Roasted Beet Salad Does your child eat well? You have tried many things to get the child to eat varied his diet, bribed him, cajoled him. Still no success? Have you tried using colours to attract a child to eat? This is true especially in the case of babies and toddlers. Let me narrate a true incident.
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Khushboo Idli   As a part of the Blogging Marathon groups we chat plus there are various recipes discussed, well you cannot be a foodie without that can you?  In one such chats there were various idlis discussed. One of the  idlis discussed was was Khushboo Idli!  Now Khushboo means a pleasant smell in Hindi, so
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Paneer Tikka Kathi Roll I am just in time to post for SNC this time.  For some time I thought I will not be in the blogging world as my site has crashed and just when I think it’s up and about it’s back down in a heap. So I am presently back here to
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Bajre ki Khichidi Aur Lassi In Haryana food is simple especially in the rural areas. The first meal of the day is lunch which is roti made from either bajra, wheat or gram with salt and green chillies. In the evening it’s the simple meal of khichri of bajra or rice and moong. In urban areas, however, breakfast is a common feature again roti from bajra and bejhar (gram and barley mixture)
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Corn Upit is my memory of childhood where my mom made it as a filling but healthy snack. As a child, I have stayed in rented places always. Pappa used to be transferred after every 3 years and we used to shift bases. I love that life too. It was new friends, new beginnings and
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I am happy to make chaat since all of us love chaats FIL included. When early in the morning I have to pack the kids tiffin she will be happy if I give her some chaat item. But then that is her breakfast and I want something reasonably healthy in her. Now the kid will
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With my FIL having problems with Diabetics we are more careful of his diet. More specifically he is much more acceptable to the changes we are making in his diet. He is no longer allowed the biscuits that he loves or the farsan and sev that he adores. There are more fruits  and vegetables in
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Since one-word Diabetics has caught up with me I plan to make Jowar Rava Upit/Upma for the Diabetics Awareness Campaign. Some 25 years ago it was something that my father-in law’s brother suffered from. He had a very controlled diet. Beyond that, it did not exist in my dictionary. Then in one health check-up my Father in
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For Ashadi Ekadashi, (For those who do not know on Ekdashi there is a fast observed.  Ekadashi comes every month so this is maintained every month. Ashadi Ekadashi comes in the Hindu month of Ashad and is considered very auspicious and a lot of people fast. Interested check here.) my father was home. He had
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Like I said my ideas for this edition of BM were zero.  Then thankfully I rang up Vaishali this is one of her suggestions. I must say that I have made this dal for the first time and I am tasting this dal after ages.. Now I have this dal written down somewhere I know
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