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Today morning I realized that I lost about 6 pounds. Yay!! It made my day and gave me the ‘ticket’ to pig on rich foods.
I bought this pack of ravioli from Costco – I am loving the choice of organic foods @ Costco. This is really easy to make. Here goes. (I [...]
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Dear friends,
Hope you are enjoying the lovely colors of fall and the chillness in the air with some nice food. I cooked some really good stuff the past few months, and here’s me sharing the recipe for some awesome pancakes. We loved the texture of buckwheat flour and the sweet flavor brought on by the [...]
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Happy Vinayaka Chavithi!
Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka chaviti is celebrated by Hindus in honor of Shiva and Parvathi ’s progeny – Ganpati / Ganesh. Several delicacies are offered to Lord Ganesha for he is known to be quite the foodie!! For this year, I made the idol out of red clay from Michael’s.
Here are some photos:
I dried the [...]
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Seattle is the epicenter of all things awesome!!! If you guys haven’t tried this delicately flavored brand of soda based out of Seattle, you should do so right now.
(photo from drysoda.com)
Here’s more about Dry. Find where Dry is available in your city.
My personal favorites are Rhubarb and Lavender. And Vanilla Bean, and Kumquat… oh [...]
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Corrected.
N and I are trying to reduce carb intake and to include more fruits in our diet. I found that Smoothies are a really good way of accomplishing that. This post is to chronicle some combinations that rocked my world
Please adjust the ratios according to your taste. This is just a rough guideline [...]
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I keep experimenting with a variety of grains and legumes while making dosa batter. One such combination is what I am going to blog about today. I loved the way dosas turned out with this batter.
I also made some chickpea chundal to go as a filling. The combination was just too delish! I [...]
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I am baking a lot of muffins these days in a bid to have breakfast every morning. I love to have one of these little babies with orange juice each morning.
In this particular batch, I added cardamoms that really gave the muffins an awesome flavor. I used organic agave nectar (low glycemic index)to make [...]
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Quickpressing to let you know that I upgraded WordPress on Vindu to 2.8.0. Everything went smooth (after some initial DB hiccups) and I *LOVE* this new version!
Be back with lot of goodies! Have a fantabulous weekend!
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I don’t know what to write. But I need this out of my system, so life can be normal again.
My ammamma, a graciously beautiful lady, a fashion icon (for me she is), and an awesome cook passed away a few weeks back. It came to me as a shock when I first came to know [...]
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N loves this side dish. Its simple, fast and easy. I make this almost every other day.
Recipe for Carrot Poriyal; 2 servings for 2 adults
Ingredients
Finely grated carrots – 3 cups
Grated ginger – 2 tsp
Desiccated coconut – 3 tbsps
Black gram/urad dal – 1 tbsp
Dry red chilies – 2
Curry leaves – 5-6
Cumin, mustard seeds – 1 [...]
