July-August of every year is the best season for picking blackberries and tomatoes in the mid west. Every home has beautiful pots of tomato plants, all ripe with tomatoes in conceivable hues of orange, red and crimson. Summer in fact is the best season for all fruits and flowers specially in the midwest. My daughter [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Homemade Blackberry Jam & Blackberry Picking at Eckert`s.
Posted in Jams/ Preserves., tagged Blackberry jam, Blackberry picking, Eckerts Farm on August 26, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Instant & Healthy Oats Masala Idlis. (Savoury Steamed Cakes made with Oats, Semolina, Carrots & Spices)
Posted in Brisk Breakfast, Snacks / Tiffin Varieties., Travel, tagged easy breakfast ideas, easy tiffin ideas, Oats Idlis. Instant Idlis, tiffin varieties on August 9, 2010 | 30 Comments »
Idlis are always a welcome breakfast at home as both my daughters love to have them, steaming hot and with a generous spill of ghee melted to a sunshine golden yellow, and some sugar sprinkled on top of that. YUM…is the only word she keeps re-iterating again and again. When she was smaller, and hadnt [...]
Mainland China Inspired “Seasonal Vegetables and Mushrooms in Chinese Parsley Sauce”
Posted in Gravies/ Sides/ Curries/ Dry Subzis., tagged Chinese Parsley Sauce, Indo Chinese Gravy, Mainland China on August 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
One of the best restaurants that I never miss every time I visit India, is Mainland China. I simply love their twists on the indo chinese version of gravies and sides. Every time I have been to this restaurant, I have come out supremely satisfied. The consistency of their preparations amazes me, so does the [...]











