1 Minute Eggless Microwave Chocolate Chip cookies

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Jaishri

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Here’s a surprise for your kids snack box. 1 minute chocolate chip cookies, yeah you heard it right just one minute. That too without any raising agents.

I always thought chocolate chips were expensive and used broken chocolate every time a recipe involved chocolate chips. Last week when I saw a box of chocolate chips only for Rs 50  ( that too a big box) I picked it up instantly. Then I was wondering what I can do with it, with the small time-frame that my little one gives me.

So I browsed through and found a quick recipe, you can find it here. He has made one big cookie which did not work for me so I made 3 instead.

Actually gone are the days where I used to pick up complicated recipes, now its all 1-10 mins recipes only. Actually Im thinking of writing a cookbook with lazy bum recipes.. lol.. Ok so here it is: Continue reading →

Ingredients:

  • 1 Tbsp melted butter
  • 2 Tbsp sugar/ preferably powdered
  • Few drops of vanilla essence
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp milk
  • 3 Tbsp maida/flour
  • 2 tsp chocolate chips

Procedure

Mix melted butter and sugar till sugar dissolves. Use powdered sugar for fast results. To this add salt, vanilla and milk and beat once. Add flour and mix, at the end add chocolate chips and bind with your hand. You will find a sticky dough, if it’s too sticky use a little extra flour, the dough will be soft but should not stick to your palms.

Now make 3 balls and place it on a plate, just flatten it with your palms, try to keep the center a little more thicker. And put it in the microwave for 1 minute, you may want to open it at intervals and keep checking. I put the cookie for an extra minute and burnt another batch. So if its not cooked, again cook it for few seconds, keep checking every 20 secs.

Now your gooey, mildly crisp chocolate chip cookies are ready.

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Mompreneur of the Week – Pallavi Khanna from Presente

Posted on October 21, 2013 by admin

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Hello Guys!!

Presenting another inspiring story of Pallavi Khanna a mommy who started Presente.

Some words from Pallavi:

Presente, is run by me and Kompal. It is an idea was conceived with the thought of doing something creative and also being your on boss. This was more of an interest earlier but later turned into a mean of earning livelihood. This is also something that we are happy doing and helps fulfill our creative needs.

About Presente:

They are into the business of gifting which includes wedding and baby showers, baby announcements and birthday return gifts, festivals, corporate gifting etc. This along with home made chocolates too. Continue reading →

You can view their Facebook page here.

Their website : www.presentegiftwrapstudio.com
You will find a good number of their designs on FB.

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World Osteoporosis Day – Start loving your bones

Posted on October 20, 2013 by reks


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Today is world osteoporosis day!

Osteoporosis is a common type of bone disease in women.
Just keeping the Medical facts aside, all I can say is that this disease can be kept at bay by:

– Eating a balanced meal including a good portion of fruits and veggies. Here is something I read the other day.
Balanced meal would be a mix of colours on your plate : white rice, Brown chapattis, red tomato, yellow dal, green leafy veggies. Other inclusions are bonus benefits.

– Maintaining a healthy body weight

– Being physically active

– this disease generally attacks after the age of 45 so start taking that extra care by Increasing your intake of calcium and vitamin D after you hit 30 .

Start early for a healthy tomorrow !

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Baby Food 6 Months Above- Yogurt/Dahi/Curd

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Jaishri


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We all know the benefits of yogurt, it’s a part and parcel of our Indian food be in a accompaniment with rice or roti, or curd rice in the south. Even milk haters like me love yogurt, salted sweet, flavored etc.

Yogurt is a valuable health food for both infants and elderly persons. For children, it is a balanced source of protein, fats, carbohydrates, and minerals. For senior citizens, who usually have more sensitive colons or whose intestines have run out of lactase, yogurt is also a valuable food. Elderly intestines showed declining levels of bifidus bacteria, which allow the growth of toxin-producing and, perhaps, cancer-causing bacteria. Yogurt may help prevent osteoporosis, reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Yogurt with active cultures helps the gut, may discourage vaginal infections, and may help one feel fuller. Source- Wikipedia

Its safe to give your baby yogurt when he or she turns 6 months. It’s the best source of calcium for babies, as babies younger than 12 months cannot feed on milk. It is one of the easiest baby food you can think off and filling too. You can give it to your baby for an evening snack or after breakfast. I prefer to make fresh yogurt at home.

