4 ingredient healthy tomato soup We were just back from a trip and there were exactly 6 tomatoes and a few green chillies in my fridge. The hubby asked me ” so what are we going to have for dinner?” I announced grandly that we are going to enjoy delicious and healthy roasted tomato soup! […]
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Foodtastic Fables by Varsha Bagadia: A book review
Blogchatter Book review program Foodtastic Fables is a collection of food stories and memories ranging from the simple achaar(pickle) to the unusual Zunka Bhakar. The author shares her memories and experiences related to foods from A to Z. This is not your typical recipe or cookbook. It is more of a collection of food […]
Yummy Book Review of Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizzare Foods From Around the World by Divya Anand
Book Review of Dare Eat That : A Guide to Bizzare Foods From Around the World by Divya Anand.There are foodies who love to eat. And then there are food fanatics who have a single minded passion to eat their way through life one species after another! Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizzare Foods […]
Smoothie recipes for a healthy start
Smoothie recipes are my favourite. I can have healthy smoothies for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Most of the time I am a major foodie and am obsessed with healthy tasty food. But there are somedays when normal daily life seem to be too cumbersome. As a result of this simple tasks like the three daily […]
Quinoa in Salad
What is Quinoa? Quinoa is a vegan superfood which is an annual seed-producing flowering plant (Chenopodium quinoa) grown as a grain crop. It is a pseudocereal, not a grass, unlike wheat and rice.It is botanically related to spinach. Quinoa seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins, and dietary minerals in amounts greater than […]
Rosehip Oil for skin
Today I will give my review of cold pressed Rosehip oil for skin. I have dabbled in my fair share of gambling with skin care products and that has given me a lot of hits and misses. Having oily to combination and sensitive skin does not help a lot in such gambles. But my inherent […]
Jujubes
Jujubes or Chinese date is a fruit which to us Indians is known as “kul” in Bengali, “bogori” in Assamese and “ber” in Hindi. Few days back when I was snacking on a bowlful of rosy tipped ber/kul I suddenly realised I did not know what this fruit is called in English. I immediately launched […]
Honey and its Magical benefits
I did not like the smell of honey when I was young. The smell was very strongly medicinal for me and I tried to stay as far away from honey as possible. But when I reached my twenties something changed. I cannot recall the exact incident. It might have been an article or a book […]
Gardening and Greens
The beginning… I love plants and flowers a lot. My plants give me a lot of happiness in my life. It all began way back in 2015 when my first tryst with Gardening and Greens began. My living arrangement was a tiny one bedroom flat in the desert state of India, Rajasthan. Jaipur, the capital […]
Fenugreek, From seeds to seeds…
Fenugreek or methi as we know it in our part of the world, is one of my favourite kitchen ingredient. It is a herb with an impressive list of health benefits. The leaves can be eaten as vegetables. The seeds can be used in cooking, in pickles and in so many other ways. It is […]