
My sister-in-law shared this recipe with me and I owe a very big thanks to her. Thank you so much N, the little one loved it very much. My husband called it French fries and my son was gobbling them
March 9th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Idli/Dosa/Adai, Kid Pleaser Recipes, Light Meals/Tiffin 34 Comments »

My sister-in-law shared this recipe with me and I owe a very big thanks to her. Thank you so much N, the little one loved it very much. My husband called it French fries and my son was gobbling them
February 2nd, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Juice, Kid Pleaser Recipes, Vegan Beverages 12 Comments »

Like the blueberry milk and strawberry milk recipe this recipe for cherry cola is also from The Sneaky Chef . Cherry cola is made at home by combining equal parts cherry juice and sparkling water. Unlike the store bought sodas which are flavored and colored artificially, this cherry cola is made from homemade cherry juice. Too much consumption of any soda is definitely not good, but this homemade cherry cola is an excellent alternative for sugary sodas. At least we can consume it without the risk of caffeine overdose and sugar rush. Read the rest of this entry »
January 19th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Cakes, Food Blog Events, Kid Pleaser Recipes, Vegan Baking 15 Comments »

Actually this cake is 100% vegan if I had used vegan chocolate chips. I had 2 big zucchinis in my fridge and was wondering what to do with it. Coincidentally I saw a recipe for chocolate zucchini cake in one of the cookbooks I have. I was not surprised because I’ve baked a chocolate chip zucchini bread earlier and I know that you cannot taste the zucchini at all. But I didn’t want to proceed with that zucchini cake recipe because it was a 4 layered birthday cake with frosting and all. I wanted something very simple, like a snack cake. Googled and found a couple of zucchini cake recipes. I decided to go with this chocolate zucchini cake recipe because it was very simple and it also gave me room to make some healthy changes. Read the rest of this entry »
January 9th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Kid Pleaser Recipes, Salt and Spicy, Snacks, Vegan Snacks/Appetizers 25 Comments »

Long time back in one of Rachel Ray’s show I saw her frying canned chickpea on stove top and she was mentioning that its a nice and crispy snack. I always thought that chickpeas and green peas were deep fried in oil to get that crunchiness. I used to love these while growing up. It was my grandmother’s favorite snack too but we never made it at home. We used to get it from Ambica Depot. After seeing the show I also wanted to prepare it but somehow did not get to it until last week. Instead of sauteeing it in a pan, I decided to roast it in the oven. Otherwise you would have to stand nearby and keep stirring it. Read the rest of this entry »