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Looking for homemade oatmeal recipes? Of course, you already know the benefits of oats. Isn't it? You will numerous homemade recipes with oatmeal here, for I love oats, believing their health benefits. This time I have come up with oatmeal desserts. Yes, desserts can be healthy. Yay! I have tried a number of healthy dessert recipes that might interest you. Almonds and pistachios taste equally awesome in desserts. What do you say? I try including these nuts in my sweets and desserts. Ice cream is my favorite or you may call it kulfi in desi jargon. Of course, I do not like chocolate ice cream. Do you remember I had shared milk badaam oats kulfi earlier? This included raw oats - means in unroasted form. This time I have chosen to roast oats and feel have got a slightly better result - here's presenting another lip-smacking delight from my healthy kitchen. Oatmeal dessert is healthy and yet so flavorful. Can't believe? Try this almond-based oatmeal

garlic coconut chutney As you all know, I was on a holiday to Odisha, the coastal state has an abundance of coconut trees. I must tell you my in-law's place is surrounded by a plethora of coconut grooves. I simply love that serenity - it's pure bliss for me that I miss here in Delhi. I so wish to settle down there some day!!  Yay!!  So coming back to the recipe, when I was in Odisha, my mother in law did me a big favor by getting 10 coconuts grated by her maid. What I did was to dry roast the fresh coconut on a stove top so that I could carry it along to Delhi and relish the same for a good number of days. Yay!! I am already doing so. I have stored the powder in a zip lock in my refrigerator door. This coconut garlic chutney is just one example of how I am using the Odisha coconut. I have been seen many people use roasted garlic for chutney. So this idea struck me to blend it with coconut. Voila! The result did not disappoint. My sister in law invited us

Ever since my return from Odisha, I haven't done enough of posts. Yes, I have been really busy with my projects. Nevertheless, I have not baked cake rusks for a long time and feel like enjoying biscottis with my regular cup of tea. So decided to bake a fresh batch for myself. Baked a low fat atta cake and then double baked the slices for a double delight. low fat  whole wheat cake rusk  Cake rusk or simple rusk has been a favorite since childhood. I have been savoring these crispy delicacies with milk and tea. I still remember having visited a cake rusk factory when I was merely a 4-5 year old. The memories of that day are still fresh. I often talk about that day to hubby - my biggest support system. I love to relive those memories time and again, and he is the only one who pays ears to me here. I still remember how rusks were lined up in huge trays there ready to go into the traditional oven. Unforgettable memories. That was the day I started having rusks! I f

oatmeal recipes Looking for healthy recipes with oatmeal ? You have come at the right place. As an oatmeal lover, I have come up with an umpteen number of healthy oats recipes for weight loss that you are going to fall in love with. The list of recipes focus on how to prepare oatmeal for breakfast. If you think baking with oat flour is a hassle, you are seriously wrong. After having tried and tested (read: tasted) numerous healthy ways to eat oatmeal, I can guarantee that this cereal grain would become a part of your daily diet. Check below the entire list of healthy oatmeal recipes that I have experimented with, prepared, and savored without anybody even realizing they are actually eating oats. Benefits of Oats ; Do oats contain gluten Here is a collection of oats recipes to make it easier for you to include this healthy fiber-rich cereal grain in your diets. My first experience of masala oats was really bad. I stopped eating oats for a year after that. But ever since

If you are looking for a diabetes-friendly recipe for regular meal planning, then read this post further. Presenting before you my diabetic MIL's special mix vegetable recipe for diabetics. However, I have tried to standardize it as per technique this time. This is my one pot one shot bhaja santula. Enjoy lovely flavors, beautiful colors, and healthy greens right in one pot one shot. bhajja santula - a recipe for diabetics sans potato As you know, I was in Odisha recently. Yes, it is my sasural (in-law's place). The best thing about Odisha is the mesmerizing naturescape that I miss here in Delhi, where concrete structures abound. I do miss the green landscape that decks the coastal state of Odisha - with tall coconut trees flanking my in-law's home and enhancing its beauty. Nature is so beautiful :) I badly miss it here! Another thing that captivates me in Odisha is its abundance of green vegetables that we usually do not get here in north India. I mus

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