Dreamfields Pasta Review

I love my carbs – rice, freshly baked bread, pasta. However, over the years I have been limiting my carb consumption and eating more of a protein, fruits and veggie diet because I want to control my sugar and fight insulin resistance. Before I eat anything that I am not supposed to,   I always ask [...]

7 Tools for busy parents to make meal time fun

Rajma Chawal — kidney beans and rice

We have been getting unusual amounts of rain this time of the year in Los Angeles. It has been raining almost daily for the last 10 days. On days like these all I want to do is eat and feed my family one of my favorite childhood foods. Rajma or Rajmah chawal as it is [...]

What to feed your kids at Chuck E Cheese

Pumpkin Walnut Cream Cheese Spread

Come middle September all I start seeing everywhere are pumpkins. Throughout the year we generally don’t eat pumpkin but with fall in full swing we definitely start eating more pumpkin – whether it is pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie.  Here’s a quick bagel or bread spread you can make to add a little variety to your [...]

Buckwheat Beetroot Salad

I try to make the same food for the baby and the family.  So when my 6 month old got beetroot and cherry puree for his meal, the family got buckwheat beetroot salad.  I hadn’t given Simone beetroot till now. I think this has to do with red juices that flow and stain stuff when [...]

Kiwi Cups

What a fantastic way to eat Kiwis.  I was at a blogging food camp a few weeks ago and ZESPRI, one of the sponsors, served gold and green kiwis cut like these. So easy, so clean and so perfect for children.  Since the camp I send “kiwi cups” with my daughter in her school lunch. [...]

Recipe: Paneer Cubes

Here’s a quick simple vegetarian protein recipe.  Paneer is very common in Indian cuisine.  In most Indian restaurant and in supermarkets in the processed food sections you can see Mattar Paneer (Peas Panner) or Palak Paneer (Spinach Paneer).  Panner is a non-melting cheese made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice.  It is a soft [...]

A new baby at home? Make sure you eat these foods…

Most women want to jump on the wagon to get their bodies back into the skinny jeans as soon as they leave the hospital after giving birth. Or you are just so frazzled and tired dealing with the new baby that you forget to eat and take care of yourself.  It gets even harder to [...]

Turkey/Chicken Meatballs using Oats

A lot of meatball recipes call for breadcrumbs. But breadcrumbs are not very healthy. So what is a healthy, delicious alternative to breadcrumbs? The answer is Oats! Oats are versatile and very healthy (think fiber, lower blood sugar, and low cholesterol) , and make awesome kid-friendly (and grownups-friendly too!) meatballs. This has been a popular [...]

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