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Almond flour fudge brownies

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J fortune bakery Hong kong egg tarts  is a must try SINGLE YOLK LOTUS PASTE MOONCAKE  in ball shape which looks like a mound. I liked the lotus seed paste. jujube round pastry

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Recently my neighbour made  Gundruk ko Achar  or dry radish leaves with tomato.  Dry radish has sa strong taste, but because they are of the size of fried onion slivers, thats manageable.

For more nutrients drink oj or eat an orange Dynamic duos how to get more nutrition by pairing foods

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180 Snacks Premium Nut Crunch Variety Pack with  Blueberry Pomegranate Nut Crunch Cranberry Pomegranate Nut Crunch Cashew Crunch The packets look beautiful and shiny. Full of verve with attractive colours. The bites too taste good with more nuts and less sweet.

Telangana Table Jonnala Gatka Jonna laddu Jonna popcorn laddu  reminds me of caramel popcorn. Today I am making  3 peas patties  with only 2 peas - green peas and black eyed peas.

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Sakura Arare Rice crackers are shaped in the form of cherry blossom flowers and sprinkled with nori sea weed. These are no plain Jane rice crackers. They have a nice soy flavour. I like to savor the sauce a bit before biting into them. It seems they can be had mixed in with popcorn too but if the sauce ratio to whole snack is too much for you.

The metal colander I had, with one side long handle gave in. #1 Best Silicone Collapsible Colander Food Strainer has extended silicone with raised dots for a non-slip grip. For collapsing the colander, the base is sturdy and can be pressed down to get flat. If not using an extra plate to collect the drained water (then handles are not an issue), straining cooked rice or pasta is a two person affair. With two sides to catch, the handles on this will never break and make it easy to balance the hot food while it collects in the sieve. The medium size is convenient when you decide to do the straining by divide and rule.

Cooksimple Skillet Lasagna When I made this Cooksimple Skillet Lasagna, I should have asked what so much of powder is doing in the packet. I was a way for a while from the stove and when i came back, I thought wow herbs. soon I learnt that that was not a good thing and then I recalled how the reviews have warned that it was bitter. An anti-caking agent has been used,still there was so much of it that it caked at the bottom of the pan.

I loved the Bel Vita Chocolate biscuits but not the  Belvita Soft Baked Breakfast Biscuits, Mixed Berry that tastes like fig bars.

Tantillo Paccheri Paccheri pasta with cauliflower and spinach I didnt have cauliflower. So finally made it with frozen French cut green beans and lima beans. Paccheri seemed like mini  lasagna. A good change.

Well covered with chocolate, after trying a handful, I wanted seconds. After the chocolate dissolves, you get the feel of puffed rice.

Starbucks Hot Cocoa Double Chocolate pouch has recipe for Cafe Mocha. The cocoa powder is a must try. You dont need to add sugar. In the end, is some chocolate, which will rush you to your next drink soon. If Marshmallows on the top can lure you.. so can the deposited chocolate.

I wondered what Oven ready Lasagna means. On the side it said, no need of boiling pasta.

High Valley Orchard Dried Cherries from Lehi Valley are overpoweringly sweet.

Mariani Honey bar is  a sesame bar set soft unlike the other sesame candy like joyva or what you find in Indian stores. It has sesame, fruits, nuts and honey. All things to like. Pasteli ancient greek honey sesame bar

Now I am loving the trips to Costco, for I get to try out some product in my own kitchen. Cedarlane Baked Spinach Quinoa Cakes I started with these in mind, but thought that the family might find them too healthy and thought of making aloo tikki too. Then I thought about  Quinoa masala burger for Obamas . Mixed both the quinoa and boiled aloo and made these Aloo Quinoa tikki. Keep in mind, when you are trying to make the switch to a completely new you know healthy but not there taste wise, to take the middle ground first. Confucius says 'Middle is the goal, middle is the golden mean'. I was wondering how about  Quinoa in Omelette .

Today we are going to make cookies for our daughter's teacher. I saw ripe bananas in the fruit basket. And wondered how about banana cookies.. While looking for banana cookies recipes, I found this two ingredient  banana cookies . Happens to be a kid friendly recipe.

Lapsi achar Lapsi is a must try. It reminded me of  Murabba  story. sticky and yummy.. sticky to the seed.. sticky to the tongue. Thank you for getting it all the way from nepal.

5 ingredient breakfast granola bars

5-minute raw paleo fudge balls Raw chocolate amaze balls  is a nice way of using walnuts which are not always easy to develop a taste for.

How to use up  Cotija ?

5 ways to add raw cocoa powder Mix up Avocado and Cacao powder. Can replace Avocado with banana or add it to Avocado.

