Bruschetta con Goat Cheese

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes
• Rice vinegar
• Olive oil
• Salt/Pepper
• Basil (dry or fresh)
• Toasted bread (french bread works well)
• Cheese (goat, brie, cream cheese) all work well

Preparation:

Chop tomatoes in small pieces (salsa style).  

Add species: salt, pepper, olive oil, rice vinegar and basil.

Spread cheese on toast and add chopped tomatoes.

Enjoy as an appetizer or snack! Goes well with wine.

Paneer with Jalapeño & Tomato

Ingredients

• Paneer
• Tomatoes
• Onions
• Jalapeños
• Haldi (tumeric powder)
• Chili
• Salt

Preparation

Thaw a block of paneer for a few minutes.

Use your hands to crumple into small pieces.

Cut tomatoes, onions and jalapeños (fajita style).

Sautee onions first. Then add the cut tomatoes.

Add salt, haldi, and chilly powder. Let it simmer until pureed.

Add jalapeño peppers.

Add the crumpled paneer pieces.

Let it simmer and crush paneer pieces evenly so it absorbs all the flavors.

Enjoy with naan or roti (Indian breads)!

Veggie Burgers + Fries

These are some nice Trader Joe's masala burgers. You need the usual burger ingredients - buns, onion, cheese (pepper jack or other) tomatoes, lettuce, mayo, pickle, ketchup. The frozen fries you can just bake in a toaster oven.

Toast the burger patties and buns and stack 'em up!

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Finely chop red onions and tomatoes. Prepare the curry by first cooking the onion with olive oil until brown. Then add the tomatoes and spices - haldi, salt, garam masala and chili.

Cut paneer into cube. You can fry the paneer too (separately) if you wish but you can reduce some oil by just adding in the paneer to the gravy. Add some frozen peas as well. Gently stir for few minutes until the peas are cooked.