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oats coconut cookies By now each one of you know I am cookie lover. Yes, my tea time is not complete without cookies. But I am always looking to make biscuits with a healthy twist - no all-purpose flour, of course. Oats is a must-include ingredient in most of my cookie recipes. My cookie recipes use less butter; rather, I prefer to substitute butter with oil, which is little healthier than clarified butter. Milk and curd make great binding agents. Curd is a perfect substitute to eggs. This time, this fiber-rich cereal grain has made a direct entry in my cookie recipe - yea, it is the main ingredient. Crispy, crunchy, and so coconutty!!! I am loving this batch of coconut cookies more than my previous recipes using coconut. Here are a few versions with a slight change of ingredients - oats coconut cookies , wheat coconut cookies , and  atta coconut cookies . Ingredients coconut oats cookies 1 cup- powdered oats 1 cup- dry coconut powder 1/2 cup- atta (wheat flour

detox drink There is so much of buzz about detoxification and detox drinks these days. I often make lime water as a detox drink, without adding sugar. Yes, this is how I go about it. This is the best thing to do to cut down your sugar intake. Of course, there are days in a year when you cannot follow your healthy regimen. These are the days when you are holidaying. I am in my sasural (in-law's place) and have had an overload of unhealthy stuff, since there was a big family function here that continued for days and days. Then we got feast invitations from relatives. We have had so many feasts that the word feast now sounds like beast  to me ! Fortunately, feasts are over now and we are getting to eat healthy home-made stuff by my dearest MIL, who is a bundle of talent and has some amazing culinary skills. Now let's come back to my detox drink, because if I start talking about my sasu ma, I will forget the recipe. We have been using fennel or saunf since childhood

Mango kulfi is a sheer delight for the tongue! It does taste yummy! sugarfree mango kulfi no cream  This is the mango season.Nothing better than trying out  mango kulfi. I have tried umpteen mango recipes this time - the first time ever! Glad that the recipes have been successful. I do not mind experimenting nowadays. Of course, food experiments can be addictive - you may say so in my case. But this does not mean that I am always successful - have had numerous failures too and I continue to fail in the kitchen many times. mango kulfi no cream no sugar mango kulfi with no milk sugarless The recipe I am going to share is inspired by a dear friend  Hetal Kamdar's frozen mango yogurt.  The moment I came across the awesome clicks by Hetal, I was tempted to check the recipe. As soon as I got the recipe, I was drawn into trying it out myself, though with a little twist. mango kulfi The low calorie mango kulfi is sweet and tangy that you can enjoy guilt-free,

What has brought you to this page is the caption "no butter, no sugar cookies." Correct? Of course, you are intrigued by the fact that this simple cookie recipe does not use any raising agent either - perhaps it is devoid of any chemicals, flavoring agents, or preservatives.This makes it a kid-friendly recipe. homemade whole wheat flour cookies You want kids to eat healthy. It is tough for parents to persuade tiny tots to take to healthy eating. With the market flooded with unhealthy stuff, it is understood that you worry about the intake of your kids. More so, when unhealthy diets cause all sorts of health issues. The incidence of diabetes milletus is rising in kids, which raises alarm bells for parents to guide their children to start taking healthy food.  Unfortunately, it is a misperception that healthy food doesn't taste good. This blog is all about health, say healthy lifestyle, healthy eating, and fitness. You won;t find one healthy recipe t

oats bread As mentioned earlier, we are not buying bread for over a year, so I have experimented with a few bread recipes on my own. However, this time I wanted to include oats as well to give a healthier twist to our breads. Again, oatmeal does not disappoint. It's such a relief to find the healthiest of grains giving me the best results in bread making. This is a softer bread than my previous bread varieties - no yeast  ragi bread and whole wheat bread  no yeast. To enhance flavor, I have included garlic - so it is garlic wheat-oats bread without yeast. I also added fermented urad dal and oat meal batter, which is optional for this recipe. It was merely an experiment, and I am not sure if it did make any difference to the recipe. Let's turn to the recipe now: Atta Oats Bread Ingredients 1/2 cup- oats 1/2 cup- atta (whole wheat flour) 1/2 tsp- sugar salt as per taste 1/2 tsp- baking soda whey to knead dough (should be soft, but not too sticky) - whe

oatmeal kulfi Oatmeal kulfi? Surprises? Well, you ought not be, since it is coming from me! Yes, now you already know that I have been experimented with different healthy oatmeal recipes, and this oatmeal dessert is a step in that direction. Yes, it's oats again - the key ingredient in this creamy, thick, and delectable kulfi, though without the addition of cream. Oats has this supreme quality to turn creamy and thick when blended with liquid. This makes it a healthier alternative to cream, which is loaded with calories and gives you no additional health benefits. Rich in fiber, oat powder has become my go-to ingredient for all recipes. I try to include this healthy cereal grain in everything I make or bake these days. Yes, it gives us unmatched health benefits. In fact, I want everyone to turn to using oats and substitute cream with this healthy cereal. Take my words for it - you won't ever remorse the decision.My dear friend Ritu Mendiratta knows it better

daliya idli toast Wondering how to cook broken wheat ? Here's a simple yet interesting way to include cracked wheat into your everyday meals. Cracked wheat benefits health in more ways than one. If you learn cracked wheat for weight loss recipes, then you are working toward a healthy lifestyle. Even I am a health freak. Here are some broken wheat benefits: Remember, the uncle next door for whom I had baked the suji mango cake ? The 80 +year old is fond of idlis. We came to know about it recently. So one day hubby offered to make idlis for him. This was the right time to make another healthy set of idlis. Yes, I have made daliya idlis many times before. But this time it was different. How? I have always been wanting to make idlis sans baking soda or any emulsifying agent. You know the reason already! So this was the right time, I thought to experiment with fermentation. I soaked daliya overnight and next day was able to make super soft idlis. The