10 Easy Recipes The Gents Can Cook up While The Ladies Chill Out This International Women’s Day

Ramya Menon
Cucumbertown Magazine Archive
4 min readMar 8, 2016

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Gentlemen! This one is for you.

Today is International Women’s Day. And while for people who care, every day is about respecting all genders, today is a little reminder. We decided to put together a little list so you guys can show your mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, nieces, aunts and basically all the female folks in your life, that you just want them to chill and take it easy on this day that the world has dedicated to them.

Presenting, a list of super easy, breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts that you can whip up in a jiffy and please that special lady in your life.

So let’s start with breakfast, shall we?

Shakshouka

Complicated name? Yeah. Complicated recipe? Not. And what a way to start the day, huh?

Mini Pancakes with Blackberry sauce

Who doesn’t love a good old pancake? And when you fancy it up with this blackberry sauce, it’s gonna be so many brownie points. You can thank us later, now go get that batter made!

Veggie Salad With Passionfruit Dressing

There’s just one instruction with this salad. Pile it all up and load with the dressing. Easy peasy.

Paneer Bruschetta

Super simple, full of flavour and looks great! Win win all the way.

Easy Stovetop Jalapeno Mushroom Mac And Cheese

This will be the ultimate treat for the ladies, comfort food not cooked by them!

Ginger Chicken with Oyster Mushroom and Snow Peas

Most of us love Chinese food, right? And what better way to master the act in the kitchen than this simple but super impressive saucy stir fry?

Bhel Puri

No matter which part of the world you are in, you are bound to make an impression if you whip up this popular Indian street food. And most of the ingredients are available in that Indian stores in town.

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Now this one is for the adventurous. It is certainly not as easy as some of the recipes listed above, but it’s a guaranteed crowd pleaser. So if you like a challenge, and gents, we know you do, then this is it!

Rich Boozy Baileys Chocolate Truffles — No Added Sugar

And if that chocolate cake looks a little intimidating, worry not, there’s this easy, boozy recipe to the rescue!

Melon Balls

And if you want it to keep it even more simple, we have the perfect solution for you!

So there you have it. Pin this for posterity, boys. You are gonna wanna do this every once in a while after you see the reaction to the effort from the ladies. So celebrate this International Women’s Day in style thanks to these awesome recipes from the Cucumbertown bloggers!

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Ramya Menon
Cucumbertown Magazine Archive

Journalist, writer and dreamer. Now combining all three with a dream team @Cucumbertown