Thursday 28 February 2013

Banana Milk Shake


My daughter eats banana depending upon her mood...when she is in no mood bananas in my kitchen shakes herself and becomes Banana Milk Shake with her favorite chocolate flavor bournvita ;).


Here's my simple shake....



Wednesday 27 February 2013

Brinjal Chutney - Version 1


In my home, for most of the breakfast varieties we have coconut chutney. Even if we have sambar also my family members will ask for coconut chutney. Its like we have addicted to this coconut chutney & too much of coconut is damaging our health.

So I have started replacing coconut chutney slowly... and that's why I cooked brinjal chutney today & recipe is here. Give a try with this recipe & I'm sure you'll like it.



Tuesday 26 February 2013

Mint Chutney Sandwich - Kids Evening Snack Combo


Whenever I  replace a healthy snack instead of junk to school, my daughter brings it back untouched. So I ended up sending junk snack with heavy heart all the time. Yesterday chumma I tried this combo for evening snack & it worked great. So I have secretly decided to try this combo with some variation for school snack.


Mint Chutney Sandwich + Papaya + Butter Milk --------> Kid's Snack

Hope this works.....:-)


Sunday 24 February 2013

Crunchy Chicken Fry - KFC Style


Eating family's favorite food with the family makes the weekend very special. I made crunchy chicken fry this weekend & everything turned super special.....;)

Here's the recipe of my chicken fry.



Saturday 23 February 2013

Moong Sprouts Salad


Salads are the very healthy food that keeps us active & fresh. Also eating salad before rice/lunch makes very filling & stops indulging much of rice varieties and that itself makes one feel very light.

So why waiting.....start eating salad & gain all health benefits.


Friday 22 February 2013

Fresh Grape Juice


Summer is nearby  & we started feeling the heat now itself...so i have started preparing for summerrrrrrr.......:-)

The 1st thing we have to do in summer is to keep us cool .....so eat & drink cool, think cool, stay cool & feel cool......this is cool isn't ;)

Here comes my simple fruit juice recipe to make u cool.....:-)



Thursday 21 February 2013

Lady's Finger Stir-fry


I always hesitate to cook lady's finger because cooking this sticky vegetable eats my time. Last week when i was talking about this vegetable with Saradha aunty she gave me this quick lady's finger stir fry recipe & it came out very well even with less oil. Many thanks to Saradha aunty. :-)

The very first time my l'il one liked lady's finger fry.




Wednesday 20 February 2013

Peanut and Vegetable - Plain Fresh Salad


My dad is very energetic, active, fun loving & self motivated person. He is 16 at heart & 35 in looks but actually he is 65. He always carries that small curve in his lips & loves to see others happy.

No cholesterol, no BP, no diabetic.... Touch wood...but 20 days back he got mild fix & got admitted in hospital for angiogram. Luckily the report came with minimum blocks & now he is under medication.

That one day gave us a great shock. Me, my brother & mom couldn't take it up.....by god's grace...my dad is alright now.

One thing I learnt from this is that, "what you eat is what you will be.....". My dad is a non-veg person. No food without non veg style of living is what my dad had until yesterday but now everything changed towards vegetables, fruits, fibre....etc etc.

Even though its difficult.... Now my dad is ready to compromise anything for his loving wife, kids, grandkids..

Thanks Dad & we love u so much.....:-)


Friends, do give importance & eat healthy food so that we can stay healthy and show our love & support our loved ones.


Sunday 17 February 2013

Peanut Spicy Curry/ Verkadalai Kuzhambhu


I'm again with another simple spicy curry.

As the peanuts season has started, you'll get peanuts everywhere for reasonable price so just give a try with this " Peanut Spicy Curry" recipe. Sure your loved ones will eat extra rice & ask for it again. :-)

Saturday 16 February 2013

Gobi Manchurian Gravy


My family is very fond of appam & manchurian gravy esp my l'il one. So whenever we go out for dinner our 1st order would be this combo. Last week I tried this recipe at home & it turned out wonderful just like the one we get in the hotel.

Here comes my style of recipe for your reference.


Friday 15 February 2013

Sweet Potato Sweet Heart....


This is a "Super simple snack" I made yesterday evening....for Valentine's day.

Sweet potatoes are not lesser than any other vegetable. It has  vitamins B6, C, D ....etc. So  do try this simple recipe & make your kids healthy and happy. :-)




Thursday 14 February 2013

Valentine's Day Special Meals


Dear Friends,

Happy Valentine's Day.........:-)




We( My hubby & Me) don't celebrate only this particular day...we celebrate the whole month. Because february month is a very special month for us. Our life changing moments happened only this february month. Yes......


