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One Pan Mexican Quinoa

Ramadan Mubarak! Sorry for being MIA but this month has been super busy and blogging has taken a back seat. Today I'm back and blogging over at my good friend Henna's blog, My Ninja Naan. I'm sharing this super easy One Pan Mexican Quinoa recipe. I think it's a perfect balance to all the heavy iftars we have in our South Asian culture. Also being one pan makes things even more easy.

I hope everyone's Ramadan is going well! We are in the final stretch and it feels like it just started. It always goes too quickly.

Today I have the pleasure to be guest posting at my best blogging buddy Henna's blog My Ninja Naan! I can't even remember how I discovered Henna's blog. I remember when I would visit she would make things that I had recently also made or things that I would most definitely want to make. We both posted the same Spinach Quiche and Wheat Thins recipes. Henna posted a recipe for Garlic Knots which I had also made but never posted about because they over rose and where humungous! I had long ago pinned the Jalapeno Popper Chicken recipe she posted but have never gotten around to making it because half of my family are not cheese fans.

This will be a different Ramadan. A Ramadan without Baba. In the picture above I have placed a pocket watch we found in Baba's things. It is an antique pocket watch and my dad had written on the bag Eglinton Ave E/Laird (where he bought it) and $5.35. Baba was such an organized man. Always thought of everything and made sure everything was in place. During Ramadan, iftari at my parents place was usually the tradtional waday, dahi baday and aloo bonday. All things Baba loved. He could never resist the Iftari. When my brother and I were still at home, Baba would buy baklava and chocolate every Ramadan. We would always have some at sehri/suhoor. May Allah forgive him and grant him Jannat-ul-Firdous. May Allah make this easy time for Mummy. Ameen.