How to prepare yogurt at home: Continue reading →

Boil milk and let it cool to a level where you can dip your finger inside without burning. Do not let the milk cool completely. For kids you can use full fat milk. But I prefer normal milk. To this add 2 tsp of yogurt (for half liter milk). Close the vessel and keep it in a warm corner so that its not disturbed. After 4-5 hours you will find the milk turned into yogurt. Now you can consume fresh or store in the fridge.

Baby food variations:

  • Yogurt with sugar
  • Yogurt and salt
  • Yogurt sweet and salt
  • Yogurt smoothie- choose any fruit and blend with yogurt. You can use apple, banana, avocado, chickoo, strawberries, mango etc.
  • Yogurt Raitha- add purees of carrot or any veggie to yougurt
  • Spinach yogurt- add spinach puree to yogurt
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Flexible Work Options for Mommys

Posted on October 19, 2013 by reks
Life is always full of changes for everyone, especially for women. Change in place after marriage, change in lifestyle, change of job, and when you think you are just settling, its time for new additions to your family. With it comes a whole new set of responsibilities and changes again. All for the better!!!
It has always been very challenging for women to get back to work after a baby, there is a mix of guilt and want of independence and identity. What to choose is a big question!!
Luckliy for this generation moms there are lot of options to choose from- Right from work from home to flexible and part time options. This trend is more popular in other countries , but is slowly catching up in India as well.

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I am listing out a few sites that help you connect and network to find a suitable career option in India
– Fleximoms
– Krow
– workfromhomedivas India on facebook
– Put me in touch on facebook
– Flexi careers india ( Avatar-I-win)
A lot of women also prefer to take a break from the monotony and pursue their hobbies and
interests that at times lead to a business opportunity. So thats how we have a lot of successful mompreneurs.

So get Inspired and Choose your best option!!

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Something About Your Eyes

Posted on October 19, 2013 by admin

Today I’m doing a causal post, as I wanted to take a short break from the mommygyaan. So here it goes :)

Have you noticed kids eyes?? I’m sure every mom must have been eagerly waiting to make that eye contact with her baby, when the baby is around 3-4 months.I too used to do everything possible for my little one to look at me once. And now she constantly looks at me.

Even while feeding she will give me one stare once in a while. And off course, I love the times she waits for our attention and when we look at her, she gives us one big smile.

What do those eyes tell you?

For babies who cant speak I think the eyes do all the speaking. Their excitement, sadness, frustration, curiosity and so much more, you can just tell by looking into their eyes.

Sometimes when I go out alone, I see a baby looking at me it so much reminds me of my little one. You look into all their eyes its so similar, it speaks a same language. Continue reading →

Once I left my little one at home and went out for a wedding, there I was playing with my niece. She bonded so well with me, guess its all because of the momminess now. Again I saw the same sparkle in her eyes, it made me miss my daughter so much, that I just rushed home to see her.

God bless all these little angels whose one look and one smile can make our day.

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Chicco Ovattati Cotton Buds Review

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Jaishri

I have been using normal cotton buds to wipe off water around my baby’s ears from day one. I learnt this from the masseur who used to massage my baby. But you need to very very careful while doing that as baby’s have delicate ears and any damage to their eardrums will make them deaf permanently.

I only freak out after a head bath as a lot of water accumulates around the ear, I gently wipe the ear flap but got very scared to clean the ears. But now with these ear-buds its very safe to clean the ears. Continue reading →

Its soft and the shape makes it impossible to harm the ears. You can see the image for yourself.

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Compared to other such products in the markets its very reasonably priced at Rs 130.

This is another must have product from my list.

 

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Recipe Bhindi palak/ Okra gravy

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Jaishri

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Im trying very hard not to add a lot of recipes to the blog. But sometimes I cant stop myself from posting some 5 min quick recipes which most moms would love.

