I literally feel like I finished an assignment right before the deadline. Hehe… Before that, a quick look into the scenes out here. We have had an awesomely wet weekend, with heavy rains, that caused total water clogging in most of the parts of the city. On Friday, we took a drive towards the outskirts and seriously enjoyed the rains. However, on Saturday, it caused a lot of trouble, but that comes with the enjoyment, isn’t it? The girls had their madrassa closed yesterday, and have their schools off today, so they are pretty excited about what the rains have offered them. 🙂 The rains are expected to be on and off for this whole week. Thankfully, slowly it is feeling like winter, and I hope this chill stays well till March or April. It’s been long since I have participated in the AtoZ Recipe Challenge hosted by…
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Apple Kiwi Smoothie
While I was scheduling the posts for the Blogging Marathon #81 under the theme “Apple Desserts”, I was confused if a smoothie would come into its limit. An email to Valli and I got a very reassuring response – “If you crave for dessert but you are lazy to really cook up one, then a smoothie should do, right?” 😀 Recently, I bought a Russell Hobbs juice blender. I have been eyeing the Nutri Bullet but it was way above my budget and I was skeptical while I picked this up. I love juicing and at any time, my cravings are mostly subsided by one easy blitz. That explains why I have many many ideas of cold drinks loaded on the blog! Many say that juicing is not a good way of having your fruits but I don’t seem to agree to it. Off late, what all used…
Kiwi Green Grape Juice
After the Coriander Chutney, here is the second one in line. A totally green juice, filled with fruits and the goodness of coconut water – that is how I would call this. Kiwi and green grapes are normally not a combination that you would see juiced together. So I combined it more to see how it would fare. I am also not a fan of coconut water – yeah, something surprising considering I love anything with coconut, but don’t seem to like the water! All in all, I must say it was a very refreshing drink. The chia seeds though optional, adds an extra kick to the whole drink. I feel blessed to stay in a country like UAE, where you get fruits of various kinds all throughout the year coming from various countries. Alhamdulillah, we can survive on a bowl of fruits if I feel lazy to cook…
Kiwi Watermelon Smoothie
How life can turn around… Yesterday I celebrated a life, and today I am sad, as two of my best blogger friends, Humi and Priya lost their mothers, both to cancer. I have been closely following up with them and I am truly saddened by it. Losing parents is the biggest lose in this world, no wonder Allah asks us to value them several times in the Holy Book. May He give both of them the strength to overcome this loss and make them strong… Leaving all of you with a beautiful prayer, that we need to keep doing all the time… Alhamdulillah for everything! Kiwi is not a fruit I buy frequently, because somehow I can’t stand those little seeds inside. But still, at time, I buy and eat them since I am good with fruits and love to have them frequently. After the Banana Kiwi Smoothie,…
Banana Kiwi Smoothie
After the Chocolate Banana Strawberry Smoothie, let us move on to an interesting variant… Would you have thought of mixing up banana and kiwi? Banana is sweet, while kiwis are tart and can be irritating in the form of those mini seeds in them. Kiwi happens to be my sister’s favorite fruit, I don’t know if it still is! Ahem… so updated I am, hehe… Anyway, I came across this combination while browsing through a cookery magazine. Would you want to know what they called this combination? “Pleasure Smoothie”… While I was sipping into this smoothie, I was trying hard to find the pleasure and definitely it was in that ticklish feel your tongue gets when the kiwi seed bites come in, yet gives you a totally refreshing feel with the flavor of banana. I found it as an apt name, but to keep things simple, let us stick…
Flourless Chocolate Cake for One | Sugar Free
All the recipes that you have seen in the Bakeathon this month have either been made to treat my cousins, give to friends or colleagues, for my girls… In short, it was always for distribution. Don’t you think it is unfair if I don’t treat myself to something chocolaty when I have baked so much for everybody else? 😉 Here comes in the Flourless Chocolate Cake, that will serve only one. Yes, only one person, and that was me. I can’t explain the process of how I had to sneak bake this and eat this in between a weekend cooking mess in the kitchen. Especially, chocolate has this nasty habit of leaving off its aroma as it bakes. So my sniffy Azza kept coming in and peeping into the oven – I didn’t turn the lights on! – “Ummi, is something baking?” And I would just do my…
Ramadan Drinks and Desserts | Ramadan Recipes
Ramadan is hardly a week away, Alhamdulillah… Days are flying so fast… I am sure most of us must already be totally geared up to welcome the blessed month. This year, I have been really low on my eemaan for many reasons, so I am so looking forward to charge myself up with all the ammunition required for the coming up year. Sometimes, the way life becomes, you loose track of yourself and I feel that Ramadan is Allah’s gift to us to pull back our wayward soul to concentrate on what pleases Him and keep all the worldly matters aside. Since we concentrated on savory snacks in the last post, let’s look at having something sweet! Normally Ramadan is not a time when many have sweet stuff. In fact, in our house sweet is restricted to juices and maybe the sheera like drink we have at the time…
