And what do you get when you combine turkey and stuffing? THESE little bites: Thanksgiving Meatballs! These ground turkey meatballs are made with crunchy bites of celery, toasty walnuts, and fresh herbs. They are so wonderfully flavorful on their own and even better when served with cranberry sauce. They are the perfect finger food for your next fall party! Serve them as an appetizer or turn these meatballs into a meal by serving them with some mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce....

RTM on TV! There was a lovely segment on TV yesterday about RecipeTin Meals, my food bank (“RTM”), on the Channel 7 Sunrise show. The crew came and spent the better part of a day in our cosy little kitchen, filming the team at work and interviewing us! Here it is: So it seems timely to share a list of the recipes we make most often at RTM, something I’ve been meaning to do for months....

Upma kozhukattai is an easy and healthy dish that is usually made for evening tiffin or dinner at our place. Though my kids don’t prefer this very much nowadays they started liking this and so I am making this once a week. Usually, we make the same procedure of Arisi Upma but the addition of toor dal is optional in upma kozhukattai. But sometimes my mom adds moong dal also which I like in upma kozhakattai....

We have a lot of recipes in Jeyashri’s kitchen for Kanu pongal. This Urad dal rice is a simple recipe. I used black urad dal for this recipe. This is a simple no onion no garlic recipe. Apart from making this for the festival, we can pack this for lunch box too. In the traditional temple style ulundogare , the urad dal spice mix is cooked in milk and then mixed with rice....

Mixed veggies 1 and 1/2 cup Tomato 1 Onion 1 Red chili powder 1 and 1/2 tsp Garlic 4-5 cloves Ginger a small piece Mint leaves few Coriander leaves few Cloves 2 Cardamom 1 Fennel seeds 1 tsp Cinnamon a small piece Oil 3-4 tsp Coconut 1/4 cup Cashew nuts 4-5(optional) Method: Grind the tomato,garlic,ginger,cinnamon,cloves,fennel seeds into a fine paste. Grind the coconut and cashew nuts into a fine paste....

Usually, the stew is paired with aapam , malabar parotta or idiyappam. Aapam and stew is a very popular South Indian breakfast combo. In Tamilnadu we make Mapillai sodhi, this one is very similar to that. But for sodhi we add cooked moong dal. Traditionally Veg stew is made using thin coconut milk and thick coconut milk. The veggies are cooked in thin coconut milk and finally the first milk, the thick one is added....

Vendhaya dosai is one of the most popular dosa in South Indian homes. Soft and spongy dosas made using fermented batter. My mom makes this quite often in summer as it vendhayam | methi seeds cool the body. Vendhayam | methi seeds | Fenugreek seeds have lots of health benefits. It is a very good source of Omega 3 fatty acids. This dosa is usually paired with puli milagai at our home....

Appam is a sweet dish made with wheat flour. Normally this is made during Ganesh Chaturthi |Vinayagar Chaturthi., Janmashtami and Karthigai Deepam. Also, this can be made for Karthigai deepam too.Here is the recipe for sweet appam with whole wheat flour and jaggery. Check out the deep-fried version of this Wheat appam. Check out the full collection of Karthigai Deepam recipes. In a pan, add the jaggery along with ¼ cup of water and boil till the jaggery melts....

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Cooked rice 1 Cup Tamarind Paste* 1 and 1/2 Tblsp Sesame oil 1 tblsp Green chilli 1-2 Red Chilli 1-2 Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Channa dal 1/4 tsp Peanuts 1 tblsp Cashew nuts few (optional) Salt As needed Grated Ginger 2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Asafoetida 2 pinches Curry leaves Few Method: In a pan add oil and add the mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, ginger, broken red chilli and slit green chilli....

As with every year, it’s not until the last minute that I realise that I don’t have a single merry photo of Dozer and I to send out to wish everyone Happy Holidays. And so the annual Christmas-selfie-ritual takes place: I gasp with dismay, and in amongst the whirlwind of last minute Christmas baking, present wrapping and deliveries, I hustle Dozer outside for a “quick” selfie before scurrying off to another Christmas gathering....

