Light/13 recipes

Not a good picture but any pic.is better than none. My beer bread comes out light and very tasty not dark like this.

I add a couple of teaspoons of multi-colored nonpareils to make them a bit more festive.

Red onions are cooked with balsamic vineger, brown sugar, vegetable broth, turn out very tasty, adding into the lightly boiled green beans, it is a wonderful side dish.

Sometimes you are at a loss. No ideas whatsoever, you have favorites at Tastespotting, you have archives, you have notes on what recipes to try and you have people feedback but nothing seems to fit. I cannot write a post to 'fill in' space. I have to absolutely love that recipe and it should look and taste amazing not to mention that it should be photographed decently. This weeks' post is one of a kind of traditional Indian biscuits called Naan Khatai.This is a very old hands down recipe.It consists of only three main ingredients - Ghee, flour and sugar. It is flavored with freshly grounded cardamom. The cookies are sprinkled with pistachios or Almond. The typical texture of these cookies should be powder like on the cracked tops. You can find them in almost all bakeries and they are true all time favorites. Nan khatai is an egg-less light and crispy biscuit that’s perfect to serve with tea or coffee.

Just like Kenny Rogers restaurant's BBQ sauce.

Spread the Christmas cheer and make a batch of these tasty snacks for your neighbors!

Stir-fried bell peppers, carrots, and zucchini with garlic, ginger, scallions are tossed with pasta, cucumber, cilantro, and miso-chili sauce. It's a delicious, light yet nutritious one pot meal that's perfect for week-nights.

Traditional comfort food goodness from New England. Go traditional with slow and low oven baking or use your crockpot and let it simmer all day.

This is one of our favorite salad recipes too, quick, easy and delicious. It goes well with almost all the main course. Sometimes we just have it as a light meal and add some croutons on top.

This fresh strawberry pie is absolutely ultimate. It's loaded with strawberries, and packed with strawberry flavor. Best of all, you don't have to bake it. A perfect cool-fruity dessert for a hot summer day.

Make this creamy, smooth and delicious Canadian flag cheesecake for the celebration of Canada Day.

A moist, lightly spiced snack cake. I have made this using butter or shortening, and both work fine. The butter method is a bit richer in flavor, though.

This delicious and nutritious quinoa salad can be served as a side dish, or it can be a tasty yet wholesome meal all by itself.

This refreshing summer grilled potato salad is a great accompaniment for any grilled main dishes off the BBQ.

Perfect southern style collards made quick and easy. Simply kicked up with garlic and some pepper flakes.