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The Sycamore Kitchen Mediterranean Salad
Ok so I have to be really honest. Salads on a restaurant menu do not particularly get me jumping up and down. I’ve had salads at a lot of nice places but they never wow me really. More often than not,...
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Best Ever Chocolate Cream Pie
A lot of the foods that I have lately started to make have been inspired by the restaurants I visit. And why not? Isn't it the best when you recreate something you had at a restaurant at home and make...
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Mexican-Style Eggs in Meat Sauce
My normal breakfast is a rushed affair that consists, on most weekdays, of an egg in a basket. But on Saturdays, I love to make something extra special that I can enjoy out in my patio. This is a...
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Homemade Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Tis the season…. for PUMPKINS! Holy Guacamole. Excuse me but these are the best cinnamon rolls I have ever had and made. Because it’s pumpkin season AND because I have never made a pumpkin recipe, I...
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Velvet Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bread
Excuse the poor photography but Holy Guac! This bread is the best pumpkin bread I have come up with. I absolutely love it when I am able to create a recipe that gives me the best results. This one...
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Chicken Alfredo
Having a sister who orders Chicken Alfredo at pretty much every restaurant she visits, I needed to make a better version at home. And trust me when I tell you, this is not better. This is the best! I...
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Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Truffles
Pumpkin Pie is a classic fall dessert. But what do you say to a pumpkin pie truffle? I say yes! It’s really the most delicious little bites of fall that you will giddily munch on. The pumpkin pie...
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Best Chicken Tortilla Soup
At the time of filming this video, it was 80 degrees outside–temperature that definitely doesn’t warrant standing before a hot stove to cook soup. But if weather deterred me from making soup on a hot...
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No Bake Raspberry Cream Cake
I have a ridiculous sweet tooth. After this NO BAKE monstrosity that I built over the weekend, I want to pull it out. No-bake desserts make me anxious because they are always ready. Every step is...
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No Bake Nutella Cheesecake
I’m sure you’ve had those glorious cheesecakes at fancy restaurants that are so creamy that you positively squeal with excitement as your fork just slides down the velvety silky layers.The ganache is...
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Best Carrot Halwa Recipe
I was pretty absent from my blog this past month. In between traveling back home to Pakistan to see my family, eating a lot of deliciously spicy Pakistani food, I had time only to snap some pictures...
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Cranberry Nut Bread
Winter is quite possibly my favorite time of the year. The chill lacing the air, the slow drizzle pouring outside makes me super nostalgic. And there is no better way to treat nostalgia than in the...
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Clam Chowder
I don’t make soups all that often at the apartment. Usually, I throw down some tacos or a quick old-fashioned chicken curry with all the Pakistani spices to get myself out of a pickle on a work day....
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Chai
Chai. Not tea. Chai. It’s safe to say that all of South Asia thrives on chai. When guests come over, it’s customary to offer them “chai biscuit.” Similarly “evening chai” routine is ritually observed,...
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Pakistani Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken is probably one the most loved Pakistani BBQ items. I remember those late summer nights back in Pakistan when my dinner was only a good juicy tandoori chicken from Ambala foods. I...
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I have to admit I am that girl you see at the grocery store sampling soups at the soup bar. And this Tomato Basil Bisque or soup (but let’s go with bisque because it sounds more sophisticated) was...
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Oh where do I start about this dish–the only dish my non-desi friends know to be Indian. It pains every time I have to point out that Indian food and Pakistani food are really one and the same. The...
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Best Chocolate Mousse
First thing’s fist: Chocolate Mousse has raw eggs. But can we cook the eggs somehow to kill that badass salmonella that lurks in and around the egg shell, you might ask. Sure we can, and there are...
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Pad Thai Recipe From Thai Restaurant
One thing I have an itch for when it comes to food is to experiment in my kitchen and I’d be damned if I was making Tandoori Chicken everyday (even though I totally could) and not venturing over to my...
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Kheer (Pakistani Rice Pudding)
In a nutshell, Kheer is a Pakistani/Indian rice pudding. But let’s please ease out of this nutshell because it’s suffocating and unjust. Kheer is not just any rice pudding in which you quickly cook...
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