Archives for 2010

Homemade with Love

Posted by Raje on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 11:53 am. 0 Comments.

By the end of day when I sit down to write the posts for my recipes I find my self dozing off in front of the computer. Rather than have recipes with a bunch of mistakes in them I am going to write summaries of posts I intend to write. Mushroom and Spinach Omelet [...]

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Homemade Vannila Ice Cream

Posted by Raje on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10:51 pm. 0 Comments.

Who doesn’t love Ice Cream? Hmmm!! Well I like it but don’t love it. My kids on the other hand love it. Ujwala is always begging to go to the ice cream shop. ” I want to go to the ice cream shop. Pleeeeease!!” I felt pretty bad saying no to her almost every day. [...]

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Quinoa with peas

Posted by Raje on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 12:38 am. 0 Comments.

Quinoa is the new health grain that is being touted a lot and I have to admit I love it. It is actually a pseudo cereal and not really a grain. If you want to eat healthier and you really don’t enjoy brown rice, I would suggest giving this a try. Ingredients 1/4 cup onions [...]

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Rava Laddu

Posted by Raje on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:45 pm. 0 Comments.

Rava Laddu is a simple and easy to make sweet and Iwanted to make something special for Sankranthi. Most recipes, called for equal amounts of the main ingredients. But I find equal amounts of rava, ghee and sugar a bit too sweet for my taste. So I scaled down on the ghee and sugar.

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Vegetable Upma

Posted by Raje on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:59 pm. 0 Comments.

When it comes to Upma, I have had to cave in and resort to the traditional way of making it with ghee only; and a lot of it at that. But the results are indeed delicious as a recent phone call from hubby confirmed it. Adding some veggies is my way of making it a [...]

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100% Whole Wheat Bread

Posted by Raje on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 7:50 am. 0 Comments.

Aditya’s First Grade teacher gave me a loaf of Whole Wheat Bread as a thank you for helping out in his class. It was delicious and I was hooked. She told me that she ground her own wheat and preffered using Hard White Winter Berries. This ofcourse set me off on a exploratory trip on the [...]

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Blueberry Pancakes

Posted by Raje on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 10:28 am. 0 Comments.

Aditya loves pancakes and I always make extra to freeze for later. This time around I decided to make the pancakes a bit more healthy and added whole wheat pasty flour to the recipe. He loved them and did not notice the change.

Filed under Breakfast, Blueberries, Breakfast, Breakfast Recipes, Kid Friendly Breakfast Recipe, Kid Friendly Recipes, Pancakes.

Cooking up a Storm

Posted by Raje on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 9:22 am. 0 Comments.

I tried to cook a lot of food during the New Year week end. It’s not an easy task when one is also down with a bad cold virus. Cooking healthy also was the aim. That I did achieve to some extent. When it comes to food I believe excess of anything is not good. [...]

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