After a little hiatus, we are back with the Muslim Food Blogger Challenge this month. Of late, we have been looking at easy themes to get in a bit of participation. How much that strategy has helped, I don’t want to comment. 🙂 When it comes to blogging, it becomes the last priority when life keeps throwing things at you on a constant basis. It is happening at the moment for me too. It is just that I don’t want to let my passion die and I am fighting it as much as I can. I have been doing the same for the past two years and so far, I have been successful. But how much I can hold myself up needs to be seen… 🙂 Coming back to the challenge, the theme for the month is “Sandwich”. So what is a sandwich? In layman terms, it is…
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Eggless Nutella Brownie Shortbread Bars
I actually had other plans for the second post for the theme, “Bring Some Brownies” for this week of Blogging Marathon #102. I was in fact planning to make some gluten free brownies with rice flour, since I have been intrigued by it for quite some time. But then the plan was not supposed to pan out as such, I suppose…. Ever since I had baked the Brookies, I wanted to try an eggless version. I mean it always helps to have options all the time, right? 🙂 During the similar time, my head was telling me to bake some Nutella brownies for the girls. Somehow, what happened is that both my thoughts amalgamated into one bake, and that is what I am going to post today. 🙂 Last Saturday, we had a lovely time at Fajee’s house. It had been long since we had all met…
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread | Easy Homemade “Nutella”
I had mentioned regarding my tryst with my one and only pack of hazelnuts in this biscotti post. I also did mention that I used up the rest of the hazelnuts in trying to make one of the most loved spreads in the world. Of course there is no point for guessing, it has to be Nutella, right? 🙂 I must confess I am no Nutella fan. I belong to the category who can’t stand eating Nutella, condensed milk or Biscoff from the spoon. I may eat Horlicks or Boost but not these. I really have no reason why. Sometimes, our aversion has no explanation, isn’t it? But I love using them to cook or bake. Here are a few Nutella recipes on the blog, among which my personal favorite are these super easy puffs with banana – so delicious that you must try them for your children….
Malted Nutella Bread Pudding
With due permission from Valli, I decided to move yesterday’s Bakeathon post to today, since I didn’t want it to clash with the MFB post. I somehow don’t like the idea of having more than one post a day, though I have done that a few times in the past, but not with a full heart. This time, I made sure I asked Valli and as soon as I got the OK, I just went ahead with scheduling the post on the next day. 🙂 The recipe today is an amalgamation of a lot of factors – leftover bread getting stale, wanting to finish a bottle of Nutella nearing expiry date and then not liking the bottle of chocolate flavored Horlicks that I had bought. Horlicks is actually my cheat meal. Especially with nights getting quite chilled now, I always wish for a warm drink before going off…
3-Ingredient Nutella Brownies
I am working on a few of my last posts before I proceed on my annual leave. Every year, usually I schedule a few posts for my readers and go. I have never left the blog empty in my absence. I have been mentioning from the beginning of the year that I am facing a lag in my blogging mood. Alhamdulillah, I have a lot of drafts and some intermittent cooking that has filled my blog and hasn’t shown up as yet. But you may have noticed that from having posts every day barring the weekends, the frequency has now gone down to three posts a week. It was my way of slowing down, breathing in and breathing out… Of course, the blog did cause me to burnout. I am putting in a lot of efforts in trying out new recipes, clicking and saving them up. Unfortunately, it…
Banana Nutella Puffs
Back to live posting after almost 40 days! I really appreciate all who have been with me and the blog throughout these days, while I enjoyed my fantastic stay back home. I guess I haven’t had such a refreshing break for qutie some time now. The past few weeks were a perfect mix of fun, hectic schedules, relaxation and family time.. Alhamdulillah… As I go by, InShaAllah I will have quite a bit to write and as well share a few recipes that were cooked up from the kitchen there. Though I have so much in my drafts, I may well bypass them for a while to bring the latest one first! 🙂 To kickstart, I thought – why not do a post that is for a linky? A group of relatively young and enthusiastic food bloggers have set up an event called Blogger’s Monthly Fiesta. I got added…
Nutella Shrikand ~ Nutella Yogurt Dessert
It’s been a sad start to this week. A colleague passed away after her brief battle with cancer. Nowadays, cancer is something so widespread that you don’t know how to react to it. She was not close, but each time we saw each other, we would exchange salaams, smiles and “how are you”s. Somehow it is difficult to believe that last month, this time she was pretty much fine. After all, it is a reminder to all of us that death is an inevitable reality. We like to think that it would not come to us “now”, but the fact remains that we are vulnerable to it at any moment – irrespective of our age, caste, position, power… “Every soul shall taste death…” (Surah Aal-Imraan: part of verse 185) This is our warning and a reminder to us that we have to be constantly prepared for the ultimate truth. Inna…
3-ingredient Nutella Mousse
