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SIMPLE, EVERYDAY BROWN SUGAR MUFFINS…with walnuts & chocolate chips
“From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting….On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you…
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EASY YOGURT DIP…Serve with Chips/Crudites.Always a hit at any gathering!
“Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. That’s why I love this community.” Jasmine Heiler, about…
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THINKING PINK CAKE FOR PINKTOBER…
“And I will pu‘ the pink,the emblem o’ my dear, For she’s the pink o’ womankind, and blooms without a peer.” Robert Burns, O Luve Will Venture In Its almost here, PINK RIBBON…
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PICTURE PERFECT…far beyond baking!!
“When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead; That is the grasshopper’s…he takes the…
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GRILLED LAMB CHOPS…Tangy and tasty!!
‘The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart.’ Samuel Chamberlain GRILLED LAMB CHOPS This is a nice, feel-good,…
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BLOG ACTION DAY…Save the Earth
“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children. “ Antoine de saint-Exubery BLOG ACTION DAY SAVE THE EARTH…Environment issues that are hurting the Earth. Raising concerns…
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ACHARI CHICKEN CURRY…A tangy Indian chicken curry
“Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to…
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Phirini / Saffron Indian Rice Pudding … think spice, think SAFFRON!
“Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.”Anonymous PHIRINI/RICE PUDDING Looks like it’s time again for ‘beyond baking’, and this time I’m hitting the saffron trail! This recipe has finally been typed and…
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YUMMY PICNIC CHOCOLATE CAKE…IT’S HEALTHY TOO!!
“Like love, chocolate is always a delight to receive or to give.”MARY JANE FINSAND YUMMY PICNIC CHOCOLATE CAKE Love experimenting with chocolate cakes for the kids…and am trying to get to the perfect…
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ROASTED VEGGIE PASTA PIE…A welcome vegetarian option!
“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Mark Twain PENNE & ROASTED VEGETABLES IN A PASTA PIE This…
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KOROVA COOKIES…sinfully delicious chocolate cookies!
“Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put ‘eat chocolate.’ Now, you’ll get at least one thing done today. “ Gina Hayes Still thinking PINK…
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THINK PINK FOR PINKTOBER CAKE…The cake I made for my dear husband’s birthday !
“Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” Edwin Hubbell Chapin This is ‘Couture Cupcakes’ first blogging event, and I think its a great idea.To coincide with…
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CLICK for Jugalbandi…EGGS!!
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me.” Julia Margaret Cameron This entry is for one of the sites I have enjoyed visiting for a while now. It’s for an event…
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SMARTIE COOKIES….
“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.” James Beard SMARTIE COOKIES I call these ‘Smartie Cookies’ because I once had…
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PINEAPPLE ‘N’ CREAM SPONGE CAKE…Totally refreshing!!
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. “ Lucille Ball PINEAPPLE ‘n’ CREAM SPONGE CAKE This post is for you Anne (of Simply Anne’s).…
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STOP ABUSE!! Blogging for a cause. September 27th, 2007
“To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. “ Mother Teresa * Animal Abuse* Domestic Abuse* Child Abuse* Political Abuse & more…. Let me share a small story…
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Recipe for my Soothing Blue & Green Cake
“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from…
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MINI VANILLA CUPCAKES
“When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste.” Laiko Bahrs MINI VANILLA CUPCAKES This recipes was passed on to me by a friend’s mother who had been using it for…
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CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP POUND CAKE
“Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.” Anonymous CHOCOLATE & CHOCOLATE-CHIP POUND CAKE Another recipe I tweaked to suit the ingredients available on hand. I have great fun playing around with…
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CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE for HUNGRY KIDS!!
“Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don’t need an appointment” Anonymous CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE FOR HUNGRY KIDS… Here’s a chocolate cake recipe I conjured up for the kids for when they come…
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FUSILLI PASTA IN A SIMPLE CORIANDER CREAM SAUCE
“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.” Julia Child A recipe I put together when the kids were ravenous, and the cupboard was bare!!…
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CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA …It’s time for ‘BEYOND BAKING’
“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.” Fernand Point, 1941 CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA Here’s a simple chicken curry …a version of…
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CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE-CHIP MUFFINS
“I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation” Madame Benoit One of the kids fave muffins. I keep playing around with the…
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Antipasto…Roasted Bell Peppers on Melba Toast
“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” George Bernard Shaw, “The Revolutionist’s Handbook,” Man and Superman A great appetizer made from roasted bell peppers, preserved in olive oil...and served on…
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BUTTERSCOTCH ALMOND SHORTBREAD (Eggless)
“I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. “ Erma Bombeck BUTTERSCOTCH…
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Kiwi Fruit Dessert Cake with Orange Marmalade & Fresh Cream
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti,…
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With apples in season here…it’s time for ‘APPLE CRUMBLE’
“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some…
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Lemon Cottage Cheese Cheesecake Recipe
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” Julia Child My experiment with a cheesecake made from cottage cheese instead of cream cheese.…
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Myriad of colours…Nature in full glory!!
