Apple Juice & Mint Chutney Sandwich - Kids Evening Snack Combo

Here comes my simple apple juice & mint chutney sandwich recipe to make kids stay cool & healthy this summer.....:-)

Green Peas Masala Dosa

Green peas masala dosa is my family's all time favorite. But this dosa recipe is dedicated to my friend "Kiran".

Vegetable Mixture/Chivda Salad

Mixture/Chivda is a south indian savory snack which is made by mixing sev, variety of nuts & spices. My daughter is very fond of mixture so my hubby bought 1/2 kg last week only for her but as a responsible mom....(he he...... at times the devil/angel inside me don't jus allow me to give the shop bought oil snacks to my her).....I wanted her to eat something healthy or homemade so I mixed all vegetables with the mixture and made this salad. It is tasted like bhel puri and she loved it.

Watermelon Pomegranate Juice

Watermelon & Pomegranate combination juice is very refreshing & healthy. Since its the season of melon & pomo ......just enjoy mixing both the fruits and beat the heat. :-)

Broccoli Fritters & Fruits Kebab - Kid's Evening Snack Combo

Broccoli has lots of health benefits but making the kids to eat broccoli is really a mountain climbing task.

Once i tried adding broccoli in maggi noodles but didnt work. Same with sandwich also. Since my l'il one loves fritters/bajji items I tried this broccoli bajjis and believe me she finished all the bajjis within 5 mins. Then I made onion bajji for rest of us...:-)

Do give a try with your kids too.........

All about my hair.......and hair styles.

When I was small, to grow my hair my mom & dad together use to make coconut oil at home specially for my hair. And my grandma used to send selected coconut for making oil at home through whoever comes from my native. It was my whole family who took much efforts to grow my hair.

Fish Finger

Do this fish finger need a intro....nah right...ha ha.....I know....

Normal fish fry itself will be absolutely tasty....how would fish fry with no bones would be....(absolutely delicious) power of square ....right....yes...that's this fish finger. Yummy yummy....just give a try at your home with my simple recipe. :-) I'm sure you'll get kitchen queen award from your loved ones. :-)

Chicken Roll - Kid's Evening Snack Combo

As i said in my earlier post, my daughter is not a fussy eater. But she hates rotis. So I have been trying different methods to make her eat/like rotis. And this is also one of my method to make her eat roti.

Because of the chicken filling she liked it very much & have asked me to make the same roll for her lunch one day.....see how it works...just give a try like me with your kids too.....:-)

Ragi Vermicelli Upma

I use to make vermicelli upma a lot because its a easy to make breakfast in the running morning. I was hesitating to try ragi vermicelli upma thinking that nobody in my family would like it. But last week I just bought 1 pkd to give a try and everybody including my l'il one liked it very much.

Since its made of wheat + Ragi flour I happily went to the shop  Immediately & got 10 pkds.....ha ha......

You too can give a try.......simple recipe is here.

Green Peas Masala

Green Peas Masala is my favorite dosa side dish. Actually my mother - in-law use to make this very well. I just learned the perfect version from her & tried this week. It came out exactly like hers but my daughter liked only my version and she told her aachi( grand ma) also that but the way she told was very funny. So her aachi laughed & chased her for the whole day....:-)

Here's my MIL 's recipe for u.

Chicken Fried Rice

Whenever I give surprise to my daughter by packing chicken fried rice for her lunch, I get lots n lots of hugs & kisses in the evening. My sweety pie's expression with the answer to the question 'how's it baby? ' would be like amazing.....for that I would love to make chicken fried rice all 365 days.....:-)

Here's my simple recipe.

Super Healthy Breakfast - Made in Fortune Rice Bran Oil

Blogadda has come up with a wonderful healthy, tasty recipe contest with fortune rice bran oil. We need to post our signature recipes in our blog & link blogadda.

Generally I don't cook for my blog...I blog what I cook so thought of posting my breakfast recipes as my signature recipes. But the only difference is I cooked all my breakfast recipes today with " Fortune Rice Bran Oil" and I have to tell this truth that this oil is really amazing. It is very light & absorbs no oil at all. Since the elders ( parents - in-law) at my home are diabetic  we have decided to buy Fortune Rice Bran Oil from now on.

For more information about "Fortune Rice Bran Oil" click here.

