Category Archives: Hooked on Heat

What to Cook: Quick, Simple Family Dinner

I love getting emails from all of you, especially ones that request help with planning a menu. I’m a big advocate of hosting regular family-style dinner parties, and love to see others do......

The Web this Week: Apr 15-21, 2013

Happy Sunday! It’s been a fun, yet busy weekend here at the HoH casa. Cars have been taken in for servicing, house has been cleaned top to bottom with every nook and cranny dusted, and ele......

Giveaway: Rs. 5000 gift voucher for Groupon.co.in

Happy Friday! Raise your hands if like me, you’re super excited this week is finally coming to an end. To make things even sweeter, have I got a deal for my wonderful readers in India. I&......

The Art of Food: Gajar (Carrot) Halwa

I woke up this morning, a head bursting full of fresh ideas, inspiration and knowledge. I had just gotten back from a wonderful weekend spent with 100 people I’ve never met before, yet so......

The Web this Week: Apr 8-14, 2013

Happy Sunday! Was it just me or did this week just whiz by? I just returned home from a wonderful weekend at the very first Food Blogger’s of Canada Conference, and I can’t wait to t......

Sponsored Post: GroupTable.in

I was recently contacted by Mohan Rao of GroupTable.in to share an exciting new venture with my readers based in India. Launched in August, 2011, GroupTable.in is a one of a kind, group dining p......

A Day in the Life: Quick Fried Rice

As much as I’d like to show to the world what a Super Mom and Power Girl I am, having everything under control all of the time is far from it. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are the days......

Dip, Dip, Dip: #ChickNDip

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the #ChickNDip event hosted by Yorkshire Valley Farms to introduce their new organic chicken nuggets. The night was hosted at the gorgeous ......

From One to Another: Peanut Noodles

I taught my first hands-on cooking class last night at one of the amazing LCBO kitchens. The class was called ‘Tasty Bites’, and comprised of mainly finger foods and appetizers - my......

Not so Rich Anymore: Paneer Makhani

Whoever invented the ever-so-rich-finger-lickin’-melt-in-your-mouth delicious Butter Chicken, truly did not take my whims and fancies into consideration! Let me explain… I’ve never enjoye......

Our Dinners this Week: Whole Foods

I started the ODTW series with good intentions at heart. But, life happens! The main reasons I haven’t updated our weekly meal plans the past few weeks is not just sheer slacking, but als......

The Working Cook: Masala Macaroni

If I told you that I whip up amazingly gourmet meals at the drop of a hat for my everyday dinners, I’d have to be lying. Quite the contrary, I seldom ever cook something that would have me whis......

Our Dinners this Week: Winter Wonderland?

The week ahead looks like it’ll be bringing some unwanted snow to our neck of the woods. Baby Dear will be going back to preschool on Monday, after being home all of last week due to the ......

Take-out Cooked-in: Vegetable Hakka Chowmein

Until a few years ago, I adored Indian-Chinese cuisine. So much so, that I would gladly stop by our nearby Hakka joint to pick up an order of Chowmein, Chilli Chicken and Spring Rolls, every ot......

A never-ending learning process: Fried Egg Sambal

A few days ago I had a wonderful lunch meeting with an editor of a local magazine. Over a slew of emails deciding on what time and day would best suit the both of us, she suggested we meet for ......