Dear friends & readers I wish you all have an amazing, healthy and happy year ahead. I am sure everyone had a wonderful time with their families this holiday season. As you all know I have been sharing healthy breakfast smoothies to beat the guilt of unhealthy eating in the festive season.This is the 4th…
Category: Drinks
Healthy Breakfast Smoothies:Week 3 – Pista Apple Chikoo & Almond Milk
As the New Year draws closer,I am sure everyone is enjoying the holiday season with family and friends…partying hard and feasting harder. The cold air is filled with the irresistibly delicious aromas of baked goodies everywhere. They inevitably find a way into our homes even if we are not whipping them up in our kitchens. I…
Healthy Breakfast Smoothies:Week 2 (Apple dates &nuts)
If you are a fitness enthusiast, have a weight loss goal or simply want to look good this party season, this delicious and healthy smoothie is made just for you. I hope you have tried and enjoyed the Strawberry and banana smoothie I shared with you last week. This week I have a different one…
Healthy Breakfast Smoothies: Week 1
December across the globe is a month of feasts and festivities. In Hyderabad,the weather in December is pleasant and beautiful,which means the entire month is lined up with weddings,parties and events. Hyderabadi weddings are a gastronomer’s delight.There is a huge spread of delicious hard to resist food. Hyderabadi dum biryani, haleem , Marag, dum ka murgh,…
Mango Mastani
Mastani was the beautiful and brave wife of Peshwa BajiRao, the general of the Maratha Empire in India. Baji Rao served as the Prime Minister of the Maratha king from 1720-1740. Mastani was his second wife and a woman not only known for her exquisite beauty but also for her expertise in arts,literature and warfare. It…
A Curious Case of a Cereal Eater and Miracle drink: ABC way to good health
Some lessons in life are learnt the hard way!! Especially when you chose to ignore your senses. I recently fell sick after eating a bowl of cereal which wasn’t at the ‘best’ of it’s behavior( from a box which I had bought a day before). I was off blogging for more than a week,weak,sick and bored….
Cantaloupe Smoothie – Super Healthy drink
Cantaloupe more popularly known as musk melon is a powerhouse of health. The name comes from its sweet enticing aroma when the fruit is ripe.Tender,juicy and wonderfully delicious muskmelon is available abundantly in summers. It is packed with nutrients, antioxidants, fiber , vitamins and most importantly high percentage of water which keeps you hydrated and cool. Plus it is very low in…
FIFA fever : Chill with an Iced Mocha Coffee
The most popular sporting event of the world is less than 10 days away. FIFA World Cup 2014 kicks off in the land that already houses five such cups – the land of football, Brazil. The run-up to the event is heating up, the teams have been announced; the players are ready, are you? This…
Ice Apple or Palm fruit Smoothie
Palm fruit also known as Sugar palm or Ice Apple grows on the Palmyra plant.Palmyra palm tree is the national tree of Cambodia and Borassus flabellifer is the Latin name. It grows in the suitable climate of Southeast Asian countries including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. This delicious fruit is delicately extracted from…
Go healthy Go Green : Green tea and why you should go for it
Come and share a pot of tea, My home is warm and my friendship’s free –Emilie Barnes While speaking of Aromas and Flavors, the first aroma which emanates from my kitchen every morning is that of Green tea. A cup of warm, unsweetened, unflavored green tea with the morning newspaper is something…
Aromas and Flavors from my Kitchen 