Also, don’t miss the popular noodle version of this recipe – Asian Beef Ramen Noodles! Super quick beef mince recipe! This one is for all those nights when you peer into your fridge, find a packet of beef mince and are completely uninspired to make Spag Bol – yet again. This is also one for all those nights when you’ve been baking, filming and photographing recipes all day, and you swear you don’t have the energy to make anything for dinner but your mother brain washed you so well, you feel guilty for even thinking about picking up the phone to order home delivery....

Poha | aval 2 cups (thick or thin) Yogurt 1/2 cup Oil 2 tsp Mustard seed 1/4 tsp Channa dal 1/2 tsp Cashew nuts 4-5 (optional) Turmeric powder 2 pinches Salt as needed Eno fruit salt 1 tsp Curry leaves + coriander leaves few Carrot 2 tblsp (finely chopped) Peas 1 tblsp You can use any variety of poha (thick or thin). Roast the poha in a pan for 2 minutes without getting it burnt....

Baby corn kurma Baby corn pulao Wash the Baby corn and cut them into big pieces. Pressure cook this by adding little salt and keep it aside. In a pan add 2 tsp of oil. Roughly chop the 1 onion and capsicum saute them in a pan till it turns into a nice brown colour. Roughly chop the other 2 onions and peel the skin of garlic. Add 2 tsp oil in a pan and add the onions and garlic....

BONUS: this all happens in one pan, it’s 100% perfect for make ahead and freezing, and makes its own barbecue sauce (and it might be the best you ever have in your life!). Slow cooked BBQ Beef Ribs Beef ribs are the king of all beef cuts for slow cooking (pretty sure I said that in my Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine Sauce too). They are juicier than brisket and chuck (there’s always a few lean-ish patches, that’s just the way that cut is)....

Copycat of the popular Muesli Cookies sold in cafes across Australia, these are a terrific make ahead breakfast. Fill a jar with to grab ‘n run! Breakfast Cookies The only 2 ingredients in these Healthy Oatmeal Cookies that I don’t put in homemade granola are almond meal and egg. So I’m not exaggerating when I say these are like a bowl of granola in cookie form! These are a copycat of muesli breakfast cookies I’ve been eyeing at my local coffee shop for years, wanting to make a version that was actually acceptable to have for breakfast....

A good Cantonese soup has a clear broth, few ingredients and is cooked low and slow. See how clear the broth is in my picture? Yep, I did it right. So, I’m not Chinese nor do I celebrate the Chinese New Year (hey, maybe I will this year…) but I love trying recipes from different parts of the world. My godmom, Mailan, is Chinese and this is a recipe she gave me – so, you can trust that it’s authentic....

PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES.COOKING TIME: 15-20 MINUTES MAKES: 15 –17 INGREDIENTS: Full video of Carrot burfi recipe Grate the carrots and grind it into a paste by adding the milk. Sieve the besan | kadalai maavu to avoid lumps. You can roast it for 5 minutes too. Grease a tray with ghee and set it aside. In a wide bowl add the ground carrot mixture, sieved besan, sugar and start stirring in a medium low flame....

Cheesy Jalapeno Bacon Stuffed Baguette This tastes like a cross between cheesy garlic bread and bacon dip. Well, that’s actually what it is. A cheesy bread STUFFED with bacon dip. Brushed with garlic butter and baked until toasty, crusty, golden brown. That moment, when you tear a piece off and the cheese stretches, you take a bite into the warm garlicky bread and the creamy, bacon dip fills your mouth…....

Sunday morning Yum Cha is almost a religious ritual here in Sydney. Large groups descend upon vast restaurants from mid morning, with steaming trolleys piled high with dumplings and buns rattling around the room. The familiar sound of bowls being banged onto tables, the bottomless Chinese tea, and the brisk, borderline rude service. It’s all part of the experience. Polite service at Yum Cha is almost creepy. It’s just wrong....