BM # 26 Day 25 Crafts: Mickey Mouse themed Birthday Party Organizing Birthday parties is so much fun, specially when you are doing the decor also. It was my grandson’s second birthday and his love for Mickey made us decide on a Mickey theme party. For me colors play an important part where decor is concerned, red, yellow black and white…
BM # 27 Day 24 Craft: Scrap Book Today we have come to the final week of this marathon, and for this week we have slightly different theme.Crafts and Miscellaneous. I will try to work around with crafts related to food . I am passionate about scrap booking, but due to lack of time have never been able to…
BM # 27 Day 23 Seasonal: Summer A cool drink with lots of crushed ice, is what I look for in the peak heat of summers. Today I have three special drinks which are totally Indian Drinks. Khus sharbat Badaam Sharbat Paan drink Khus is a simple sugar syrup with food color and essence.Quick…
Weekend Cooking When ever I want to make something simple and delicious, Wraps come to my rescue.This weekend I did not want to do any elaborate cooking, as it is really getting hot . I know my co bloggers, Valli and Champa would surely have something interesting on their weekend menu.Anyway I choose something light…
BM # 27 Day 22 Seasonal: Summer Kulfi is an Indian Ice cream Unlike the ice creams available in the market traditionally these are flavored with cardamoms and nuts. Of course with fusion foods, even kulfis are taking new avatars and we see lot of fusion flavors. Kulfis are best made with full fat…
BM # 27 Day 21 Seasonal : Summer The food habits change with the season. Summers , one just likes to drink loads of butter milk or lemon juice to beat the heat. I like to eat all chilled stuff, like salads, dahiwads, chaats… Paalak Dahiwadas are really unique and they taste fantastic.My sister…
BM # 27 Day 20 Seasonal: Summer The Strawberries are still in season, well even if they are not, just dig out the frozen ones. The dessert is nice and chilled and absolutely appropriate for those summer evenings.Here is a simple dessert that you can whip up in a jiffy, if you have the…
BM # 27 Day 19 Seasonal : Winter This is a pickle recipe ,which I had been searching since years.My granny used to make this and it was everyone’s favorite. Mom does not make any pickles and just could not recollect the measurements …strange , but I got this recipe from a book by…
BM # 27 Day 18 Seasonal : Winter While we are in winter season, I would like to tell you that this is the time when we have lots of pickles. These pickles are oil free and have a shelf life of a week or so.They have to be prepared fresh and it takes…
BM # 27 Day 17 Seasonal : Winter Spinach or Paalak is a green which is really green and fresh in winters. The taste and the look of the spinach is definitely different from the summer spinach, which comparatively looks dull . It is during winters that we make these Parathas, which are stuffed with spinach…