Awesome Corn Chaat

Hi all,
 I am so happy so share this corn chat with you all.
I promise you will love to share it with your friends and family the next time you are having a gathering.

Ingredients:

2 cup corn
1 cup chopped onion
2 teaspoon garlic , finely chopped
1 teaspoon chili pepper
chopped coriander to garnish
salt and lemon juice to taste
one teaspoon oil

Method:
In a hot pan put a teaspoon of oil and add onion, garlic  to saute until onion is translucent.
Let the mixture cool and now add the corn and chili powder, salt to taste and lemon juice to taste.
Garnish with coriander and serve with a nice warm cup of tea/ coffee.

Enjoy the rainy day snack.

Cheers,
Ishita

Silent features of Heart Attack !!

Hi all,

Recently came across this article about heart attack would love to share with all my fellow moms.

Heart attack is the number one killer in women.

As a girl, friend, sister, daughter, mom....we all need to learn about it.

Take care,

Here is the link:

These Four Silent Heart Attack Symptoms Happen Right Before a Heart Attack 

http://www.goredforwomen.org/about_heart_disease_and_stroke.aspx

Love ya all

Warm soup in a jiff!

Hi all,
 Cold weather is approaching, time to bring out our slow cookers! Yay!

Here is a quick recipe for this nice warm yummy soup, its a mixture of lentils, carrot and butternut squash.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup yellow lentil
1/2 cup green split lentil
1 cup lentil ( it just says lentil on the packet , u may get it from Safeway or trader joe's)
2 cloves garlic finely minced
1/2 cup roughly chopped carrots
1/2 cup roughly chopped butternut squash
1/2 cup onions( or celery ), chopped
4 cups of broth / water
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon oil

Method:
Preferred if you can soak lentils for few hours (at least 4 hours)
Do not drain the liquid, save it.
Heat a pan, put one tablespoon of oil.
Add onions / celery cook until translucent.
Add garlic , immediately add all the soaked lentils, stir for a minute add carrots and butternut squash.
In the mean time place another pot to boil water or your vegetable broth.
Transfer this lentil and vegetable mixture to you slow cooker add your vegetable broth to your slow cooker.
Turn on your slow cooker to high for three - four  hours, depending on your slow cooker.
When ready add salt and pepper to taste.

Yum, yum yum...serve hot with nice crusty bread or eat it just by itself.

Have a very great weekend!

It's flu season.......

Hello fellow mom's and friends,
I cannot believe this year is just flying by for me !! well its flu season.
Be sure to vaccinate your little ones and your spouse  and yourself. Of course the elderly would definitely benefit from this vaccine.
Today i went to Costco..and the amount of people sneezing and coughing already made me scared.. definitely getting all of us vaccinated this coming week.........
Also as you know the best way to prevent is proper hand washing and use of hand sanitizer, its CDC (deparment of disease control) approved.
Teach your kids going to day care or school the proper technique of hand washing....best way is make them sing " Happy Birthday.." song..and by the time the song is over their hand washing should be done. They will be happy singing the song and you will be happy making sure they cleaned properly. otherwise we know how they wash their hands , at least my little one, he counts one , two  three all done! really? , so i had to taught him to sing !
Also remind them to wash hands after :
  - coming back from play ground
  - before and after eating food
  - after using bathroom / potty
  -if u sneeze / cough
and the list goes on..

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

Here's the link i am posting for more information..
Be safe with the little ones as the weather has been changing a lot lately..especially this weekend feels like fall already in full bloom..so cold. All my cold accessories are out with extra's in the car for emergencies...haha. Also started to give kids ginger and lemon water..(in a sneaky way) to prevent cough.

Take care
Enjoy
Ishita

PLan for the weekend!

This weekend oakland is having a eat real fest.....looks a great way to spend a day out.
Will try to stop by there at some time...hope to see you there, if you can

http://eatrealfest.com/event/Oakland/California/2011

Have a great weekend.

Enjoy
Ishita

Heart healthy

Hi all ,
I found this article that i really wanted to share with you all. Please share with your loved ones too and take care !


http://health.yahoo.net/caring/5-foods-that-can-trigger-a-stroke


~ Ishita

Celebration!!

This year my little girl started Kindergarten and today was her very first official spelling bee test and she did great and was crowned Spelling queen of the class!! So its celebration time..

How do you celebrate your special days?

We made her favorite fries and milkshake but home version.
We decided to make sweet potato fries.

Ingredients:
1 large sweet potato cut into long strips
oil for frying
salt for taste

Method:
Bring the oil to heat.
Start frying your precut sweet potatoes until golden brown color.
Sprinkle salt for taste.
Serve with ketchup or your favorite dip.

ENjoy and have a great weekend ahead !