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Zarda – Pakistani style Sweet Rice

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Zarda or Sweet Rice is a favorite dessert that’s simple to make and addictive. It is  sweetened rice with sugar, toasted nuts.  Colorful, flavorful with spices and perfect for parties or festivals.

Zarda or Sweet Rice #zarda #riceJump-to-Recipe

I grew up with parents who had friends from different cultural backgrounds. It wasn’t intentional, it just happened.  Having friends who are culturally different from you allows you to develop an insight into their lives. It shows you how their practices or beliefs are different from yours, and yet, how it leads to their growth. It teaches one to accept differences and to build an understanding that no religion or culture is better than the other but that each has its unique features. One has to learn from them and inculcate the good in them, if possible. Multiculturalism becomes an important concept to inculcate in today’s world of globalization where more than ever, the chances of people living and interacting with racially and culturally different people than their own are heightened. The main advantage of having friends from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures is that it promotes multiculturalism within individuals,andfood. …

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Coconut Cashew Cocoa Bailey’s Strawberry and Cream Panna cotta

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An impressively easy dessert, bailey’s strawberry and cream panna cotta will make anyone smile. It’s light and it’s decadent, both at the same time. The crunch from the tart base compliments this smooth panna cotta.

Bailey's Strawberry and Cream Panna Cotta |foodfashionparty| #valentinesdesserts #bailey's

I carry around a list in my brain… a list of things that I’m in love with.  Actively in love with, everyday… just walking around in the world.

I’m in love with fresh flowers at home, big and small rings, my not so perfect black cotton dress, girls who carry themselves with ease that I covet, planners, writing small notes of love to family members, the diffuser that has lemon essence in it, sit and day dream.

This is aside from loving the people and pets around me.  This love is separate from family and friends.  This love sometimes steps to the back of my mind and I’m left feeling a little blaaaaaahhh…. until all the love comes rushing back and I remember that I’m totally in love with my life. I LOVE falling in love with life….

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Panzanella Ice Cream / Roasted Summer Fruit No Churn Ice Cream

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At the peak of summer, fresh fruit is bountiful. This easy roasted summer fruit no churn ice cream recipe is the perfect tasty dessert for hot summer days.

Panzanella/Roasted summer fruit No churn Ice cream |foodfashionparty| #summerfruiticecream #panzanella

Every summer has a story, and it’s often bittersweet.

Around here, many moms are celebrating . . . and lamenting (just a tad bit) the last day of school arrived a couple of weeks ago.  Simultaneously relieved and a little bit terrified.  We’re finished with homework, packing lunches, carpool lines, teacher gifts, and end of year parties.  On one hand, it’s a huge relief.  But we’re looking down the barrel of twelve weeks of managing unusual schedules, creating fun activities, packing for road trips,  applying sunscreen, picking up wet swimsuits, cleaning up sand in the car, and trying to continue to contribute to the world in a meaningful way in the middle of it all.  Then there’s the never-ending pull of over-scheduling versus under-scheduling….

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Bailey’s White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Amaretti Cookies

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This white chocolate panna cotta is smooth, silky, and perfect for any occasion.  The white chocolate adds a touch of sweetness, the blood orange gelee adds a citrus punch, and the amaretti cookies add a great crunch.

Baileys White chocolate panna cotta with Amaretti cookies |foodfashionparty| #valentinesdessert #bloodorangedessert

Happy February!!

This dessert was inspired by my love of white chocolate and blood oranges.  I think they are a match made in dessert heaven.  I tried hard to capture both of their strengths while maintaining their integrity.

I’m generally not a big fan of citrus fruits, but blood oranges are something I wait for, every year.  A good glass of fresh juice in its freshest form is such a refresher, but I also love using it desserts like this.  This panna cotta is such a sexy and smooth dessert, and I thought, what better day to share it than on Valentine’s Day?…

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Best Authentic Vegetarian Vegetarian Khow Suey – Lightly Spiced Coconut Milk Curry with Noodles and Condiments

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Vegetarian Khow Suey- Lightly Spiced Coconut Milk Curry with noodles and Condiments

It’s October, it’s Autumn. To me, it’s the start of a lot of baking, cooking, festivities and entertaining. I hope everyone’s as excited for Fall, Pumpkins, Warm Spices, and Soups.

All of that can get overwhelming at times.

But, sometimes, even too much of a good thing is really good, like this soup!

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Mixed Fruit Jam – And A Trip Down Memory Lane

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Mixed Fruit Jam with Cocoa - Easy and Delicious

It’s 9.00 a.m.  The sun is shining through the kitchen door.  I see my grandma, Amma as I fondly call her, sitting in her tiny kitchen by her tiny stove cooking away.  My parents and my uncles were getting ready to leave to work.  It was little four-year old me, snaking around the six footers, giving up on them, who landed at a safe spot next to Amma in her kitchen.  Her kitchen, the abode of sweet smells, yummy food and seasoned pickles, was my favorite place too.  I loved to watch Amma do her abracadabra.  Amma noticed through the corner of her eye that I had come close to her for her dedicated attention.  She grabbed me and gave me the most wonderful hug while whispering a secret into my ears.  This afternoon, we were on a mission……  Eventually, the office goers left home, and Amma and I had to leave too.  I know where I will be going, she asked me not to tell anyone.

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SPICED POMEGRANATE SIMPLE SYRUP

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Are we  close to October already? How did that happen? Just seems like we welcomed summer and now it’s orange everywhere. Just a few weeks ago, we celebrated birthdays, woke up late, made ice cream, barbecued, vacations and slept late(the best part).

Here we are on the thresh hold of holiday season, and I am not ready  for it, are you?  I hear friends have started shopping for Halloween, then comes thanksgiving and a ton of baking.  Clearly, I need a drink.
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RICOTTA COCOA WAFFLES – Whole grain with fruits

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         HAPPY SUNDAY GUYS!!

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My week was quite an eventful one.

Have you ever silently scolded someone and a few moments later thanked them(in your mind)? 

We were in a small store which sells school uniforms. I finished my purchases and quickly decided to check my receipt with the number of clothes. Left my phone for 40 seconds on the counter. A minute later realized that I didn’t have my phone and I was standing exactly in the same place. IT WAS GONE…

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SPICY PLUM BARBECUE SAUCE and Grilled Tofu – How I went from making sweet jam to spicy barbecue sauce

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Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes – Frank Lloyd Wright

Plum Barbeque Sauce


I was 7, I think. It was 19XX coughs ;)..

During vacations,  my grandma whom I fondly called ‘Amma’ and the little me, each carrying  a wire grocery bag walked hand in hand to our local fruit market. Just the BAG, brings back nostalgic memories.

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