Spiced Watermelon Juice

Should I even tell anyone how hot it is in Chennai!phew!I can say that i'm almost melting :) Thank God for such heavenly blessings fruits they are natural coolants to our poor bodies.

I know you must be wondering why I'm making a juice out of this when it is so yummylicious to have it just by itself.Its so cooling and refreshing in its every bite but this juice is a good substitute for those who can't do without their teas and coffees.

I have heard many people say how watermelons are too cooling and kids catch a cold too soon I don't know how much thats true now because fruits are so healthy right.So when my LM comes back dripping in sweat I make her a glass of this juice and all goodness goes in at one go.

This I watched on tv long back one of the many recipes of Sanjeev Kapoor I used to watch religiously on tv.But I haven't added many more of the stuff he had mentioned.

To make this juice, you need

Watermelons chopped 2 cups (don't bother to de-seed) 

Sugar/Honey as per need

Mint leaves/pudhina 4 sprigs

Lime juice 1 tablespoon

Ginger 1 inch piece

• Whizz everything up in a blender and sieve it if you feel like drinking juice without any tid-bits else your refreshing juice is ready to go.

Cooling watermelon spiced juice is ready to cool your head :) 

Sending this to Summer Splash

Spiced Watermelon Juice

Should I even tell anyone how hot it is in Chennai!phew!I can say that i'm almost melting :) Thank God for such heavenly blessings fruits they are natural coolants to our poor bodies.

Divya's Guest post - Apple Chocolate Milkshake

My first ever guest post on my space by Divya of You too can cook.Most of you are familiar with Divya Pramil - she's a simple,sweet and an amazingly talented food blogger/photographer.Initially when I saw her space I would be left agape wondering how one can capture such simple things like tomatoes so beautifully, its that thing called talent and creativity that makes Divya so extra ordinary.Over the last few days we got to chat online and to my great surprise I discovered that she;s pretty closeby to my native place which multiplied my affection towards her many fold.I requested her to do a guest for me and she gave me this simple beautiful recipe.Lets see what Divya has to whipped up for us - 

Hello friends I feel so glad in sharing with you my guest post that I have made for a lovely friend and blogger Princy Vinoth. She is a very kind, down to earth, email-friend  of mine who mails me very often; we ramble about various things and our convo goes on about blogging, her lovely family specially her little kid Loritta. Our friendship sparked with a Google plus convo that later turned into email friendship. She is another humble and affectionate person that I have met through blogging who never forgets to say "hi" atleast even among busy schedules. Never in my life did I expect to come across such lovely people and I thank God and blogging for that. Am so glad to have known her and it is a pleasure for me to do a guest post for her. The best thing about this guest post is that I am the first guest on her blog and am super excited about it. She was so kind and thoughtful that she wanted mine to be the first guest post on her blog, moreover she included that any recipe would do. I am really so very honored and feel like she has honored a friend in the best way. Thank you so much for making me feel so special Princy akka. As I was thinking about a recipe to guest post at her space, her little kid came into my mind and so I made a recipe that I guessed she might love. Before I get into the recipe I would love to thank Princy Vinoth for the opportunity to guest post at her space. I enjoyed making this guest post for you akka. 

Coming to the recipe, kids usually seem to avoid fruits but they do love chocolates and so I have made a smoothie with a combo that is healthy as well as chocolaty. Your kid will never guess that there is an apple in the glass. It is not just for kids but for all chocolate lovers out there. This is a very filling, yummy and fuss free smoothie, as you just need some apple slices, chocolate powder and few minutes in hand. Try it and see them relish both health and taste. 

INGREDIENTS
Serves one person
Total Preparation Time - 5 minutes

1. Milk - 1 glass (chilled)
2. Apple - 1/2 of a medium sized apple 
3. Vanilla ice-cream - 1 small scoop (optional)
4. Cadbury hot chocolate powder - 1½ spoons 
5. Sugar - If required 

PREPARATION METHOD

• Peel of skin from apple and chop into smaller cubes. 
• Add all the ingredients onto a blender and blend well until smooth. 
• Pour into a serving glass and serve. 

TIP : You can add more apple slices if you wish to. And adjust the sweetness according to your wish. I haven't added sugar as it was sweet enough. The hot chocolate powder had enough sweetness and apples were sweet too, so add accordingly. 

Yummilicious chocolate apple milkshake is now ready!! 

 

Thanks again Divya for this lovely looking shake!(P.S - I already made this before i posted this and its seriously good!)

Divya's Guest post - Apple Chocolate Milkshake

My first ever guest post on my space by Divya of You too can cook.Most of you are familiar with Divya Pramil - she's a simple,sweet and an amazingly talented food blogger/photographer.Initially when I saw her space I would be left agape wondering how one can capture such simple things like tomatoes so beautifully, its that thing called talent and creativity that makes Divya so extra ordinary.Over the last few days we got to chat online and to my great surprise I discovered that she;s pretty closeby to my native place which multiplied my affection towards her many fold.I requested her to do a guest for me and she gave me this simple beautiful recipe.Lets see what Divya has to whipped up for us - 

Winner of CEDD17 and CEDD17 Cake's gallery

I recently held an event the first ever on my blog.I was happy Raven of CEDD gave me the opportunity to do so, thanks Raven.

I received 29 entries.Thank you to all those who made my event a big success.

The winner is Janine Bruce for her Mulled red wine velvet cake.Congratulations Janine!

Janine Bruce -  Mulled red wine velvet cake

I'm giving you a image gallery of the entries for your eyes to feast upon!! :)

Sharanya - Steamed eggless banana cake

Eggless pumpkin raisin cake

Eggless Beet cake

Sangeetha Priya-Checker board cake

Padmaja Thommandra - Zucchini,carrot n cranberry cake

Archana Vijay - neopolitan cake

Harshada - Christmas fruit cake

Zareena - eggless vanilla cupcakes

Divya Pramil - mini banana walnut pressure cooker cake

Sheelu - Rich chocolate cake

Deepali Jain - Eggless roasted strawberry pound cake

Eggless christmas cake

Ramya - Badami cake

Saraswati - neopolitan cake

Amrita vishal - Chocolate almond cake

Fabida Abdul- Chocolate almond cake

Pallavi - Almond peanut chocolate cake

Chocolate chip cake with fudgy frosting

Fruit cocktail cake

Mirielle - Banana upside down cake

Sandhya - Neopolitan cake

Jaleela banu - Eggless chocolate nuts mug cake

Kavitha - Chocolate griddle cake

Eggless dates cake

Sowmya - Eggless neopolitan cake

Eggless chocolate cake

Ramya - Pomogranate cake

Julie - pineapple cobbler

PJ - eggless vanilla cake

Chandrani Banerjee - Eggless chocolate nuts cake

Roha - Red velvet cupcakes 

Thanks to all the participants again!

Winner of CEDD17 and CEDD17 Cake's gallery

I recently held an event the first ever on my blog.I was happy Raven of CEDD gave me the opportunity to do so, thanks Raven.

I received 29 entries.Thank you to all those who made my event a big success.

The winner is Janine Bruce for her Mulled red wine velvet cake.Congratulations Janine!