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HEALTHY COOKING

BEET Soup/Rasam

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“The beet is the most intense of vegetables.  Beets are deadly serious.”- Tom Robbins.

Beets have a inherently woodsy taste to them.  I’ve had them in desserts as well as really spicy dishes, it can be very adaptive.  I happen to love this vegetable.  A simple soup can warm you up when you are just not feeling too good.  My earliest memories of this vegetable was good, in fact great..so I’ve built on it’s repertoire.

This is also similar to rasam (Indian style thin tamarind and lentil soup), but has a very distinct flavor which comes from this root vegetable.  I just drank it up as soup, but you could accompany this with rice or plain old bread on the side.

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Banana Buckwheat Pancakes- dropping hints for a lovely breakfast

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                                                                              John Gunther

It’s a week like these that everyone scrambles to get their presents, ideas for cooking up an easy but impressive meal for their special one…..I for one am a control freak about my kitchen..where I’m most calm and feel zen…But that doesn’t stop me from expecting and nagging my boys to cook up something…well they try before I get quite impatient..does it sound like you??

Spring Light- Pumpkin PASTA

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“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini

When you have leftover piece of pumpkin, especially when  you can’t make a big meal of, this recipe is perfect.  Pumpkins are sweet, robust in flavor and packs on some healthy perks.  Spring might not be associated with pumpkins but they are found year round. This vegetable is very good for you unless you hog on your pumpkin pie ….

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NO BAKE/ Low Fat Dates Panna Cotta

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“In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection.” Curnonsky

                 

Some days are slower and simpler than others.  This was one of those days with a simple goal in mind.
Don’t we all love a quick sweet treat..(most of em’ at least) and if it’s healthy for us..why not right? So when I had a chance to write up an article for http://www.foodandnightlife.com about a no bake healthy dessert, it created a challenge.  So worked up my brain, Googled for ideas and created this one.

HEALTHY GRANOLA WITH ALL TRIMMINGS

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My life during weekends is a never ending marathon with constant pauses to think whether I forgot an event or did I forget a birthday the kid had to attend.  So this was one of those calm couple of days, where I didn’t step out to greet the beautiful weather California is witnessing.  But, that didn’t stop the kids from their routine with their dad who happily chauffered them around.

Between the laundering, cooking, reading…… my sweet tooth required immediate attention.  Didn’t wanna eat the remains of the cake, nor  the ice cream which was screaming at me…So, the health nut side of me decided to make GRANOLA.   I had Greek Yogurt(one of my new faves), so let’s toss in Granola and have that for dessert tonight. Sounds, good right..

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