EVENT: BLOGGING MARATHON #88  THEME: REDO OLD POSTS – WEEK 4 – DAY 1 24/05/2018 This is updated post… its not Eid as yet this year but will be arriving in 3 weeks time. I must also mention that security has much improved now in Mombasa but tourism is not what it was some years…

hold that sugar! We all know that sugar is not good for our health but how often do we get attracted to sweet things… sweet drinks, cakes, muffins, cookies, indian sweets. It is so difficult to resist the very things that are bad for our health. I have tried substituting sugar with the artificial sweeteners…

a lovely present   After my son’s wedding got over, my bhabhis kept insisting that I tell them how much my wedding sari costed. Basically, when a daughter’s kids get married, in our tradition, the wedding sari comes from the parents home or the mayka. I bought the sari of my choice and my bhabhis…

can’t believe an eggplant can taste so delicious   Come Saturday and its time to go to our studio apartment on the beach. I don’t want to spend time cooking in the studio so I prepare beforehand dinner for Saturday and Sunday. Hubby and I love to spend the evening chatting, watching telly or sitting…

a cool treat   I made this ice cream last year at my son’s place using his ice cream maker. It was a welcome treat at that time as it was pretty hot in Montreal. Montreal summers can get hot and humid. I am waiting to buy some fresh cream to make it again to…

My first experience with an ice cream maker My first visit to Canada last year was full of excitement and my son tried to make it special in every respect. He froze loads of blueberries for us as it would have been out of season by the time we reached there. I was obviously excited…

jet lag 🙁   Travelling between different time zones and that too in the easterly direction is no laughing matter for me. My body wants to sleep when the rest of this part of the world is up and about and lacks sleep when they are resting. In medical terms its known as desynchronosis but…

evil temptation Whenever I would make my signature dish, vegetable crepes, I had to make extra crepes(pronounced as cr+ape) so that the kids could have some dessert too. They loved to spread jam or nutella over the crepes. The Sweet Fantasy Club (started by Preeti of Simply Tadka) challenge for the month of February was…

double treat The Sweet Fantasy Club’s # 5  challenge (started by Preeti of simply tadka) was chocolate barfi and eggless chocolate crepe with strawberries.The word barfi reminds me of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Just can’t help it… loved the movie. Barfi (Murphy) and Jhilmil were just fantastic, innocent and reminded us that basic happiness and laughter…

Uttarayan – a colourful festival The Sweet Fantasy Club’s number 4 challenge (started by Preeti of simply tadka) was til ladoos and churros. Til laddoos, very easy I thought. However, for Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan as Gujaratis call it, I usually make the mixture and let it set in a tray. So easy, as you…