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…

Coconut Mango Burfi

With the weather continually being “cloudy chilly windy damp” for months we had a surprise bonus this past weekend. Early in the morning there was glorious sunshine and the temperature by mid morning had already climbed to the 70’s. I even dared to open the backyard door that was closed for a long time now and my 2 year old though suspicious at first tagged along and had a fun time playing in the backyard. It felt wonderful to feel the sun on the skin and not having to cover one self with sweater or a jacket. This day reminded…

Coconut Stuffed Eggplant (Bharlele Vaingan /Ennegai)

Every cuisine in India has its own version of making this Stuffed Eggplant delicacy. In fact even with in the same cuisine there are so many variations that it is hard to categorize this as belonging to a specific region. It majorly depends on the ingredients that go into the masala for stuffing.   Making this is not an easy process either; it is time consuming, involves lots of steps and requires a person to have good amount of patience to put this together. Ample experience is also required to judge when to turn the eggplant around, adjust the heat variations…