Healthy Recipes

It was time to harvest the abundant basil leaves from my balcony garden. And turn it into a batch of all-time classic Italian basil pesto. With pine-nuts, garlic, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil and parmesan cheese. So delicious and so versatile.

Chickpeas are an excellent source of fiber and protein and when mixed with plenty of healthy vegetables, dressing and some feta cheese it makes a complete and tasty meal for lunch, a light dinner or even as a side salad.

A nutritious take on the traditional risotto recipe (but just as good!) with some of my favorite ingredients: pumpkin and spinach. Easy, nutritious and delicious!

A healthy, quick & easy dinner option. Serve with brown rice and a crisp cucumber salad.

Also known as the Life Changing Loaf of Bread by Sarah Britton, this one is too good not to share. Delicious, super nutritious, made with pure and whole ingredients, gluten free, sugar free and yeast free with lots of healthy fibers and fats and nuts and seeds that have been activated.

For all you lovers of the sweet life: a healthy dessert. Cheesecake with an attitude...

Decadent chocolate, protein-rich almond flour, zucchini and warming spices that announce the arrival of fall. A sumptuous, healthy, gluten-free cake that you will not be able to resist. And you don't have to...

I am a happy camper... I have my Vitamix Blender back! Super smoothies in a flash! It is the only piece of electrical kitchen equipment that made it from the US to India and it required a transformer as big as the blender itself which is occupying way too much kitchen counter space but it is worth it...

One of our family's favorite breakfasts. The key to a great Akuri Mumbai style is to brown the onion along with the turmeric and scrambling the eggs just so that they are done but still moist.

To celebrate our arrival in Mumbai and the official opening of our new home kitchen, a typically Maharashtrian dish of sprouted beans which was contributed to The Flavor of Health by our dear friend and talented chef Anita Shirodkar. Be prepared for a delicious spice kick in this super healthy protein - and fiber-rich dish.