If you were to share the top two things that you enjoy doing the most what would those be ? For me they are writing and baking in that order. With reading as a close third. If I could spend all my days doing just these , I would. And that’s the thought that crosses…
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Chemicals or Calories & a bit about Natural Sweeteners
On 5th August, Sunday, I did a knowledge sharing session at the Small Bites Children Dental Clinic The session covered aspects of how to explore the route to using natural and healthy forms of sweeteners. The focus when we speak about healthy eating in present times should link up to counting the Chemicals, not the Calories….
Be the Force & Jowar-Wholewheat Sweet Lime Fig Tea Cake ( butterfree)
You will ask me why this is an important picture. I will tell you a small story – when I moved to Bangalore 6 years ago, I had no plans to expand or even do anything much beyond what I was doing , with Ovenderful. Then my baby was born. I continued with my full…
Kids who go everywhere & Gluten-free Quinoa Dark Chocolate Cake
I met a friend for lunch today. We do some freelance work together, which her firm leads and one of the things she asked me while we chatted was about where we leave our children when we want to go out, just my husband and me. My reply ( almost too quickly!) was “We don’t…
Sports Days & Gluten-free, butter-free Brownies ( Millets-Amaranth)
For the first 12 years of my school life , I went to a school that did not have its own field. It was the best school that I could have gone to – inclusive , close-knit, encouraging and warm. But we didn’t have a field that we could call our own – our Sports…
Baked Jowar(Millet)-Oats Dark Chocolate Fudge Squares & How the Mind is more powerful…
Chanced upon this place in the heart of Bangalore and what a serene place it was , with a sense of purpose. A plant nursery by the Association of People with Disabilities, and the memory I will have imprinted on my mind is of a young boy without legs, expertly guiding us through the rows…
Gearing up to start 2018 and the Wholewheat Coconut Almond cake
Gearing up to start 2018 The cupboard can definitely be cleaner but that’s the best I can manage with a 5 year old and a 6 month old acquiring new personalities in 2018 – while one has discovered that she has a voice and she must use it at the highest pitch possible , the…
Simple Tasks…Baked Gluten-free Date and Walnut Squares (contains no white sugar, no egg or baking powder/soda)
Give a child a simple task that involves some work , some fun and they can keep themselves engaged with it for such a long time. Amazing, absolutely wonderful to see it – I asked my son to help me wash, clean and dry some of the baby’s rattles and he spent over an hour…
The Sounds of the Night and Eggless Gluten-Free Ragi Amaranth Chocolate Biscuits ( Vegan version also)
It’s 3 weeks since we welcomed our second baby into this world – our little girl. As it is with newborns – the erratic pattern that sets in with their arrival , seems to be overwhelming at first. You start taking it a day at a time. Then you tell yourself that as a second…
Healthy baking exists….and a delicious Wholewheat Apple-Coconut cake ( with coconut sugar)
I had started this post on a separate note. Then something prompted me to re-write it. So here goes… About evolving times but stagnating taste buds. About oscillating between wellness and rules. Some of the views that I hear as a healthy baker are – healthy baking is a fad or what we consume through our…
4/11 City- Cologne/Koln, 4/11 Healthy Bake: German Apple Pie in a Barley-Oats Crust
Cologne / Koln, November 2008: the only thing I knew about it was that this was the first European city I was going to visit, it sounded exotic and I was going to be attending a conference by Chemicals organizations there. That was it. Strange as it may sound, my excitement was centered around meeting my…
What Ovenderful has been upto and the Gluten Free, Eggless Dark Chocolate Ragi Tarts with Coconut Cream
You might be wondering why it has been so quiet at my end. Well, it has been a very busy month in many ways. The reason for the same is that I have been involved with 4 events all of which are unique and special. I loved being a part of each of these experiences…
