Instant RasMalai using Ricotta Cheese and Vegetable Puffs using the Pastry sheets were some the new shortcut/fusion things I was introduced to when I was newly married here in the United States. Being a novice cook, never in a million years would I have imagined making either of these from scratch the traditional, laborious way. However using ready ingredients like ricotta cheese, puff pastry sheets and following some easy steps, making those treats seemed like a total no-brainer to me. Anyway, 387.415 preparations later ((don’t ask about the decimal placesJ)) suffice to say that I have stopped making them…
Kids Dosas / Mini Dosas
Food is such a sore subject while dealing with our 2.4 year old. First of all nothing seems to appeal him and then trying new foods is out of question. Two things happen when I take food to him one is the utterance of “Nooooooo” and then making a face and tilting of his head away from the food. I know, I know all you Moms out there are experiencing the same predicament and cannot wait for the kids to grow up. **Sigh** Moving on to some cheery and brighter topic, here are some of our toddler’s anecdotes: He would…
Healthy Breakfast: Oatmeal and OJ
Are you giving him THAAAT for breakfast on Valentine’s Day?” said the inner voice. “What is wrong with that, besides I do have some pink color in the background, to correspond to Valentine’s Day?” I said. “Jeeez, people on this day profess their un-dying love for each other, buy expensive gifts, cards, whip out decadent meals and look at you, do you want to be considered cheesy and the most un-romantic person?” “Love is a feeling, an emotion and form of expression and I can show it any way I want.This might be simple yet it is very healthy…