Madhuram's VegCorner.com | Healthy Vegetarian Recipes

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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About two months back I borrowed the book Family vegetarian Cooking by Good Housekeeping, from the library. The book is filled with amazing vegetarian recipes. I would say that the soups, stews and chillis section alone is worth the price of the entire book. I’m trying one recipe after the other from that book and so keep renewing it every 3 weeks. Thanks goodness we have the online renewal facility! Actually I have exhausted the maximum number of renewals and have to return the book pretty soon. I think I have to borrow it once again to try the rest of the recipes. So do borrow the book when you get a chance.

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How many of you feel that you don’t have enough time to prepare a healthy breakfast? Are you bored of having the same old cereal, bread toast and orange juice in the morning? Wish you could makeover your breakfast routine? Then the answer is green smoothies! I know what you are thinking. “Oh! green smoothies, that’s not my kind of thing. It’s not for normal people. I’m not such a raw food junkie”. I too was very hesitant at first but after trying few recipes, I have really started liking the concept. To me the key is “taste”. As odd as it may sound to blend a few greens and fruits together to make a supposedly healthy concoction, once you like the taste, it doesn’t feel weird anymore. You will start wondering how come you missed such an amazing, interesting, tasty and easy way to consume greens all these days. Not only that you will start trying recipe after recipe and each time you will be surprised how good it is.

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