Madhuram's VegCorner.com | Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

Happy Valentine’s Day folks! The last couple of weeks has been quite hectic with my eldest son not feeling well. Our daily routine was messed up and we are slowly getting back on track. I have so many recipes to post here but don’t find time to sit and write it, especially a lot of soup recipes. I have been making soups almost every other day. When I got up this morning I made it a point to definitely post one recipe, so squeezing in some time after breakfast. Since time is the constraint I’m posting a recipe which you could try too when you are running late in the morning. It just takes 5 minutes to prepare if you have the watermelon chunks ready already. It’s healthy, tasty and I’m sure that your kids will like it too because my 6 year old loves this watermelon lettuce smoothie as much as he loves his spinach smoothie. So I don’t see why you shouldn’t be trying this ASAP. I make this for breakfast and sometimes as an after school snack. When introducing this to your kids for the first time or even for adults, start with more watermelon and less lettuce. Once you start liking the taste you can do the opposite. You could use baby spinach too instead of the lettuce or a combination of both. This recipe is from the Green Smoothie Revolution I have mentioned earlier. Go grab a copy from the library if you haven’t already. Can you believe that I’m 5th in the waiting list at my library?

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I have always wanted to explore Thai and Mexican cuisine. Pastas and pizzas have become as common as idlis and dosas in our house, but I haven’t tried anything which is even remotely Thai and just the empanadas, quesadilla and a black bean/corn salad in the Mexican food fare. The two times that I went to a Thai restaurant did not go well. The aroma that floated in the room was very appetizing making me literally drool but what ended up on my plate was not as good as I had expected. Also I kept wondering if everything on the plate was vegetarian, even after confirming with the waiter a couple of times. What if the curry paste had fish or oyester sauce, what if the soup had chicken stock? That’s when I decided that I’m never going to step in a Thai restaurant again, ever! So I’m looking for some basic Thai recipes to begin with. Do you have any Thai favorites?

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You must be wondering what is this unusual combination of bottle gourd and cauliflower? I usually prepare a bottle gourd – potato soup and for a change I decided to use cauliflower instead of potato because I was trying to make a low carb soup and have had success substituting mashed cauliIflower for mashed potato in this low carb vegan shepherd’s pie recipe. Mashed cauliflower is as creamy as mashed potatoes. You wouldn’t believe me until you try it for yourself. Both cauliflower and bottle gourd are good choices when you are on a low carb diet. Note that they are pretty low in protein too, so try to pair it with a good source of protein.

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