Below comes my breakfast recipes, do check & cook with fortune rice bran oil and stay healthy.

Soya Nuggets/vadam Sandwich - Kids Evening Snack Combo

Soya nuggets has high protein content which is good for growing kids. So I tried sandwich using soya nuggets & it really tasted like chicken sandwich. My daughter loved it. Why don't you give a try.....here is the recipe for you. :-)  

Drumstick Leaves Porridge

Drumstick Leaves Porridge is my Hubby's favorite, but now it is slowly becoming my daughter's favorite too. I'm very happyyy.....because this is a best way to make my kid eat drumstick leaves....he he.....

Baby Cucumber & Pomegranate Salad

Summer has started already......and as a sign you could  feel the scorching hot in the morning itself....and you could also see the watermelons, tender coconuts, baby cucumbers everywhere....

It is must to keep your body cool during summer. And best is to consume lots & lots of fruits & vegetables.

Baby cucumber is a simple yet wonderful vegetable which keeps the body very cool. And pomegranate fruit has lot of benefits in it. So I have prepared a simple salad combining these 2.

Fruit + vegetable = Heavenly healthy salad

Paneer Masala Roll - Kid's Evening Snack Combo

My daughter is not a fussy eater. But she fights daily with me to eat one particular food...and that is chapati/roti. She hates rotis. So I have been trying different methods to make her eat/like rotis.

Paneer masala roll is one of the method I tried and fortunately it worked for me. If you're kid also fighting with you like mine......then please take this recipe.

My First Award - Liebster Blog Award

Dear friends, 

I'm very happy to tell you all that i have received my very first "Liebster" award from Princy of http://spicyfoood.blogspot.in.

"Oh my God...." Is what I said when I first saw my name in liebster award nomination list in Princy's blog and then i felt like  "Oh......Wow.....great start for 2013" & its really nice of her to nominate me for this award.

Dear Princy, thank you so much for your love & recognization. I really feel so proud, happy & excited for getting this award from you. Love u from my heart :-) 

When I started this blog on 13 Nov'2012, my 1st post was diwali wishes...lol...I don't know anything about this blogging & blogging world but day by day I learnt.....still learning a lot from all of you guys. Not only about cooking, about life, sharing, appreciating, supporting....etc etc,.

Special Occasion - Dress & Hair Style - For girls

I love trying different hair styles for my daughter. The best thing is my daughter loves having different & beautiful hair styles and she co-operates with me very well.

Potato Bajjis / Potato Fritters

Bajjis are my family's all time favorite. No matter what vegetable the bajji is made of, bajjis will vanish just in few seconds...so I try bajjis using bread, green beans ...etc.

I made potato bajjis yesterday... And here comes the recipe.

Mint Chutney/ Pudina Chutney- Simple Version for Beginners

I'm a big fan of mint leaves & you would have known that by now because all my recipes mostly has the mint leave's final touch  :-)

I have already posted "mint chutney - which can be stored for 15 days" recipe here but this version of mint chutney is like usual chutney which has to be used immediately.

Now comes the mint chutney simple recipe.

"Mint chutney which can be stored for 15 days" recipe is here.

Lemon Rice - Easy Variety Rice

Yesterday night, my daughter asked me to make lemon rice & egg masala for her school today. I was so surprised how she came up with this combination yet very happy and packed her, her request.

:-) Maybe she would have got the combo from her friends lunch box.

When I was a kid I know my menu only when I open my lunch box during the lunch time to have the lunch but now a days kids are very smart and they give us the menu list for their lunch box what a generation nah.....:-)

Egg masala recipe is  here.

Below comes my lemon rice recipe.

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....

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.

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.....:-)

Brown Chana Sprouts & Vegetable Salad

Another healthy salad......

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.

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.

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.....:-)

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.

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.

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. :-)

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.

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. :-)

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.

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.

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".

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.

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...;)

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...:-) :-)

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.....

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

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....

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. :-)

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.

Ukrainian Cabbage Roll - All Veggies

Actually this cabbage roll is very famous in Ukraine. They stuff rice & meat in the cabbage so it is called as " Rice Holubsti".
Since my kid eat less veggies & more non-veg. The devil inside me gave the hint of using the veggies..... he he.

Veggie inside & veggie outside...how'z it ;)