T&T - My Tasty Plates....

Browsing through Tasty Palettes is an unforgettable experience. When Sweatha of Tasty Curry Leaf announced T&T´s Blog of The Month for April I was undergoing my vegan challenge and was worried about how much I could cook from Suganya´s tasty looking blog. However, the second I entered her virtual kitchen and read through a few recipes, it became quite obvious that almost every recipe on her site is or can be adapted to the needs of a vegan. I thought I was going to have a hard time to cook anything and I ended up being right. I had hard time deciding what to make :-)

Suganya, I went for all of these, as they looked the most interesting to me. I have added links to the original recipes (just in case you havent recognized the originals ;-) It is very easy to follow Suganya´s recipes, but trying to re-create her gorgeous pictures is pretty darn hard :-)

1) Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies - these tiny yellowish black dotted wonders caught my attention immediately for two reasons - a) they are vegan and b) they use poppy seeds, a very traditional Slovakian cookie ingredient. I simply love the crunchiness of poppy seeds. Made them, loved them and will make them again....

2) Vegetable Oats Upma - won my heart for its simplicity, lightness and flavors. Love oats, veggies and spices, so cooking this dish was an instant decision with no further debating :-)

3) Easy Eggplant Bake - This was a dish with a style. I loved the presentation and again - simplicity of the dish. I used fresh basil and parsley leaves and it was the best textured appetizer ever :-)

4) Tomato Pesto with Walnuts - this one was simply adorable. I ate the whole thing in one go. Spread on veggies, biscuits, bread, with rice - a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g... This one was probably my favorite and a definite keeper :-)


One think I learned from Tasty Palettes was that the complicated fantastic looking recipes are actually sooooo simple that you just cannot go wrong with them. I could go on and on cooking whole Suganya´s blog :-) And who knows maybe I will.... I definitely will be back...

Thank you Sweatha so much for hosting this event :-)