IN ANTICIPATION OF WINTER IN DELHI… We have flowers that burst from every nook and cranny when winter arrives, unlike in colder countries, where flowers are a sign of Spring! Pictures from our…
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Penne in Cream Mushroom Sauce..for Presto Pasta Nights.
“The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again.” George Miller PENNE IN A CREAM MUSHROOM SAUCE Here’s my entry for Presto Pasta Nights hosted by…
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My Celebration Cake…
Small celebration for small pleasures. Voila… a picture of my ‘Celebration Cake’. Its a Coffee Mocha Pound Cake with a chocolate ganache icing topped with sprinkles, and then drizzled over with white chocolate.…
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Penne in a Cream Mushroom Sauce…
Getting away from baking, am posting pictures of the pasta I made yesterday. This is a penne in a cream mushroom sauce with pan-grilled chicken thrown in; stir fried veggies; tomato + pear…
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PAB on Free Strawberries iPhone App
Free Strawberries iPhone App The California Strawberry Commission launched its free STRAWBERRIES iPhone app. The app offers a collection of more than 50 hand-selected strawberry recipes from some of the most popular food…
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Brownie Cake
IS THIS A CAKE…OR ARE THESE BROWNIES? Well, actually both! A ‘Brownie Cake’ in a basket. Chocolate-walnut brownies baked in a cake tin, and drizzled with chocolate; makes a nice gift from home.…
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Brownie Cake
IS THIS A CAKE…OR ARE THESE BROWNIES? Well, actually both! A ‘Brownie Cake’ in a basket. Chocolate-walnut brownies baked in a cake tin, and drizzled with chocolate; makes a nice gift from home.…
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Devil’s Food Mini Muffins
This is a nice and easy recipe I browsed off the net ages ago. It’s a staple item on our kids birthday party menu, and I attempt to colour code it with the…
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Chocolate Chip Cookies… one of the first cookies I baked
My version of the classic American Toll House Cookies. These were once sold along toll paths in the US.
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‘SMARTIE’ Cookies….Having fun with colours!!
The kids love having these as part of their snack boxes or birthday parties. I call ’em ‘Smartie Cookies’. They are sugar cookies, spruced up with either ‘Smarties‘ or ‘M n M’s’, silver…
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POUND AWAY, POUND AWAY… It’s the Mocha Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
My vote for an everyday/on-the-go cake goes to the Pound Cake!! Its the one cake that can eaten without frosting, or then spruced up with a ganache or drizzled with chocolate...whatever!! Sturdy enough…
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Cookie Baskets Galore
Roasted Almond Biscotti Wholewheat Ginger Cinnamon Cookies Coloured Sugar Cookies Wholewheat Cinnamon Teddies Chocolate Pretzels Iced Sugar Cookies Almond Shortbread Iced Diwali Cookies Walnut Shortbread Cookies Posted by Deeba @ PAB
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Nuts About Bananas…’Banana Muffins’!!
“Avoid fruit and nuts. You are what you eat.” Jim Davis ‘Garfield’ BANANA CHOC-CHIP WALNUT MUFFINS Makes 12 This is a recipe I have been using for ages…not sure where I got it…
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Armenian Nut Cake…with a cookie base!!
And here are pictures of the Armenian Nutmeg Cake. The cake was delicious, though it was a bit small for my 8inch tin. Maybe a smaller tin next time. Also, for some reason…
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Gift Wrapping and Cookies
Gift wrapping is an art in itself…endless possibilities. I love collecting paper of all sorts, and sometimes use my baked cookies to decorate the gift. These were for two little girls… Posted by…
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Gift a basket on Diwali, Christmas, Birthdays etc
Thankfully the Indian summer and humid weather are on the way out. Its the time of the year when the festive season beckons…with Diwali and Christmas just round the corner and winter approaching,…
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The Little Prince…Etchings in charcoal
Inspired by ‘The Little Prince’, I did this set of sketches in charcoal as a birthday present for DH. Black and white is another fave combo. Posted by Deeba @ PAB
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A Good Cake for Dessert
Almond-Orange Sponge with Chocolate Ganache Icing the Passionate Baker This is a much loved combination of almonds, orange and chocolate. The flavours get enhanced while the cake is chilled, and this recipe is…
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The Little Prince…Etchings in charcoal
Inspired by ‘The Little Prince’, I did this set of sketches in charcoal as a birthday present for DH. Black and white is another fave combo. Posted by Deeba @ PAB
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Soothing Blue and Green Cake …my canvas!!
” Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it…
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Tailor Birds in our yard…Bird watching in Gurgaon
Digressing from baking etc….. Couldn’t resist posting this. These are snapshots of a pair of Indian Tailor birds that sewed a nest in our front yard. The next few weeks unfolded fascinating pictures…
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‘Creamless in Gurgaon’…and sans baking chocolate too!
Creamless in Gurgaon is what the current situation is. This is almost like ‘Sleepless in Seattle’. What agony is this? With the flooding in Gujarat a few months ago, and a blazing hot…
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My daughter’s 9th birthday cake
One of my absolute favourites. This is the cake I did for my daughter’s 9th birthday. I made marzipan with almonds that I ground, and then the kids and me made the bits…
