We had been to a berry farm last weekend to do our own blueberry picking and I wanted to share some of my thoughts here. We had done berry picking almost 4 years ago when DS was still an infant. So we decided to do it again this year so that he could have a first hand experience about the trees, farm, berry picking right off of the grove etc. Coming from a concrete jungle it is easy to loose touch with nature and forget where the produce came from. We started off very early in the morning toward the…
Besan Ladoo
Laddus or Laddoos as they are called are one of the most famous and liked Indian sweets. They are usually prepared during festivals like diwali, functions, auspicious occasions like marriages etc. There are different types of Laddos depending on what they are made up of and named that way. They could be made of flours or sesame or coconut, sooji/semolina etc and rolled into balls. I have already posted different types of Laddos like the ‘Nariyal ka Ladoo’, ‘Atta Laddos, ‘Til Ka Ladoo’ and now I am posting Besan ke Laduu. The Besan Ladoos are made up of gram flour…
Watermelon Agua Fresca
Hope you all had a good weekend. We had a good one that included our usual weekend chores; cleaning, laundry, grocery and along with that we threw in a mix of Blueberry picking fare. We had been planning for the blueberry picking for a long time now, but it materialized only last week. We went there with another friend of ours and it was fun time both for kids and adults as well. Fresh, luscious blueberries hand picked right off of the farm; close to the nature as we could get and it was a wonderful experience. In the two…