Archives for June, 2006

Yoghurt with Fruits

Posted by Raje on Friday, June 16, 2006 at 4:31 pm. 0 Comments.

Today’s lunch for Aditya was simple. I gave him yoghurt with rice, some strawberries and a goldfish snack. I don’t expect him to eat much from it today. His school has chicken taquitos for lunch. The breakfast snack was graham crackers and banana. I don’t remember what the evening snack is, but it was ok. [...]

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Fried Chicken

Posted by Raje on Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 3:45 pm. 0 Comments.

There was a garage sale in our neighborhood a couple of weeks ago and Shilpi found an unused deep fryer for three bucks there. Being gadget crazy as I am; I could not wait to try it out. This is a very simple recipe and the chicken was de..li…cious !! Ingredients Buttermilk – 1 cup [...]

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Mac ‘n Cheese

Posted by Raje on Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 10:07 am. 0 Comments.

Today’s lunch was Mac and cheese for Aditya. He also got some of the banana bread and gold fish. Today’s vegetable was corn and fruits were strawberries and oranges. We had a major ‘No Lunch Box’ tantrum today. I guess he feels a bit odd as he is one of the few kids who take [...]

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Breakfast Bread (Banana Oatmeal bread)

Posted by raje on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 12:07 pm. 0 Comments.

This was supposed to have been a recipe for breakfast bars. The bars turned out to be a bit soft and spongy. So I call it banana bread instead. It’s really tasty, not too sweet and a super grab on the go breakfast for us. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon [...]

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Chicken and Strawberries

Posted by Raje on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 9:31 am. 0 Comments.

Today I added some vibrant colors to Aditya’s lunchbox. Luscious red strawberries and gorgeous green broccoli compliment each other beautifully. I also added some home fried chicken and pretzels from the local whole foods store. Usually these are all of Aditya’s favorites. He was a bit unhappy about the lunch box yesterday. “I don’t get [...]

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Dinner Rolls

Posted by Raje on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 8:03 am. 0 Comments.

Yesterday evening I made some dinner rolls and they were absolutely heavenly. I has substituted light sour cream instead of the butter. I guess that did the trick. There were the best dinner rolls I have ever made. Ingredients 3/4 cup water 1/4 cup light sour cream 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups bread [...]

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Sandwich with oatmeal bread

Posted by Raje on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 7:55 am. 0 Comments.

There were enough leftover yesterday and I decide to work on Aditya’s lunch box item’s instead. I baked some dinner rolls and set out to make some oatmeal breakfast bars. It turned out more like a cake, So I just call it bread instead. Aditya loved it, so it is a hit and a keeper. [...]

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Paneer Cutlets

Posted by raje on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 1:00 pm. 0 Comments.

This is a super easy recipe and makes for a great snack. Ingredients Paneer – ½ lb Bisquick baking mix – ½ cup Buttermilk – ¼ cup Method Preheat the oven to 3750. Cut the paneer into slices about half a centimeter in thickness. You could also cut them into sticks. Make a batter by [...]

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Seitan

Posted by raje on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 10:53 am. 0 Comments.

It is also called wheat meat. It is one of the varieties of fake meat that you can get these days. Seitan is made from wheat gluten. A lot of recipes of seitan are also available on the web. This was my first attempt of making it at home. It turned out pretty well. It [...]

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Seitan and Yoghurt

Posted by Raje on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 10:41 am. 0 Comments.

I made some Seitan over the weekend and made a curry from it. For today’s lunch Shilpi took the Seitan Curry with rice and Yoghurt with rice. He also got half an orange for fruit and cucumber slices and sticks for salad. Aditya’s box had the yoghurt and rice but not the seitan curry. He [...]

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Cucumber Sandwhich and Paneer Cutlets

Posted by Raje on Friday, June 9, 2006 at 10:00 am. 0 Comments.

For today’s lunch I packed cucumber sandwiches. Shilpi’s sandwiches have tomatoes in them, but I omitted those for Aditya. He is allergic to raw tomatoes. Also the sandwiches have a sour cream spread in them instead of mayo. Again Aditya is allergic to raw eggs. The paneer cutlets are nothing but slices of paneer coated [...]

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Aditya’s Lunchbox

Posted by Raje on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 11:34 pm. 1 Comment.

I have decided to start packing lunches for Aditya too. His meals are all provded for at school, but I am not too happy with that due to two reasons. One is because of his allergies. He has a lot of them and it gets difficult to keep track of what he is eating at [...]

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Potato Curry with Capsicum

Posted by Raje on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 11:06 pm. 0 Comments.

Another simple potato recipe Ingredients Potatoes – 3 medium, boiled and chopped Onions – 2 medium, chopped Capsicum – 2 medium, chopped Rai (mustard seeds) – ½ teaspoon Ajwain – ¼ tsp Jeera (cumin seeds) – ½ tsp Turmeric powder – a big pinch Salt to taste Oil – 4 tbsp Cilantro for garnish   [...]

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Paneer Paratha

Posted by Raje on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 11:43 pm. 1 Comment.

I love Paratha and roti. This was an experiment which turned out pretty good. Ingredients Atta – 2 cups Oil – 2 tbsp Paneer – ¾ cup Green chilli – 2 Water – 1 cup approx. Salt to taste Method Make dough with the atta. Add a table spoon of oil while making the dough. [...]

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Tadka Dal

Posted by Raje on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 11:32 pm. 0 Comments.

This is a real simple recipe and nothing could be easier. This is actually a recipe by Shilpi. He always kept telling me about the tadka dal made by a friend of his, during his school days in Canada. ( until I finally made it ) Ingredients Toor dal – 1 cup Water – 2 [...]

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Potato Curry

Posted by Raje on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 10:12 pm. 2 Comments.

This is an easy recipe but slightly time intensive. I used baked potatoes, ok actually semi baked potatoes. I was making corn bread and decided to bake some potatoes too along with it. Ingredients Russet potatoes – 4 medium Onions – 2 medium diced Dried red chilli – 1 Garlic clove – 1 crushed Cumin [...]

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