Breakfast of the day

#Kids's Lunch Boxes

Vegetable roti noodles (Slight variation of this recipe), sweet pepper strips, sliced cucumbers, blueberries and yogurt. Seaweed and apple slices for snack.

Vegetable roti noodles, apple slices, blueberries, clementine, milk & yogurt.

Almont butter s/w, hard boiled egg, avocado and yogurt. Raisins and almond biscotti for snack.

Vegetable pasta, sweet pepper stripes, blackberries, strawberries and yogurt. Honey Grahams and apple sauce for snack.

Black bean avacodo salad, clementine, raspberries and yogurt. Fig bars and banana for a snack.

Pancakes with maple syrup, avacodo half, strawberries+blueberries and yogurt. Almond biscotti thins for snack.

Aloo methi parata, hard boiled egg, strawberries and yogurt. Vegetable chips and apple sauce for snack.

Quinoa-sambar, carrots, avocado half, blackberries and yogurt. Seaweed and raisins for snack.

Snacking on baked sweet potato fries

Cookie Swap

Rugelach

These are the cookies/pastry I baked for a cookie swap today. Not sure what they were till yesterday, I had a vague idea of seeing them somewhere in a magazine. Thanks to internet age, I could find what they are and how to make them. 

Party in the bag

         Freshly baked Chocolate muffins 

Snow outside & Roasted chestnuts inside

Almond Biscotti

On a cold day, these are a wonderful combination with a hot cup of tea. I always thought I am a savory person, but these biscotti are too addictive. It all started when I bought thin almond biscotti and I started eating couldn't stop myself. I looked for a recipe in couple of places and tried them. I really wanted thin ones but better luck next time. 

Festive season in town

#Kid's Lunch boxes

Couldn't help myself from taking pictures. I know I do them almost everyday (and I love making lunches) and felt why not share these when time permits. I am sure these pictures will give me an idea for some of those days when mind goes blank what to pack. These could get boring as my kids eat same old and I repeat a lot of them and it could come to a stage where, someone could guess what I have in stock in my pantry and refrigerator LOL...

Almond butter S/W, red peppers strips, grapes, Avocado slice and yogurt. Multigrain cake s/w with almond butter for snack

Chicken hot-dog pieces in thermos, milk, yogurt, avocado s/w, Apple slices and a banana. 

Ghee aroma filled the kitchen

Aroma of ghee filled the air. Nothing can beat a blob of ghee in rice with dal or a parata. Making it at home is simple, easy and tastes great. All it needs is to bring butter to boil and little patience to avoid it from burning. You will end up with this goodie to enjoy!

A batch of ghee made from grassfed organic butter

What a fresh way to start Supper

Red peppers, carrot sticks and homemade hummus with parsley.

First snow...

Oh no... We still have leaves to bag...

Roasted red pepper hummus

Cilantro and Red Pepper Hummus (I missed Cilantro in my preparation above, its a good twist to your taste :))

Ingredients:

-Soaked (overnight) and pressure cooked Chickpeas - 2 cups  OR 1 Can Chickpeas drained and rinsed

-1/2 Cup Chickpea Water (leftover water from pressure cooker or from can)

-1 to 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

-3 Garlic Cloves

-3 tbsp Tahini (sesame butter)

-Splash of Lemon Juice

-1/2 cup roasted red peppers

-2 tbsp Cilantro leaves (few for garnish)

-Pinch of Cayenne pepper

Puree all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add the Chickpea water slowly and as needed to make the hummus the proper consistency. Add roasted red peppers and blend until desired texture. Garnish with Cilantro and Cayenne pepper.

*Note: If using soaked chickpeas, add salt to taste.

Boondhi Ladoo

There is no special story behind these, these mouth watering ladoos are first my first attempt and half turned round balls and half remained as sweet boondi.