So here is my very healthy Bhindi Palak recipe

Ingredients:

  • Okra/Bhindi – 2 cups cut into chunks
  • Spinack/Palak – 1 cup
  • Ginger- 1 inch piece
  • Green Chillies – 2
  • Cumin- half tsp
  • Tomato – 1
  • Onion- 1
  • Oil- 1tsp
  • Garam masala (optional)

Procedure:

Grind Onion, green chillies, ginger and spinach. Continue reading →

In a pan add cumin, the paste, tomato and Bhindi, stir and pour a little water and cover the lid. Don’t stir a lot as Bhindi will get sticky and use very little water. Close the pan and cook for 5 mins. If you like add garam masala one final stir ans turn off the stove.

That’s it your done. You can eat it with Rotis or Jeera rice.

Hope you liked this quick and easy recipe.

 

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5 Tips for Airtravel with Infants and Toddlers

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Jaishri

Here are some tips on airtravel with infants and toddlers:

  • Feed your baby well before you board the flight. But make sure you don’t feed heavy food. And try to travel during their nap time.
  • While take off and landing breastfeed or use a pacifier the sucking action reduces earpain.
  • Some doctors prescribe cough syrup before take off, just check with your Ped.
  • Apply Nasal drops (Saline ones) before take off and landing.

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  • Take plenty of small toys and candies for bigger kids to distract them.

Happy traveling.

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12 Ideas to Make Your Holidays Fun

Posted on October 16, 2013 by reks

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What if you are not traveling anywhere for the vacation… Here are a few tried and tested ideas to make it simple and fun

– Enroll your child in a camp of his interest

– Plan a day outing to the nearby park or beach or museum.

– Play dates : invite your child s friends home to spend a day playing,eating and chatting

– Unleash your creativity with your child : cut, paste, paint and create your own masterpiece

– Visit the nearest bookstore or library and pick up books of your child s interest, let him spend sometime reading and exploring

– Ask your child to help u with the daily chores

– Cook or bake something together.  A visit to the market to buy your essentials before u start the cooking is also interesting. Continue reading →

– Play board games, solve puzzles together or let him play alone for sometime with his toys

– Watering the plants /garden in the evening and talking about the importance of plants in our lives

– Outdoor play or walk in the evening

– Controlled TV time

– For older kids you can ask them to write down on how the day was in their diary and read it to the other family members after dinner.

Involve yourself in the activities to make them interesting and fun.

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Dry Cough Home Remedy for Infants and Kids

Posted on October 15, 2013 by admin

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For Kids

  • Add turmeric and ghee to warm milk and give it to your kid.
  • Add sugar, ghee and crushed pepper and heat, give this syrup thrice. You can replace sugar with honey.
  • You can use a nebulizer or steam to clear the throat.
  • Crush Tulsi, Ginger take the sap, add honey to it and give it thrice daily.
  • Apply a vapor rub on chest at night.
  • You can give them palm sugar crustals to keep in the mouth.

For kids below on year and above 6 months:

  • Boil tulsi/basil leaves in water with 2-3 peppercorns. You can dilute and give this water to sip.

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  • Boil coves in water and give this water to sip
  • Heat coconut oil with a pinch of camphor (edible one) and rub it on back and chest.
  • Make them sleep on the side not on the back.
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Cerelac Wheat-Rice Moong Dal Veg Khichdi Stage 2 review

Posted on October 15, 2013 by admin

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Here is another product for all you busy working mommies that I found quite good.

Again I prefer making khichdi for my baby, recipe here.

But there are those busy days when you don’t find time or you have to take your baby out. So you need to also get your baby used to ready to eat foods. So this is is a easy khichdi with rice, wheat, moong dal, also has some veggies and spinach.

Nutrition wise it’s a complete meal, it has proterin, carbs and fiber. You can start with this after you baby turns 8 months. It’s a break from the sweet versions of Cerelac.

Some info from their website:

Nestle Cerelac Shishu Aahaar Wheat-Rice Moong Dal Veg Khichdi – Stage 2 – Cerelac Shishu Aahaar Provides the combined benefit of cereals and pulses are a good source of vegetarian proteins. Cereals and pulse complement each other and their combination is usually a part of traditional Indian diet. Continue reading →

Cerelac Wheat-Rice Moong Dal Veg Khichdi :

  • Each serve of cerelac provides the goodness of cereals with 18 important nutrients.
  • The Z line process in Cerelac breaks the carbohydrates into smaller and easier to digest components.
  • Each serve is nutrient dense and suitable for the baby’s small tummy.
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