Having a public holiday in between a week makes you feel so out of touch! Having had the first half of the day immersed in cooking and cleaning and the second part out in the park with relatives for a barbeque, it was indeed a tiring yet fulfilling day. The only bad part was the late sleep and the need to wake up on time to come to office. The only motivator was that today and tomorrow and we will have the weekend! Hehe… Another exciting part is that my parents are coming down to join us for almost a month, Alhamdulillah. I am definitely excited to have them at our new abode. The kids are even more excited too. We were not expecting them to come by this way on their way back home from the stay at the US at my sister’s place. But fate had it and…
Nutella Oats
Ramadan has come and gone, so has Eid. Feeling a bit low now… Every year, these days come like a whiff of fresh air and disappears in no time. I was just reading on a slide, “Ramadan is like a rare flower that blossoms once in a year and just as you begin to smell its fragrance, it disappears for another year.” Really so true… We had a good time during Eid, Alhamdulillah, by visiting relatives, going out on a long drive towards Al Ain, had a visit to a farm, and a great time plucking fresh dates and eating some right away. Most of the time, Eid is a family time, more about bonding and making up for lost times… Not being in a mood to type out loads, but still wanting to do a post, today I have with me some Nutella oats that I had made…
Malted Banana Nutella Milkshake
Today, it is International Mother’s Day and everybody is wishing their mothers. I feel that mothers deserve to be honoured every day, every hour and every minute, not just on a particular day. A person came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked, “Who among people is most deserving of my fine treatment?” He (ﷺ) said, “Your mother”. He again asked, ”Who next?” “Your mother”, the Prophet (ﷺ) replied again. He asked, “Who next?” He (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said again, “Your mother.” He again asked, “Then who?” Thereupon he (ﷺ) said,” Then your father.” The Hadith above is more than enough to let us know how important our mothers are to be in our lives, irrespective of what they are to us. So much that your paradise lies under your mother’s feet… I would never say that I am a good daughter, because I know knowingly and unknowingly I have…
Nutella Mug Brownie
There are times when I have typed endlessly on my keyboard for the introduction to my blog posts only to truncate them or to delete them. Different people have different styles of relieving their stress and for me, I love to type what I feel when I am on a high or low. You know for yourself that some things cannot be expressed to anybody or told out. There must be someway of relieving yourself of it. Some people cry in a lone situation, some people bottle it up, which is really dangerous. At least crying will relieve you to some extend. I tend to type down what I feel and then just delete all… it feels as though I am typing out of my heart and then deleting it off it. It may not be 100% but still, it makes me feel as though I have just spoken to…
Be My Guest – Peanut Butter Nutella Brownies
Time for the next guest post!!! Are you expecting it to be a food blogger again? Well, I guess I have to tell you that I am not featuring a food blogger today! All the guest posts that have been done till now were from bloggers and I wanted to include a non-blogger for this series, a foodie who is serious about his/ her food! I did put a post up on my FB page, which unfortunately did not get any response! 🙁 This was when I decided to ask somebody if she would be interested. I would like to introduce you to Ms. Faheema Abdul Kader, who was my junior in school as well! Faheema has actively participated in a couple of my events and you can find her entries here and here. She is somebody who does not miss to like my posts and give her feedback…
No-bake Nutella Cheesecake
I know I am quite slow with my posts. I made this cheesecake when my sister was in town, now please don’t ask me when that was, then I may have to see your gawking jaws!!! Hehe… She requested me to make a cheesecake as she wanted to eat one and I have been wanting to make one with Nutella for so long, so landed up with the opportunity to make it. Not that I am a fan of Nutella, in fact, I don’t like it much. Strange, yeah? Maybe, my taste buds are now so saturated towards the taste of it. We always keep a small jar of it in our pantry, as the kids want it on their toasts once in a while. But I really wanted to know how Nutella and cream cheese would gel. You may want to ask me, “You can do that on a…
Spiced Nutella Mocha
I love the way my daughters act at times. This weekend, as soon as I was off from the shower, the elder one ran towards the washroom and the younger one towards me. Let me tell you what they did – the younger one was continuously touching the new salwar that I had worn and saying, “Hai, puthiyatha?” (Hai, is it new?). I was kind of surprised at her sharpness. I just smiled and told her, “Yes, darling!” She gave me a big grin and went her way. When I looked at the elder one, she was enjoying the smell of the soap, shampoo and what not I had used. She is waiting to grow up to use all those things that I use. Seriously, girls will always be girls… 🙂 Today is a very simple refreshing hot drink, for those cold evenings when you just want to stretch yourself on…
Nutella Pops
I am feeling very sleepy. My eyes are continuously droopy. The thing with sleep is that you miss a couple of hours during one of the days, and then to come back to normal takes quite a bit of time. I’ve missed quite a bit of sleep time and it is really affecting the way my head is functioning. And I really do not like it!!! 🙁 OK, today is a kid’s special. Or is it just kids? Nutella is for adults as well, right? This was one simple recipe card I had seen on Facebook and I just decided to go ahead with it. I will post my comments on the trial at the end of the recipe. Here is the card that I got from the site: I followed the exact steps and here it is! I will definitely make this again but with 1/2 cup of Nutella! The kids…