Filled Puff Pastry Pillows

For the filling:

Take some oil on a pan, add diced onions and saute until brown. Add peas and tiny diced potatoes. Add salt, some cumin, turmeric and garlic powders. Stir fry until potatoes are cooked. Add some wedges of laughing cow cheese... I used pepper jack.

For shell:

Take one package of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry sheet. Thaw the sheets and preheat oven to 400F. Lay out the sheets. Cut each sheet into 12 rectangles. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and lay out rectangles. Bake for 15 minutes or until puffed like pillows. Take out of oven, make holes at the center of the pillows gently with teaspoon and put in 1-2 teaspoons of filling in each. Bake for another 15-20 minutes or until golden brown like in photo.

I'm sure it'll work great with many other filings!

Daal (lentils) and Pumpkin Soup

Made this as a soup for 11-12 people... below is exactly what I did, will have to adapt for smaller portions.

Mix 2 cups masoor daal and 1 cup moong daal (or red and yellow lentils), wash and soak lentils in water for 30 minutes. Put on stove with lots of water. Simmer with 1.5 teaspoon turmeric powder until lentils are cooked. Add salt. Add cumin powder, one jar patak's mild curry sauce, 15 oz pure pumpkin puree, kaffir lime leaves. Let cook another 30 minutes. Soup will be thick so add chicken stock to make more volume... I added about half a large box. Add cilantro and heavy cream.

Taste and add salt or other spices as you need. Daal is very forgiving and you can play around with quantities/ingredients :)

I kept it in a crock pot on warm for 4-5 hours for convenience, but think it enhanced the flavor more!

Another smoothie

Green smoothies look almost too unappetizing to post but many of them are so delicious I want to save and share the recipes. In one serving, this one has:

One avocado

Cup of raspberries

Half cup of carrots 

One navel orange

Fresh Smoothie

Delicious and super refreshing dairy-free smoothie...

For each serving,

One orange

Half cup fresh raspberries

Half cup carrots

Cup of spinach

Ice

Blend in nutri ninja.

Garam Masala Daal

Soak lentils in water for 30 minutes. Take saucepan and add lentils, water, green chilies and chopped onions. Add turmeric and salt. Cook on medium heat until lentils are cooked. Divide soup into halves. Use hand blender to blend half and then add back the other half for texture. Sprinkle with garam masala and cumin powders. Add cilantro. Serve!

Green Smoothie

For each serving:

1/2 avocado

1/2 cucumber

1/2 orange 

Cup of spinach

Blend in Ninja single serving cup. 

I'd recommend adding a full orange or an apple or some orange juice to make it sweeter/tastier