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Mixed Fruit Chutney/Jam

mixed fruit chutney I am fond of fruit jam since childhood. Never ever did I imagine that I would be making jams one day. Well, I had to, since we are no longer buying any ready-to-eat food items. It's been more than 5 years since I tasted jam. Surprised? Do not be! I am not a foodie and thus not crazy about things (except cookies). Since we are not buying anything from groceries or confectioneries, I am trying my hands at anything and everything that comes my way. I am glad I am coming up with surprising results - yes, surprising for my own self. Nobody in my home, except hubby, knows what all I am doing in my kitchen, because I am not known to be passionate about food among my loved ones. Well, that's another story. But I wanna try my hands at everything. oopssss....too much of self-talk again. Let's come back to the new mixed fruit jam recipe. SO the uncle for whom I baked my suji-mango cake that day did not want to return my dish empty, and knowing

Eggless Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies/Jeera Biscuits (No Maida)

jeera biscuits Healthy cookies are my weakness. What about you? I am a cookie lover. But I love biscuits as well. Now you must be wondering whether there is any difference between both. Well, to me cookies are the goodies we get in bakeries - these are little heavier than biscuits, which are light and flaky. After having tried my hands at different combinations to make homemade whole wheat cookies , I have been curious enough to look for a biscuit recipe. Today, I was experimenting with homemade wheat-oatmeal for pizza base. I used little dough for pizza and thought of keeping the remaining dough overnight to bake a bread the next day. But God had different plans. The pizza base I was able to bake was crunchy and of course, healthy. So I decided to try baking healthy oatmeal cookies no sugar puffs with the remaining dough. Sorry I was not able to click the pizza. But I do have a no maida, yeast free pizza recipe. Do give it a try. whole wheat oatmeal cookies without