#6 Real Simple Daily Thought

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however makes a life" ~ Arthur Ashe

Happy Ugadi

On Top Of The World......

Nithya of A Culinary Odyssey! passed on the following cute card and awards. Thank you Nithya.

Ashwini of Ashwini's Spicy Cuisine passed on a beautiful card along with a cute award. Thank you Ashwini.

Sanghi of Sanghi's Food Delights! showered the following awards. Thank you Sanghi.

Shama of Easy2Cook Recipes bestowed Yummy Food with the following awards. Thank you Shama for thinking of my blog.

Ivy of Kopiaste passed on The Adorable Blog Award. Thank you Ivy.

Pooja of Sai Kitchen presented the following awards. Thank you Pooja.

VG of My Household Capers! tagged me with 10 facts about yourself or your hobbies tag. Hmmm here is the list of 10 facts or hobbies....

1. I like watching cooking shows.

2. I like stitching chamkis and kundans.

3. I can't live without these three C's (Cellphone, Computer and Chocolates) HEHEHE..

4. I like to pen down my thoughts.

5. I enjoy cooking.

6. Reading is my hobby.

7. At present addicted to soft drinks.

8. Love to travel.

9. Loves to shop.

10. Blogging has become my passion.

Thank you VG for the tag and award.

Gita of Gita's Kitchen, Varunavi of My Kitchen's Aroma and Meenal of Meenal's Kitchen passed on this beautiful card. Thank you Gita, Varunavi and Meenal.

Vibaas of Delectable Vegetarian Recipes passed on this cute Circle Of Friends card along with a beautiful award. Thank you Vibaas.

Purva of Purva's Dawat showered the following long list of cards and awards. Thank you Purva.


Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the blogger and non-blogger buddies who always pamper me with gracious words, cute cards and beautiful awards.

#22 Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours

Cool and refreshing welcome to Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours, Scrummy Sunday Showcase. Cool and refreshing????? Yeah cool and refreshing because the guest in today's Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours is presenting her cool and refreshing favourites which she likes to indulge. Nazarina of Giddy Gastronome a super talented food blogger, who can not only come up with intresting and luscious recipes but also know the art to present the food in a appealing and eye catching manner. Nazarina is my guest in today's Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours. Nazarina is one of my first blogger buddy who got introduced to me from Joy From Fasting To Feasting!!! Ramadan event. You can have a look at her favourite Ramadan recipes here.

Nazarina of Giddy Gastronome says "My Five Favourites" are:

My Favourite Cuisine : I am going to say global. I am trying to abolish the idea of xenofoodophobia from my gastronomic vocabulary.

My Favourite Book : I have several, at the moment, I am reading “Three Cups of Tea”, by Greg Mortenson and this might very well be my favorite one! I am also reading “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, by John Perkins and this is also my favorite so far. I am actually reading them both at the same time!

My Favourite Film : “Slum dog Millionaire” and “School of rock” I cannot decide!

My Favourite Passtime (Interest) : “ Definitely skiing!

My Favourite Place : Breckenridge, Colorado ski summit which is 14,000 ft above sea level where I can be together with my Mom . She passed on in 2006.

Now coming to Nazarina's five favourite recipes/drinks which she likes to gratify herself are,

1. Seedless Raspberry And Coconut Cream Dream

2. Banana And Dark Chocolate Milkshake

3. Lychee and Asian pear (or Bosc pear if you so please!) Ostentatiously Oriental!

4. Virgin Party Drinks

5. No drink will be complete without some kind of a nut!!!

Click on the recipe names to view the refreshing drinks and spicy nuts. Nazarina of Giddy Gastronome is a originative blogger with many feathers in her hat. She not only presents her food in appealing way but also makes beautiful candles and gorgeous soaps. You can have a look at most beautiful candles here and gorgeous soaps here.

Meet you next sunday with a new foodie blogger as my guest in Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours, Scrummy Sunday Showcase. For more details check here or click on the logo under 'Every Sunday' on the left hand sidebar.

T&T Tasty Palettes : Tomato Rice & Watermelon Granita

Tried and Tasted (T&T) is a event to explore other foodies tastes, appreciate them and confirm that their recipes are worth it says Zlamushka of Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen who is the brainchild of this event. Many a times I get stumble upon the diversity of many rich, luscious and delish recipes and bookmark them to cook and taste. Through this T&T event I not only get introduce to new food blog's but also tasting awesome, creative, traditional, simple and yummy recipes. This month host for T&T event this month is Tasty Curry Leaf of Experiments,Emotions,Experiences with food. Tasty Curry Leaf has chosen Tasty Palettes by Suganya for T&T this month. You can find the event details here. Happy hosting to you dear Tasty Curry Leaf!

