15 Top Recipes Year 2016

15 Top Recipes Year 2016

Hey you guys! Happy New Year 2017!!

We are on foot steps of 2017 and it feels like yesterday when I shared 2015's top recipes! I guess time flies! Isn't it? When I look back at the 2016 for Chef De Home.. there are so many recipes that I'm proud of..... However, for today's post I have picked top 15 recipes which were most appreciated by you all. When I was picking these recipes, some of my own recipes caught me by surprise! thinking... Oh, I shared it this year!?! Felt like I had shared it long ago.. :) 

On a personal note, I took a week's break from blog and recipe work... watched TV, sipped tea and did not cook much. Where I liked the break.... I also missed you guys too. So happy to be back and starting with 2016 in retrospective.

Can't wait to share all new and exciting ways to cook and feed our families in coming year. 

In no specific order, here is some of scrumptious-ness that happened on blog in 2016!

Wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2017!!

Vegan Tofu Scramble Kale Fried Rice

Vegan flavorful Kale Fried Rice with seasoned scrambled tofu that tastes like Asian egg fried rice.. only healthier! Friends, this bowl of vegan fried rice is packed with vegetarian tofu protein, and naturally gluten free rice. Also, a calcium and nutrient rich serving of kale makes it a satisfying meatles...

Lemon Chicken Rice Soup in Pressure Cooker

Lemon Chicken Rice Soup, a healthy made from scratch chicken and rice soup with lots of fresh herbs, lemon and carrot noodles. Friends, this gluten free soup will fly from kitchen to dinner table because it is all done in pressure cooker in just 20 minutes!Will you believe it's raining, in our part of worl...

Mango Avocado Pasta Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

Healthy fresh take on pasta salad with creamy avocado, sweet mangoes and zesty flavorful cilantro-lime dressing. Every fork-full of this pasta salad has something delicious to enjoy - lime-soaking creamy avocados, juicy mangoes, farfalle pasta, and crunchy pine nuts. This is one avocado salad which you can...

Chicken Tequila Fettuccine

Chicken Tequila Fettuccine - Tequila-Lime marinated juicy chicken, creamy tangy lime-cream sauce coated fettuccine pasta, with crunchy peppers, shallots and asparagus. Every forkful of this Italian dinner has something to love! This, my friends, is a restaurant quality pasta dinner which you can easily coo...

Cauliflower and Broccoli Detox Salad

Paleo carb-free broccoli detox salad loaded with crunchy broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and carrots, coated in a lemony ginger-oregano dressing. Every ingredient in this salad is so refreshing, crunchy and delicious that you won't believe your are on a salad detox diet!Starting Monday with this healthy salad...

Chicken Bellagio - Cheesecake Factory Copycat

Chicken Bellagio - A popular Cheesecake Factory chicken and pasta dish made with crispy pan fried chicken, spaghetti coated in Parmesan cream sauce served with side of crisp arugula salad. Friends, doesn't this sound like you reading the Cheese Cake factory menu and about to order a 30+ dollar dinner for V...

Coconut Cashew Curry Chicken and Rice with Mango

Mild spicy coconut chicken curry and aromatic rice with sweet mangoes, and toasted cashews for crunch in every bite. This, my friends, is a 20-minute weekday chicken and rice dinner, which is always on our dinner-menu in summers.Whether it is a busy weekday or even a relaxed Saturday evening, a comforting...

Lasagna Bites

Lasagna Bites, bite size spinach lasagna pieces, seasoned, breaded and fried, served with marinara dipping sauce for delicious summer movie-time snack. Whenever I have my friends and family coming over for weekend movie time, I always ready some easy snack options which kids and adults will equally enjoy....

Mango Cheesecake

This mango season start a new mango dessert tradition, with this perfectly lite sweet, melt-in-mouth creamy and moist mango cheesecake. There is no better way to say: Mangoes, I love you and wait for you every summer season! Starting summer with a Mango Cake has become tradition of my blog. Last year was,...

Aloo Gobi - Cauliflower Potato Curry

Sharing a delicious and easy Indian Cauliflower Potato Curry known as Aloo Gobi and also declaring Masala Thursday theme for blog. Aloo Gobi or Gobi Aloo (Cauliflower Potato Curry) is relatively dry curry with thick masala coating potatoes and cauliflower. It is a lite yet very comforting vegetarian main c...

Laksa Soup

Starting Monday with a flavorful meatless vegetarian coconut curry soup made with Malaysian-style red curry paste called Laksa. Just like any other glorious bowl of Curry Soup, I like to eat Laksa soup loaded with zucchini simmered in creamy spicy coconut-curry broth, topped with silky rice noodles and fre...

Eggplant Parmesan Casserole

Eggplant Parmesan Lasagna or Casserole is an Italian comfort dish made with layers of breaded eggplant slices, marinara sauce, basil, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, and then baked until cheese has melted and bubbly.Honestly, this casserole is my rendezvous with comfort food. To take lots of oil and fat ou...

Vegetarian Cabbage Soup

An easy and clean vegetarian cabbage soup recipe made with fresh cabbage, tomatoes, mixed vegetable medley, oregano, and vegetable broth. This cabbage soup is one of the best diet soup ever because cabbage makes it filling and added array of vegetable has so much flavor that it does not feel like a lite di...

5 Minutes Chipotle Burrito Sauce

Sharing today, a 5-minutes magic sauce which is way more than just burrito sauce! With flavorful chipotle en adobo, earthy cumin and oregano, and healthy touch of non-fat yogurt... this sauce is my go-to condiment on a lot of fresh summer foods. Today I'm calling is a burrito sauce... though I often serve...

Miso Ginger Salmon with Kale and Quinoa

A healthy gut-friendly miso-ginger marinated Salmon served with side of lemony Sesame Kale salad and quinoa.Dust-off the grill or switch-on broiler for few minutes..... and let's welcome spring with a lite, low-calorie Salmon Dinner. Sounds good? Isn't it?Friends, this salmon dinner comes with promise of a...

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