All posts filed under: Recipes

Apple-Walnut Oatmeal

As a kid, I was a picky eater and sat with a plate of food for an hour everyday, just picking and playing with it.  It is funny that whenever we see a kid who is a picky eater, we do not understand why they are making such a big fuss. I think to myself, “It’s food..it is fun!! I wish I could eat and snack all day without feeling guilty or slapping on a thousand pounds!”As adults, we forget that when we were kids we were no different. We question why our kids have to be fussy but we forget the pain our parents went through in trying to feed us everyday. My mother like any Indian mother was a milk tyrant and forced down warm milk in me every morning in the hopes that I would get taller and stronger. There were days I bought into her milk propoganda but most days I peacefully protested by avoiding drinking the glass of milk for about an hour.  I would watch the clock hoping that the glass would miraculously disappear but soon …

Golden Beet and Fennel Soup with beet top pesto

It is happening again. After three weeks of incredibly warm weather in Colorado, we are getting a cold spell as I write this. Just yesterday, I was walking around outside in a t-shirt and saw people laying outside sunbathing by the pool.  I am back to bundling up in my jacket and watching the freezing rain turn to snow outside.  Funny enough, I was praying for this weather for the past few weeks. I watched in pure jealousy how the East Coast people were getting more snow than us this year.  Trust me, I love warm weather but when it comes to maximizing my ski pass (my first ski pass for that matter!), I wasn’t too happy with many warm days in a row. I had pretty much given up.  So guess what, the skis are out again and I am making a trip this weekend to the mountains for what might be the last ski weekend this season! I know I sound like one of those ski bums who are going backcountry terrain for …

Coconut and Miso Lentil Soup

Apart from a few days of unhealthy eating and drinking, its been a fairly healthy and happy New Year. I am trying to eat as much Kale as humanly possible.  Kale shakes in the morning, kale and cheese sandwich in the afternoon and then, kale and roasted winter vegetables for dinner.  Also sneaking in home-made kale chips for snacks. If there is a short supply of Kale in the world, you know who to blame.   My system is totally ready to take on the two weeks of binge eating in Delhi for my brother’s wedding in February. Yup, I am Delhi-belly proof! It’s been excruciatingly cold and foggy in Denver/Boulder area for the last few days. It is an anomaly for this area to be without sun for 3-4 consecutive days. After all, we claim to have 300+ days of sun here. Here is an Asian style soup recipe to warm you up in these cold winter days. Coconut and Miso Lentil Soup Recipe by Shrutika Troup; Gluten Free and Vegan Yield: 2-2.5 quarts, serves 3-4 …

Holiday Fun – Pistachio Biscotti

You know the holidays have begun when you randomly start baking things after a long hiatus from baking all year. Inspite of going to culinary school,  I am not much of a baker. Bakers come from a different planet.  They are meticulous and super OCD.  I , on the other hand do not like to follow recipes…I cook as I go along. That would be a complete disaster in the baking arena unless you are a freaky genius.  So, despite my lack of patience to measure things tediously,  this time of the year brings out the Martha Stewart in me.  I also realized that all these years,  I used the excuse of not having the right equipment to mix/whip/cream ingredients as a hindrance to produce baked goods. And that its not healthy to eat sugar and butter.  No more excuses as Trouper got me the Christmas present early this year – Kitchen Aid mixer.  There are really no more places to hide anymore.   I am going to take deep breaths and channel my inner …