Now coming to Tasty Palettes by Suganya, where you can virtually feast with your eyes. Luscious, tempting, attracting, delighting recipes and the photography of the pictures tempt you to bookmark and try each and every recipe. Time, weather and atrocious power cuts restrict me with these two recipes. There are lot more in my 'favourites' waiting to be tried and tasted from Tasty Palettes. Wish they may pop up sometime later.....

I made hot, spicy and flavoursome Tomato Rice and cool, refreshing and pleasant-tasting Watermelon Granita from Tasty Palettes by Suganya. I simply followed the procedure listed by her in making these two recipes. You can find the recipe's for Tomato Rice and Watermelon Granita here and here.

VERDICT: This is for the first time I made Tomato Rice and it tastes yum. I like the combination of flavourful spices and tangy taste of tomatoes clubbing with hot basmati rice. Coming to Watermelon Granita, it was cool, juicy and scrummy. Thank you Tasty Curry Leaf for choosing Tasty Palettes, Zlamushka for T&T event and finally Tasty Palettes for luscious recipes and drooling pictures.

Tomato Rice and Watermelon Granita are going to participate in T&T:Tasty Palette hosted by Tasty Curry Leaf. This event is started by Zlamushka of Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen. Watermelon Granita is also going to participate in FIC-PINK hosted by Priya of Priya's Easy And Tasty Recipes. FIC event is started by Sunshinemom of Tongue Ticklers. Tomato Rice is going to participate in FIL-Tomatoes event by Sanghi of Sanghi's Food Delights!.

Strawberry Milkshake

Luscious, attractive and gorgeous looking strawberries come with many health nutrients that are helpful for human body. These pretty fruits are also called "The Queen of Fruits". Strawberries can help you combat heart disease with its undivided potassium, fiber and folate. Studies have proven that potassium can significantly lower blood pressure, which may then reduce the risk of heart disease. Fiber, both soluble and insoluble, also lowers the risk of both cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Strawberries help you lose weight, due to its high fiber content and aspartic acid, so they are often included in a weight loss diet plan. The role of aspartic acid is to remove excess toxins from your body. Strawberries are thought to be among the strongest of all anticancer foods, and a recent study found that those who consumed the most strawberries in their diet were up to 70% less likely to develop many types of cancer's. A simple way to indulge with thsese healthy berries is to make a milkshake.

This milkshake is going to participate in FIC-PINK hosted by Priya of Priya's Easy And Tasty Recipes. This event is started by Sunshinemom of TongueTicklers.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup Strawberries, hulled and chopped
• 2 cup Milk, boiled and cooled
• 2-3 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp Honey

PREPERATION:

• Blend strawberries, sugar and milk until smooth and add honey before serving.
• Last but not least add your 'love' to make the dish 'YUMMY'.

On saturday I received this gorgeous gift from Chitra Amma of Chitra Amma's Kitchen on being one of the lucky draw winner of Kitchen Masterpiece Event. Thank you so much Chitra Amma's Kitchen.

#21 Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours

Welcome to yet another sunday of Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours, Scrummy Sunday Showcase. Today the guest who is enthusiastically sharing her favourites recipes with us is Pooja of Sai Kitchen. Pooja is new to this food blog world. Pooja's recipes are simple, traditional, easy to make and delish.

Pooja of Sai Kitchen says "My Five Favourites" are:

My Favorite Cuisine : Indian
My Favorite Book/ Novel/Magazine : Any comic book
My Favorite Film : All comedy movies (directed by Jandyala..)
My Favorite Pastime (interests) : Watching movies, Cooking, Blogging
My Favorite Place : My sweet home and my hometown Vijayawada, A.P

Coming to Pooja's five favourite recipes which she likes to indulge upon are:

1. Kalakand
2. Gutti Vankaya Kura

3. Andhra Chicken Fry

4. Baby Corn Manchurian

5. Nimmakaya Pulihora/Lemon Rice

Clicking on the recipe names you can have a detailed look at the recipes. For simple, easy and deslih recipes check Pooja's Sai Kitchen.

Want to participate in Rendezvous With Kitchen Flavours. Click here or click on the image under "Every Sunday" in the left hand sidebar to know the details....