Delicious Egg Salad With Mango Vinaigrette

After all happy celebration if you have lots of eggs spending  their cool vacation in your refrigerator then it’s time to bring them out and  give them a hot spa treatment (ha-ha) and you  relish an irresistible summery supper. Here is a super simple yummy salad for you.
Ingredients:

Romania lettuce   1 head wash cut
Tomato    1 diced
green apple   diced
Hard boiled egg  2  shell off and cut halve
Onion   1 finely sliced
Carrot     1 handful shredded

For Mango  Vinaigrette
Cider  Vinegar   ¼ cup
Honey mustard  1 table spoon
Curry powder      1/2  tea spoon
Lime juice            1 table spoon
Ripe mango         1 peeled seeded and chunked
Vegetable oil        1 cup
Sugar                     1 tea spoon
Salt  and freshly ground pepper  to taste

Procedure:
Put all the ingredients for the vinaigrette except salt, pepper and oil in a food processor and puree. With the machine running, drizzle in the oil and salt and pepper. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator not for ages (ha ha) but for a week or two. Mango vinaigrette delivers a vibrant, healthy burst of flavor. This refreshing sweet- tart combination is perfect for fruit salad or mixed greens. If you are not preparing this salad for a big party then you will not need the whole of the prepared dressing but just few spoon according to your taste for this salad and rest you can use it later.
In a bowl take all the salad ingredients except the eggs now drizzle the mango vinaigrette and mix with soft hands . Now place this salad in a serving platter and then add the halved boiled eggs over the top of the greens. Your delicious egg salad with mango vinaigrette is ready to relish.

Be Happy And Stay Healthy.
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Easter Special-Strawberry Float Punch

Friends I know all of you are busy in last minute preparation for the most happening springtime festival Easter. This celebration is a magical time for children, what with chocolate bunnies, hot cross buns, marshmallow chicks, jellybean-filled Easter eggs and candles forming the main attractions on this day and I think aduts also love to remember their childhood days while they prepare some special treats for the children.To add more color to this celebration I thought to share with you an awesome drink recipe which both kids and the grown ups will cherish. Strawberry float punch is a colorful drink to celebrate the occasion.

Ingredients:

Ginger ale  4 cup
Strawberry fruit syrup   8 cups 
Strawberry   ice cream    2 scoop for each  small punch bowl
Fresh Strawberry      1 for each bowl

Procedure:
In a big punch bowl mix the syrup and ginger ale . Now in individual small punch bowl pour the drink the place 2 scoop of ice cream in each bowl. Let the ice cream melts to form a strawberry foam. Your strawberry float punch is ready. I think this bowl of pure love....  strawberry float punch is a surefire way to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters in such a special day like Easter.

         Wish You Very Very Happy Easter!

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Finger-licking Oven-Fried Fish

I always look out for food that are heart healthy and on this quest I found another finger-licking mouthwatering oven fired fish recipe. Yes it is low calorie crispy baked fish fillets that will help you to cut some calories from your diet but not taste. So all you weightwatcher and heart healthy people don’t miss the this super delicious recipe.
Ingredients:

Fish fillets  2 pounds
Fresh lemon juice   1 table spoon
Fat free milk    1/2 cup
Hot sauce        2 to 3 drops
Fresh garlic paste   1 teaspoon
Onion powder       1/4  teaspoon
Salt and white pepper to taste
Coarsley grind cornflakes   1/2 cup
Vegetable oil       1 table spoon 

Procedure:
Pre heat oven to 475°F. After properly cleaning the fish wipe the fillets with lemon juice and pat dry. Now in a bowl mix garlic milk and hot sauce you can add more hot sauce if you want it to be more hot and later on if the temparature of your dine table rise a few degree then that’s totally your resposibity(lol….). Now on a plate mix salt, pepper,onion powder, coarsley grind cornflakes . Let fillets sit briefly in milk and then remove it and coat fillets on both side with seasoned conflakes. Let it stand breifly until the coating sticks to each side of fish. Arrange on a light oiled shallow baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes on middle rack without turning. Cut into six pieces. Serve with Coleslaw and lemon wedges.
If you want more such delicious heart healthy foods not because you have a history of heart disease in your family but want to adopt a healthier lifestyle, or just want to eat right.I have come across an app where  Heather shows you how to enjoy the foods you love and crave while keeping a reasonable balance. "Eating for a Healthy Heart" combines eight step-by-step videos and great recipe ideas. Start on a path to better health and fewer restrictions! This app (app is designed for both iPhone and iPad) will identify the bad habits that can lead to heart disease as well as the factors you'll need to consider when choosing which foods to eat. Instead of feeling anxious when you open the fridge. So take look to this Vook, you'll learn how to adjust your lifestyle and ordering habits when dining out, and also how to prepare delicious recipes at home, including easy variations on the recipes you already enjoy. Check out "Eating for a Healthy Heart" Hope you will like it.