I was going to make the  Mediterranean style baked egg boats  from Ciabatta rolls. But there are many, so I wont use it all yp in floating the boats. So I can use them in other recipes. Besides theres loads of boiled chole which has become  Avocado Hummus  and the remaining has to become chole. Sanjay thummas tip - add the boiled water first to the onion, tomato base and then add chole only after all that has cooked a bit. Its not even Chole and Chapathi  for lunch. It turned out to be split Ciabatta toasted in the toaster with some fried fish and salsa from  Huevos Rancheros Coming back to the Raspberry Cream Cheese Toast Untoast, I asked my daughter what would she like for lunch. She said toast and when I was going to toast that, she didnt want that meaning skip the toasting. Then the Mr suggested cream cheese on it. Later after exit and entry to the kitchen, I found a surprising raspberry colour and wondered if it was some jam. I was told that it was my daughter's idea to crus

The stage is set for the ultimate breakfast of  Huevos Rancheros  . Black Beans, Tomato sauce and Cortija cheese. I have read about  Huevos Rancheros  in quite a few books, but came under it sway only after I had it post partum.

Bought ciabatta rolls from  Costco to make  Mediterranean style baked egg boats .

After  Avocado toast  , its time for Spicy Avocado Hummus. And sometime  Avocado ice pops

Feeling very hungry, I wanted a heavier breakfast.  Avocado Toast  has a way to cut the avocado in-situ (love to use that word). Cant say I followed the procedure to the T. Instead of scraping out with the spoon, I scraped it out with the knife. Laziness there which reminds me of an article how  laziness helps in dieting . Who said dont procrastinate? They clearly didnt have food or weight issues on their mind. The light tabasco is for me and the Sriracha with its garlicky pungency is for him. The tabasco is from a friend who shared a bottle for us to try. She said she uses it in making tomato bath.

Had the Cappuccino from Jenn-Air Built-In Coffee System at a Design Center today. I went with 'extra mild' option coffee. On the right side, you can attach the carafe with milk in it. But before making coffee, it had to run water through to clean the system. The milk was added on top as froth. I added extra milk for my taste and thats it. I didnt even had to add sugar. I learnt that the beans were actually freshly ground then. The whole front part slides out, and behind is where you put the coffee beans to be ground. Enjoyed the coffee. With Nespresso  and fresh ground Jenn-Air coffees, drinking beverages are reaching a new height as an experience.

6.2.15 My friend used olive oil instead of butter & reduced sugar to 1/2 cup. Whats sticking out? Pecans. Banana Blueberry muffins 6.23.15 I had to use up bananas. Didnt have blueberries, so used strawberries and friend's recommendations. This morning, I took a bread slice out to dip it in tea for breakfast. Before that I wanted to taste a bit of the Easy Moist Banana Strawberry Muffin. And in that attempt, I ate the whole muffin and had to call it a breakfast, leaving the slice for another time. The muffin was very soft. A friend told about the banana resurrection which turned out to be a hoax.

Spoonforkbacon Egg butter , Arepa de huevo, Mediterranean-style baked egg boats Egg Clouds Huevos Rancheros Gyaeran Bbang Kaya toast Corn and green onion fritters Brick Toast Kimi Balls Gochu Jeon Egg chop from Assam Chawan mushi Hot and sour soup Avgolemono soup 9 ideas to spice up egg salad sandwiches okonomiyaki  uses  Furikake Poached yolk-stuffed ravioli quindim Macaroon bars more like sticks with oat flour Foi thong  - shredded egg yolk - swapping soan papdi? Savory Macarons

A relative of mine is about to make laddu for 300 people. I am always impressed when people cook large amounts and are asked to do so by their friends. When I asked her for recipes, she referred me to  Komali Nunna  who is an author of two books - Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen and   Trader Joe's Simply Indian.

1. Frying egg for fried rice I saw a friend scrambling egg for egg fried rice. Little steps can alter the look and feel of dishes. So take that extra step,  let the extra plate join the dishes to be done, to make a special dish different from what you do for a quick bite during your busy routine. 2. Cooking Dosa I have always cooked dosa on both sides. But after looking at some videos of how dosas are done street-side and hotels, they cook it only on one side and add drops of oil on the non pan side to cook it through. 3. Cutting Avocado Aavocado toast . “The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”―  Frank Lloyd Wright Should have taken those extra steps to get the spoon. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear the whistle from Spartan fife  - Emerson. came across it in The Yea

Morning Mix it in Semiya upma, while boiling the water Add it in dosa batter for   spinach coriander and curry leaves dosa Evening Bhel puri

I made Melting Moments from  Complete childrens cookbook . They turned thin, spread out than in the book. A close, double proportion recipe is this  Melting Moments  recipe. Like in this recipe, if the DK book went with 8 tbsp instead of 12 tbsp of butter, then probably the cookies would have turned out as intended. Maybe using, muffin pans might correct the problem a bit, by not letting them thin out so much. Cornstarch is the magic. Needs no eggs. Chocolate sauce made melting 3.5 oz chocolate with 2tbsp cream was the filling for the melting moments made with cocoa powder mixed into the batter. I want to make these  rice flour jam cookies  and  Melting moments eggless cookies  with cornflour.