Sri Lankan Food & Healthy food recipes Peckish Me

Easy Gluten Free Cashew Cookies

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 29, 2017

2017 is almost gone and 2018 is around the corner. And when it comes, you’ll need something very special to welcome it. I look back on my life and I cannot help but be satisfied. I have made the most of this year and that is all that matters. It’s... Read More...

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Nutty Fruit Rolls

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 26, 2017

Well, I’ve done it again. What is it you ask. It is posting a recipe that was meant for Christmas after the day because I was too lazy to do the work related to it. There is no excuse. However I shall comfort myself with the fact that you wi... Read More...

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Zellers S’mores Bake

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 20, 2017

This is the season of abundance and that includes abundance of guests! So how do you prepare yourself for the hordes who will come knocking at such short notice? I may have a solution for you. If you had ever made a bonfire or had camped outsid... Read More...

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Rum and Raisin Fudge

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 19, 2017

Sometimes you just gotta say, fudge it. Christmas is just approaching and you are tired to the bone, having worked your backside off the entire year and you just can’t wait to get out of office and get under the covers of those comforting annual ... Read More...

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White chocolate Zellers Bottom Cherry Cupcakes for Christmas

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 15, 2017

How would you like a cupcake with chunks of creamy white chocolate, studded with ruby red pieces of cherry? What if you encountered a gooey dark chocolate and then a crunchy multilayered biscuit at the bottom of it all? These cherry cupcakes fit the ... Read More...

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Traditional Amaretti Cookies – A Treat for Your Soul

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 14, 2017

Imagine a beautiful sunny day, cool breeze caressing your hair and you, in your prettiest yellow sundress, the sun warming your hair, sunlight illuminating your hair, wander down the charming cobblestoned streets of Tuscany. This is exactly what t... Read More...

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Paan Paan releases “Best Things about December” – a Christmas goodies collection

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 8, 2017

So what really is the best thing about December for you? For me, it’s obviously the food and the festivities surrounding it. Or is it the other way round? Paan Paan has the exact same thing in mind it seems. And for the month of December, Paan ... Read More...

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A Sri Lankan Christmas – Best of Christmas recipes

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 7, 2017

Sri Lankan Christmas is quite a unique affair. Mothers, aunties and grandmothers in their floral aprons bustle about the kitchen yielding wooden spoons and extra sharp knives months in advance, cutting, chopping, stirring and perfuming the kitchens w... Read More...

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Bailey’s Fudge – A Boozy Chocolate Fudge you aren’t likely to forget in a very long time

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 29, 2017

Can you smell it? Can you feel it in the air? December is fast approaching and the air is already buzzing with electricity. There is a certain perfume in the air- a subtle smokiness reminiscent of good food, great company and happy times. December... Read More...

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Koonisso Mallum – A Sri Lankan Shrimp recipe

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 17, 2017

Sri Lanka is just your typical, ordinary island in the sun. We drink coconuts out of the tree and eat seafood right off the ocean, wear coconut leaves around our waist and dance to folk songs on the beach all day. NOT. While this tiny island ma... Read More...

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Memoirs of Custard & Jelly

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 12, 2017

If you grew up in the 90’s in Sri Lanka, chances are that you are of the custard pudding generation. Back in the day, custard pudding and jelly was a delicacy. It was what our mothers made for us on Sundays and on any other day if we were good. It... Read More...

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Chocolate And Rum cookies

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 8, 2017

Who doesn’t love a bit of rum and chocolate? This is adult business. Dark rum and dark chocolate- both as black as sin and feels as good as sin. And the combination – and I have tried this before – is just so divine that you will be lost within th... Read More...

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Stuffed Squid – A Calamari recipe

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 5, 2017

For us Sri Lankans living in a tiny island surrounded by water, seafood is a staple as the air that we breathe. Glistening blue waters fringing the golden sands shaded by lush coconut palms from the golden sunshine all year round, Sri Lanka is the... Read More...

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Homemade buttery Caramels

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 27, 2017

Here’s something for you to chew on. The easiest, butteriest caramels that you have ever eaten. No one has ever stopped at just one of these babies. Growing up, the highlight of my day was when my father came home from work. At 8pm I would wait... Read More...

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