Jul 14 2009
I am baking a lot of muffins these days in a bid to have breakfast every morning. I love to have one of these little babies with orange juice each morning. In this particular batch, I added cardamoms that really gave the muffins an awesome flavor. I used organic agave nectar (low glycemic index)to make [...]
Feb 28 2009
Growing up, my mom made (and still does) gulab jamun on every birthday of mine.(and for the siblings too) It was a special treat and every birthday warranted that. My mom used to make it with this instant gulab jamun mix by “Orkay”. I don’t know if the company exisits anymore. Traditionally gulab jamun is [...]
Feb 04 2009
Updated on 2/5/09 to add note; please check the "procedure" section. ‘Denies a lot’ and I are on a roll these days. While N sits like a royal monarch (just short of skimpily clad girls fanning him with peacock feathers) we ‘toil’ in the kitchen dishing out delicacies for him And its all good fun!! [...]
Jan 27 2009
Have you guys seen “Dances with the wolves”? It’s a really fun (long) movie. And oh, Kevin Costner But, please don’t watch the director’s cut – now that’s really LONG. Anyhoo, the movie has fun Injun names, like so – “Stands with a fist”, “Kicking Bird”, “Hair in the Air”… the names are attributed [...]
Oct 17 2008
The Orange liquer nut cake serves as a very good mid-afternoon snack. It tastes especially awesome with hot cocoa. Yep, just the right combination for this time of the year. –ingredients———————————— Orange liquer - 3/4 cup Combination of the following, chopped – 1 cup Pistachios Almonds Dates Pecans Walnuts Salt, Baking soda and baking poweder – [...]
