on medium low flame . Be patient, these pancakes take a little longer to cook.

Once the underside is lightly golden, flip it with a spatula and cook for another 2 minutes or until golden brown on both sides on medium low flame. Repeat with remaining pancakes.

Serve them immediately with maple syrup.

Labels: Gluten free, Oats, Apple, Pancakes, Bread Bakers, Breads, Breakfast

Bread Bakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

Our theme for this month is Apple Breads. 

Let's take a look at all the other Bakers who have worn their baking hat for you today!
Sneha’s Recipe: Gluten Free Oats & Apple Pancakes 

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Apple Fritter Bread 

Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Apple Babka 

Cook with Renu: Apple and Cheese Sourdough Discard Focaccia (No Knead) 

A Messy Kitchen: Apple Rosemary Braid 

Magical Ingredients: Caramel Apple Naan 

Palatable Pastime: Apple Butter Dinner Rolls 

Zesty South Indian Kitchen: Sourdough Apple loaf

Cheesy Chili Poppers#SundayFunday

These banana peppers are not spicy they just have a thick skin. They are fantastic to stuff, fry or make pakodas. Perfect as appetizers, cheesy and yum... 

Ingredients
15 Banana Peppers or Hatch Chilies
For The Batter
4 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour
3 Tablespoons Corn flour
2 Tablespoons Rice flour 
¼ Teaspoon Salt
½ Cup Chilled milk
1 Egg 
For The Filling
½ Cup Cream Cheese
2 Teaspoons Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
½ Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes

For Coating
Bread crumbs as required

Method

Give slits on green chilies and remove the seeds.
To Make The Filling
Mix together the cream cheese, mayonnaise, vinegar and crushed red peppers.
Fill this mixture into the green chilies.
To Make The Batter
Mix the all purpose, corn flour & rice flour well, add the salt and give it good mix, then add in the egg and mix well. Add chilled milk a little at a time and make a nice coating consistency batter.
Dip the stuffed chillies in batter and roll twice in bread crumbs. Place all the chillies in a single layer on a tray and place the tray in the refrigerator for at least30minutes to an hour. Then deep fry in oil till they turn light golden.

Serve and enjoy!!

Labels: Chillies, Banana Peppers, Cheese, Stuffed Peppers, Sunday Funday, Appetizer

Sunday Funday  - Tailgating/Football Party Food  

• Cheesy Chili Poppers by Sneha's Recipe
• Homemade Chunky Guacamole by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Loaded Potato Salad by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Vegetarian Taco Boats by Mayuri's Jikoni
• Baked Homemade Pizza Rolls by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Breadstick Pigs in Blankets by Palatable Pastime
• Queso Blanco by Culinary Cam
• Cottage Cheese Green Goddess Dip by Our Good Life

Kale Apple & Walnut Salad with Honey Dressing#Foodieextravaganza

This delicious salad is dressed with a tasty sweet honey vinaigrette. Cubes of feta cheese and raisins laced throughout add sweet and tangy flavor. This is a healthy salad low in sodium and gluten-free. This salad with our honey dressing is just perfect for clean eating, it’s very filling, light, healthy, fiber rich and gluten free. That’s the beauty of homemade salad recipes .

Pick up the leaves gently between your thumbs and fingers.
Gently massage the kale between your fingers until you feel the leaf start to soften.
Massage the leaves until you like the softened texture. DON’T over do it. Or your salad will be unpalatable and mushy. 

Ingredients
5 Cups Chopped Kale
2 Cups Chopped Butter Head Lettuce
1 Large Apple - thinly sliced
¼ Cup Raisins
½ Cup Toasted Walnut - roughly chopped
1oo Grams Feta Cheese - diced
For The Dressing
3 Tablespoons Honey
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1½ Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
1/8 Teaspoon Pink Himalayan Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Black pepper 

Method 

Pull the leafy part off the kale ribs. The ribs are tough and very chewy. Rip them off!
Before you begin making your salad, massage the kale with little salt and oil to make them softer.
Place the kale and butter head lettuce leaves in the bottom of a bowl followed by the rest of the ingredients.
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and pour them over the top of the salad. 

Refrigerate before serving. Enjoy! Very tasty salad and so easy to make.

My Notes
If you prefer to have a softer leaf in your salad you may massage the kale. This is done after you remove the leaf off the ribs of the kale. The process takes about 3 minutes.
Put the kale leaf in a bowl with a bit of oil and a pinch of salt.
Now dig in with your hands. Pick up the leaves gently between your thumbs and fingers.
Gently massage the kale between your finger until you feel the leaf start to soften.
Your kale is massaged as much as you want to continue this process. 

Labels: Foodie Extravaganza Party, Kale, Apple,, Honey, Dressing, Salads, Healthy,

• Barley Salad with Apple and Cranberry from Palatable Pastime
• Chatpata Hot Honey from Magical Ingredients
• Honey BBQ Seasoned Deviled Eggs with Bacon from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Honey Glazed Salmon from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Honey Oatmeal Sandwich Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Kale Apple & Walnut Salad with Honey Dressing from Sneha's Recipe