Apple Pie Pudding
Time for the third post in the “Apple Desserts” theme for the Blogging Marathon #81. I was helped by my drafts for the French Apple Cake and the Apple Kiwi Smoothie, but I had decided I would do a fresh post for the third one. Somehow after coming back from vacation, my head has not been working well. Moreover, life has been so hectic that I find it difficult to even cook properly, forget clicking. Even on weekends, I just want to relax, so my mood is never touch my camera. But this third draft was very much playing in my head and I had to somehow finish it. During the Muharram fasting week, I made an apple based recipe for breaking the fast, however I couldn’t shoot it in day light. I wouldn’t have bothered about the night clicks – there are plenty on the blog! – but…
Fruity Iced Tea
With the summers blazing now in this part of the world, there is nothing more refreshing that cold drinks. The mood is not for smoothies but for water like drinks, that will refresh and rejuvenate. Those who are in the Gulf know how the summers are here. I feel this time it has been extremely hot and uncomfortable, all throughout the day. The day begins with 37-39 degrees, peaking close to 48-50 in the afternoon, and back to around 42 degrees in the evening. It is better not to talk about the humidity. It is so energy sapping that any time you spent outside, you need to replenish your body constantly with water and electrolyte drinks so that you don’t feel giddy or faint. Every two months, I do the three back-to-back series, so this month, it is a no-brainer – simple drinks that will refresh you after…
Dragon Fruit Smoothie
I pick up a dragon fruit once in a while. Not that I love the fruit, but at times when I see the pretty fruit, I feel like picking it up. A good way of eating it is with a sprinkle of salt and sugar. It really spikes up the fruit. Another way I like it is when it is made into a smoothie with coconut milk. Somehow I don’t like it with milk, the fruit literally spoils the milk! But with coconut milk, it tends to gel so well. The little seeds also give the smoothie a pretty look, just like how kiwis do. If you like dragon fruit, then here are other recipes on the blog for you: Dragon Fruit Pudding Dragon Fruit Milk Pudding Off to this simple recipe… Dragon Fruit Smoothie Save Print Prep time 2 mins Cook time 1…
Greek Salad
One cuisine that I would really love to dabble with is Greek cuisine. If you check out certain recipes of Greece, they have a high Middle Eastern influence in their food, which may be one reason I am so keen to try their food. There are a few that I have in my cut-outs, but when I will try them is to be seen. InShaAllah, hopefully I have many more years of blogging in me so I get to try some! 😉 Meanwhile, as a part of the last recipe in this month’s 3 back-to-back green recipes – the first one was the Coriander Chutney and the second Kiwi Green Grape Juice – here is a refreshing Greek Salad for you. There is nothing much complicated about this salad – lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, olives all mixed up together, some crumbled up feta cheese and a little seasoning…
Fruit Chaat
“O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may ward off (evil);” (Surah Al-Baqarah:183) This happens to be my fourth Ramadan blogging, Alhamdulillah. Each time the month comes, it gives me an opportunity to let my readers know about the importance of the month. We as Muslims, celebrate this month as a gift from the Almighty, however difficult it may be taking into account the climatic conditions. But it is His Mercy that this month comes across all seasons as years pass by. So during a lifetime of a person, he fasts easily during winters and with a little bit of difficulty during the summers, however with all the benefits of the month. I have already touched upon the month’s benefits in my posts from the previous years, which you can refer to the archives, if you…
Mango Avocado Smoothie Bowl ~ Vegan!
Ever since becoming vegan, I am looking at ways to clean up my eating habits. Albeit a little difficult, it has not been as difficult as I have been imagining. I have not been missing my non-veg much as well. The only thing I seem to be missing is my big mug of strong chai. I crave for it, but then I tell myself that it is only for some time and I will be back to it soon, InShaAllah. 😀 For this month’s Shhh Cooking Challenge, I am paired with Veena, who blogs at Veg Nation – do hop onto her blog for very traditional vegetarian recipes! The theme for this month was smoothies and the combination I received was Mango and Avocado – two of my favorite fruits! 🙂 Smoothie bowl has been in my bucket list since long and what better way to do it! It…
Persimmon Yogurt Chia Parfait
See… I did tell you that I cannot be away from the blog! 🙂 As expected, I was adding on to my overflowing drafts on this blog, much to the irritation of HD, but then, then… I can’t help it! At least, this mad phase will help me when a low phase may come up, right? I really don’t know… InShaAllah… Since we are at home, I thought why not do a post rather than simply wailing my time? Hehe… And a decently fresh post this is, just cooked last week… Persimmon is a fruit we have been eating for so long. We call it, “thakkali pazham” since it looks like a tomato. I never knew it had a beautiful name in English till I saw it on Meena’s space. My D loved fruits, in fact our home would be heavily stocked with fruits at every time –…
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