Less than two months into blogging, I have been nominated twice and now been awarded…… AWARDED (gasp!) an award. *Trumpet blows* THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD It proves two, no three things. a) I am doing something right. b) Someone is…
Zaffrani Mango Mousse
Today morning I read about Anna’s Blue Ribbon Challenge at Crunchy Creamy Sweet. Normally I take at least two days to sit on a post before I post it. When I read her post (somehow I had completely missed…
Mushroom bell pepper curry – a nutritional gold mine
New England is weird this year. It was warm in the winter, and it’s chilly in the summer. It’s mid June, still it’s not comfortable to step out without a light jacket. Not too bad though. As far as…
Father’s Day – The boys bake pineapple pastry and an incredible story
On Thursday, I retold an amazing story I had read on news to the boys. It was about a 5 year old boy named Saroo who had gotten lost in a train in India, found his way to an adopted…
Salt water pool and its advantages
Price of your own backyard swimming pool: $$$$ Swimming in that pool: Priceless Keeping the pool clean and debris free: Thankless For everything else, there’s Mom. The day our pool reopened for the summer, all my kids wanted to…
Saffron-rose ice-cream; eggless, cream less, machine less
I can’t resist a good scoop of ice cream. Unfortunately, my sweet tooth has been getting more and more demanding as I grow older. I eat double the amount of sugar than I did twenty years ago. I know I…