Until some years ago I used to do small bake sale fundraisers, alone with my super-small 18 litre oven. And I was happy. I would barely raise any funds – but I could raise awareness. And that was enough. It is still enough. After being able to bake with a community of generous bakers, who…
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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…
Happy Mondays and Eggless Wholewheat Baked Empanadas
And Monday was closed with a bang ! The Wholewheat Empanadas that I packed for my son’s snack were a hit with not just him but also his friends 🙂 He has come back with requests for more of them and soon. What a lovely and healthy tiffin snack option this is – will upload…
Experimental baking & Gluten-free Walnut-crusted Baked Fish Fillets
There is a lot of scepticism when it comes to unusual , different , experimental flavours in baking. Especially if you have those in the traditional bakes – the cakes, the cookies, the pies and tarts, the breads. And because I am a healthy and inclusive #baker a lot of my baked stuff is viewed in the…
Of seeing joy in simple things…and Wholewheat Oats Jeera(Cumin) Kasoori Methi Crackers
One of the ‘big’ super-special outings my son and I shared while staying in Richmond Town, was to suddenly plan a visit to Cubbon Park ( The above picture is not of Cubbon Park, but another park in Wellington 🙂 ) . The serenity of the park especially on a week-day would re-energize me while…
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…
Football Buddies and Semolina Orange/Kinu Cupcakes
There is a moment of calm at the point where a super tiring day ends and a sleepless night begins – that moment is this picture for me. Football buddies don’t need to have the same shoes or shoes at all. They don’t need to speak the same language. They don’t need to wear similar…
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 –Â healthy baking is a fad or what we consume through our…
Uncharted adventures, not milestones..and a Wholewheat Eggless, Butter-free Chocolate Almond Cake
This is not a regular Mother’s Day post – I am using this post to simply share my thoughts again – thoughts that I shared when my son ( and I !) turned 6 months old. More than anything else – what is exactly the same as I re-read this piece from May 2013, is…
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…
Shifting Lives and Zero-Fat Vegan Baked Spinach Wholewheat Sticks with Black Sesame and Chives
How would you sum up 11 months of stay in a place – moved in, settled in, moved out ? That’s pretty much the way I would have thought probably a decade ago. But today it seems like even in those short 11 months, one can fit in so much into one’s life in a…
Redefine Baking: 5 Healthy Ingredients to Add to Your Gluten-Free Bread , by Joe Hughes ( Village Bakery)
A special Guest Post for all the readers of Ovenderful Healthy Baking by Joe Hughes of Village Bakery – Thank you Joe for this excellent and insightful piece ! Gluten-free bread can be tricky to master, but once you’ve found the right recipe, you’ll never want to go back to conventional bread. Just like with…
