Rose Malabi Recipe from Mezze

Today I have a very special recipe to share with you. I have already made it 4 times over the past week. It is that good and that easy to make! Plus it comes from the Pastry Chef extraordinaire behind Mezze’s incredible deserts. Mezze is one of Los Angeles’s Best New Restaurants that serves Mediterranean [...]

Blueberry Tarragon Frozen Pop (Zoku)

Hello my Zoku maker! It has been a long long time, since I have played with you. You see I have been playing with lego blocks and puzzles lately and dwelling in the world of pixies and goblins and fairies courtesy of Enid Blyton books for kids. I saw you sitting in the corner of [...]

Fruit Kebab Skewers

Fruit salad was one of my favorite dishes from my childhood. I knew I was in for a treat everytime I saw it on the table because vanilla icecream always came with the fruit salad. Yummy! Even now, when I visit India and see fruit salad on the table, my smile stretches from cheek to [...]

Video: Coconut Water and a fun art project

Coconut water is a great alternative for fruit juices and sports drinks for kids. The sweet, clear liquid is naturally high in potassium and electrolytes, which the body loses through perspiration. Coconut juice and small young coconuts are now widely available in the US and there’s this amazing new tool by Melissa’s, Young Coconut Punch Tool, that [...]

Light Strawberry Cheese Cake

  A bite earlier in the day of this dessert was enough of an incentive to make my kids skip their regularly scheduled stop at the vending machine after their swim lessons. Every Tuesday evening, the stop at the vending machine typically ends with them buying a small pack of some processed junk … but [...]

Eggnog Bread Pudding & a Giveaway

    My favorite dish of the holidays has to be Eggnog. I didn’t know what Eggnog was till my first year in this country. Now come Thanksgiving time, I pick up Eggnog by the cartons at the grocery stores. I buy them all – Soy Eggnog, Coconut Milk Eggnog, Chocolate Eggnog, Whole Eggnog, Light [...]

3 Ingredients Apple Tart

This is such a quick and yummy dessert that by the time you are done eating dinner, the dessert is ready to be eaten. It needs 3 ingredients and you have delicious Apple Tart for everyone. I used Trader Joe’s Artisan Puff Pastry for it as its ingredients are wheat flour, butter, salt, sugar and [...]

Video – 3.5 year old Simone makes a quick snack (Red Apple Smiles)

Back in May of this year I had posted on how my then 3.5 year old came home one day and wanted to make her first recipe. Here’s the video of her making a quick snack using cream cheese, marshmallows and red apples. She named this snack — “Red Apple Smiles”. I love her budding interest in [...]

Red Apple Smiles Recipe made by a preschooler

As the saying goes – “sow and you shall reap”. I like how my 3.5 year old is so interested in learning how to cook and try things out in the kitchen. Yesterday she came back from preschool saying I want to make “red apple smiles”. Here’s how this recipe played out in our home: [...]

Peanut Butter Banana Frozen Pop (Zoku)

I like peanut butter and banana sandwiches/Panini’s and with the temperature soaring I have been thinking about new frozen pop zoku recipes for this summer. I have about 20 new zoku recipe ideas that I will be creating over the next few weeks (so do come back!). This simple zoku has been inspired by the [...]

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