Vegetable fried Rice


Vegetable fried rice is my hubby & daughter's favorite. I made this for the special valentines day.




Plantain Stem Soup


Plantain Stem Soup is my hubby & daughter's favorite. I made this for the special valentines day.


Wednesday 13 February 2013

Beetroot Rice - Simple Recipe


Variety Rices are simple yet delicious. You don't need big side dish for these variety rices just chips or papad will do. These variety rices are the best gift/solution for busy working women.

Now a days many variety rice mixes are readily available in stores like Nilgris, Reliance..etc but most of the rices can be prepared in your kitchen in the morning busy hours too.

Beetroot rice is one simple, easy to make & a healthy variety. Here comes my recipe of it.



Tuesday 12 February 2013

Carrot Peas Masala


Even though I'm a non-veg freak, I have started cooking & eating lot of vegetable just for the sake of my daughter. My daughter is mini me. She just like all that I like including food. Since eating vegetables & fruits daily is a must for current life style I have started using lots of veggies & fruits in my daily cooking. That's why lots of veggie recipes in my blog in recent times.

Here comes another simple vegetable recipe "Carrot Peas Masala".




Monday 11 February 2013

Kulfi icecream without condensed milk....


Just to make Sunday special I thought of making dessert yesterday. More votes were given for kulfi icecream. Yes my daughter raised both her hands when asked who wants kulfi :-)


....after voting only I found no condensed milk in my fridge...but still went ahead & made kulfis without condensed milk and it tasted as great as the condensed milk version.

Here comes the my recipe.


Sunday 10 February 2013

Green Bean Bajjis


Here comes a "Healthy Evening Snack" for your kids.

I made this snack yesterday evening for my daughter. When she finished her snack, her proud mom( that's me) was sitting next to her thinking about the next healthy snack...;)



Saturday 9 February 2013

Super Easy - Drumsticks Gravy


The recipes "Drumsticks Gravy & Drumsticks Soup" are inter related.....don't know how??

Simple...whenever you make drumsticks gravy you can retain the juice of it and make drumsticks soup OR whenever you make drumsticks soup you can retain the drumsticks and make gravy out of it......ha ha......sorry i could hear you grumbling...:-) :-)


Friday 8 February 2013

Drumstick Soup


Drumstick Soup is very easy to make. I don't generally prepare separately for making drumstick soup. Whenever I make drumstick sambar or spicy drumstick curry I cook more drumsticks & retain the drumstick water/juice to make instant drumstick soup.

Below comes the recipe of yummy hot drumstick soup. :-)


Grape Jelly


Foods served in a simple way is not at all attracting kids now-a-days. So it becomes must for moms to discover new ways to make them eat their food. I think this is one of the main reason why moms are becoming very smarter now a days. Kids keeps us very active physically and mentally. :-)

Below mentioned recipe is one of my ways of attacking my daughter with fruits...esp grapes..ha ha.....


Thursday 7 February 2013

Fruit Salad With White Chocolate


" The best way to prevent cancer is to take atleast a cup of fruits & vegetables daily" - I read this somewhere in the net. Its very true that fruits & vegetables plays major role in preventing threatening diseases. And the best time to eat fruits is before food & best way is to eat it as a fruit.

So make sure that you & your family takes enough fruits & vegetables daily.

The below mentioned method of making salad, works well to make my daughter eat fruits so I follow this. Do follow this style & give a try with your kid too & become a happy mommy. :-)


Thanks for your wishes.....


Dear Friends,

My daughter had a wonderful birthday and the celebration went very well with all your blessings & wishes.



Thanks a ton for your love.

Warm Regards,
Helen

Sunday 3 February 2013

Tmrw is my l'il one's special day.....


Dear friends,

My daughter is celebrating her 4th birthday tomorrow. I wish my daughter a wonderful & healthy year ahead with God's grace & all your wishes....


Saturday 2 February 2013

Ragi(Finger Millet) Dates Muffin


Frankly speaking I'm still not well but with severe cold & light fever I made these muffins for Priya's "Cooking with seeds" event, "Cooking with love - spouse" & for all other the events taking place this month.

Toooo...much nah....I know but couldn't sit/sleep quite all day knowing all my fellow foodie bloggers out there are making something beautiful, delicious & yummy for the events. :-)



Friday 1 February 2013

Crispy Yam Fry


Climatic change currently in Chennai is very bad. Most of kids in my neighbourhood including my daughter is sick. My daughter happily shared her cold & fever with me. So I'm also sick for past two days. That's the reason why there is no much cooking & update in my blog. Just rasam rice & yam fry only in menu today. :(

So sharing one of my menu recipe here.



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