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Ways to Get Kids to Eat their Fruits and Vegetables

This is a fabulous guest post from Alexis Bonari. Moms's and Dad's this is for you and I hope you all will love to go through it.

If you have a child who gets excited by the idea of brussel sprouts for dinner and frozen grapes for dessert, then you've won the parental lottery. For the rest of us whose children shrink from any green foods like they're radioactive Kryptonite, it may seem like compromises that count fries as a vegetable are our only options. Fortunately, there are some tricks that can help parents be sure their kids are eating more fruits and vegetables.

Start Slowly
Many times, kids are quick to reject any foods that are new or seem unusual. Try pairing fruits and veggies with old favorites, and add only one or two new foods into their diets each week. This will help them adapt to changes more easily.
Don't give up! Even if your kids don't love what they taste on the first try, the more you serve fruits and vegetables, the more accustomed they will become to them and the more willing they will be to try them.

Make them Accessible
Keep a bowl of fresh fruit on the counter so that when kids reach for a snack, they have healthy options available. Also have chopped vegetables on hand, which can be enjoyed with hummus or a tasty dip.Offering dips for fruits and vegetables -- or serving them with fondue -- can make them seem much more appealing.

Add them to Favorite Dishes
There are a number of ways that you can add fruits and vegetables to beloved dishes so that they go unnoticed (or aren't minded) by your kids. Try grating or chopping vegetables and adding them to soups,stews, casseroles, pastas, pot pie, pizza, quesadillas, tacos, sandwiches, and much more. Fruits can be seamlessly added into smoothies, yogurt, cereals, muffins, breads, pies, and more.

Introduce Variety
Kids often react negatively to unfamiliar flavors or textures. It may be that they reject what you've offered because they don't like lumpy foods or foods that taste too bitter. Try introducing a variety of different fruits and vegetables -- different shapes, different colors, different textures, and so on -- to see what your kids like best. They may hate broccoli, but they may love corn. Experiment until you find what works!

Make it Fun
Get your kids involved and make eating fruits and vegetables fun. You can try holding "create your own" sessions, and encourage your kids to provide feedback on the types of fruits and veggies they like. Make silly faces or shapes from the ingredients, either that you have made or that they have helped you make.You could also try a contest -- with the person who eats the most veggies per day or per week winning a special prize.

Set an Example
Kids often want to do what their heroes do. Point out how athletes like Michael Jordan or actors like Vin Diesel have to eat lots of veggies to stay strong and lean. If that doesn't work, remember that your are the best example in your child's life. Even if they don't respond right away, if they see you setting a consistent example of behavior, they are likely to follow your lead.
Though it may be difficult at first to convince your children to eat their fruits and vegetables, experiment with a number of techniques and be consistent and you are bound to see results. And remember:
Starting early is more likely to help children develop healthy habits that they will continue throughout their lives.

Bio: Alexis Bonari is currently a resident blogger at College Scholarships, where recently she’s been researching baseball scholarships as well as basketball scholarships. Whenever she gets some free time she enjoys doing yoga, cooking with the freshest organic in-season fare, and practicing the art of coupon clipping.

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Apple Mango Salad

Today I want to share with you a very healthy, easy and I say a happy Apple Mango salad.I am sure you will love this fresh fruits splashed with peppy vinaigrette.

Ingredients:

Mango      1 (ripe and firm) peeled , seeded and sliced
Granny Smith apple  1 peeled , cored and sliced
Toasted pisctacho   3/4 cup
Balsamic vinegar     1 table spoon
Ground cinnamon    1/4  teaspoon
Fresh Ginger juice     1/2  teaspoon
Salt  and pepper       two pinch each
Fresh mint leaves     few 

Procedure:
In a bowl, toss together mango, apple, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon, ginger and salt and pepper. Now serve it in a serving bowl an d top it with pistachio and mint leaves.This is avery refreshing fruit salad. I hope in the coming summer months you will enjoy this healthy fruity bite.
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Celebrate Color With Spicy Lemony Buttermilk

