Kesar Phirni

Hope you are having a great start to the New Year with all resolutions intact. Also hope you had a great weekend. We had a fun and relaxing weekend with a potluck dinner at a friends’ place. With great food, chatter and laughter it was a good way to re-charge the ‘batteries’ and gear up for the hectic week ahead.  I had prepared this Kheer during the beginning of the New Year. Even though the weather is awesome for January, it has been cloudy on days. As a result I could not take some good pictures, depicting the actual color…

Strawberry Oat Bars

These bars are delicious, adaptable and very easy to make. You can substitute any preserves of your choice like raspberry, peach etc. I usually have strawberry preserves on hand and so I used it in this recipe.    The crust in many ways reminds me of the one that I had made for Apple crisp.I was in a hurry when I made these and so did not have the time to take good pictures. Trust me the pictures do not do justice to the taste of these delicious bars. These make a good snack and great accompaniment with tea or coffee. …

Carrot Zucchini Muffins and a baking book giveaway

Regular reader of this blog may remember that the baking recipes that I follow are all eggless. But the past three posts on baking have all been using eggs. So then why the the influx of egg based baking you ask?  Well I have to blame the kiddo for that. He one day threw a fit and proclaimed that he loved eggs and wanted us to make boiled eggs or egg related dishes for him for him. After trying a couple of dishes he changed his mind and decided he did not like them after all. This after we bought…