India today is celebrating the festival of color-HOLI. This is one of my favorite festival, because irrespective of race, religion, cast and creed every body today is playing and painting each other with colors.
WE may not be always aware that colors play a very important role in our life .We are drawn to colors- needed to bring balance in our lives, which is the main goal of every healing. The use of color as a therapy is a truly holistic and powerful for thousands of years.
In our world color dominates our live from reading sign in the roads to seeing a fruit whether ripe or not or the vegetables are in good condition or not color play a vital role.
It affects our mood blue is claming while red can make us tense. We are living in a colorful world but some time we forget to appreciate this gift of life. But today in India and all over the world where there are good number of Indians (like US,UK, South Africa, Trinidad and many more) along with the citizens, will celebrate color with great passion.
HOLI in India signifies light , life and surge of energy. Earth cast off her darkness and is ready to entrenched in the bright color of life.
This is also an important religious festival in India because it also signifies the love of Lord Krishna and Sree Radha. The mischievous cute Krishna took different colors and colored Radha and the Gopis . He also used to play with pichkaris ( big syringes tusked to sprinkle colorful water). This instance thus become an occasion of merry making every year. It is this mischievous spirit of courtship that enters this festival. Holi thus honors the Divine love of Lord Krishna and Sree Radha.
Shed the black from your life and take the red, yellow and greens . Discard pessimism and take a view on the brighter side. It is the time to sing ,dance ,laugh ,love, color all, color yourself , color your life – says Holi.
Wishing you all A Very Very Happy Holi!
A favourite drink of ours during Holi which a neighbour hood aunt used to make for us. It is really tasty and healthy and refreshing during the summer months.



INGREDIENTS:

Yoghurt     3 cups plain
Cold water  1 cups
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Black salt      ½ tsp
Pepper         according to taste
Sugar           1tsp
Coarsely grind 
roasted cumin seed   ½ tsp
Cilantro and 
mint leaves to decorate
Crushed ice to serve

PROCEDURE:
Pour the yogurt and water into blender for 1 min.
Add in the cumin, season to taste with salt and pepper and bled together.
Serve over crushed ice
Garnish with a sprinkle of cumin powder and finely chopped cilantro and mint.
So enjoy, and those who are far from India and want to drench in real color then India is welcoming you with open arms to visit during Holi festival and return with a lifetime experience of love and color.

WISHING YOU AGAIN A VERY VERY HAPPY HOLI!

Enjoy this favorite holi song from the Indian film you will get the idea of the festival and surely enjoy.



BE IN COLOR, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

*Help Japan- In midst of all this happiness how can we forget that our brothers and sister in Japan is going through  enormous trouble due to the gigantic earthquake and Tsunami. I have created a squidoo page,  from there you can send  your donation to the legit organisation who are working for their relief.Please make some time to visit Help Japan. Every single money earned from this page will go to Save the children . So please visit and  share this page with your friends  in whatever way you can. Thanks for all your help and support .

Mexican Chickpea Soup

Wish you all A Very Happy Belated Women’s Day.
On Women’s day I cook a hearty Mexican Chickpea Soup for my friends. I never knew that it will come out so wonderful because I missed one of the main ingredients that is chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I could not find them nearby and I have to use my foodie brain to make a substitute. I use pickled green chilly instead and that take away a portion of Mexico but it taste great. Take a look of the recipe.
Ingredients:

Butternut squash   1 bowl peeled, cut into 1 inch square
Red Bell pepper    1 cut into 1 inch chunks 
Onion              1 cut into wedges
Garlic             5 to 6 cloves peeled
Oregano            1 teaspoon
Cumin powder       1 teaspoon
Ground cinnamon    1/2  teaspoon
Olive oil          2 table spoon
Chickpea           1 can, rinsed
Corn               1 can,  drained
Tomatoes           2 ripe, diced
Salt and pepper    to taste
Chopped cilantro    1/2  cup

For pickled Green chilly
Green chilly   4 to 5 deseeded 
Salt           1/4 teaspoon
Pepper         1/4 teaspoon
Paprika powder  1/4 teaspoon
Tomato sauce    1 tablespoon
Vinegar         1 1/2 table spoon
Oregano         1/2  teaspoon
Onion chopped   1 teaspoon
Garlic chopped  1/2  teaspoon
Mix all this ingredients for pickled green chili and leave it for  8 to 10 hours.When you use it in soup just chop them and add.

Procedure:
Put all the fresh veggies in a roasting pan now sprinkle salts, pepper, add chopped garlic and onion and one tablespoon of f oil in it. Coat well. Heat the oven to 425°F then roast the vegetables stirring just once for 15 minutes or until they are lightly browned and tender. Place a saucepan over a low heat then put the remaining oil in it add cinnamon powder, oregano and cumin powder stir for few second then add 5 large cups of water. Then add the chickpeas, tomatoes, corn and pickled green chilly with a spoonful of the mixture in which you dipped the chilies or you may use 1 teaspoon of minced canned minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Bring to boil then simmer and cook for 10 to 15 minutes till the flavor blend. Stir in the roasted vegetable and chopped cilantro.
You can sprinkle little bit of cheese if you like and garnish with a lemon wedge. Serve with bread rolls or corn tortillas. Your delicious Mexican Chickpea Soup is ready.

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