Inviting y'all to share in your Diwali Moments

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Ahh, finally Diwali is here and I take this opportunity to share your Diwali moments with our blog in the November Carnival....you can share the pics of your celebrations by blog ging here and link it to the Carnival...buzz me if you have pbms linking and i'll be glad to help you out. Grab your cameras and click away your celebrations.


Here's the link....
www.thekeybunch.com/2010/11/november
-carnival-diwali-dhamka.html

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Showing off my Kitchen for the first time..

Monday, November 01, 2010

I am generally shy about sharing personal space on the www...and this in spite of being a design blogger and asking others to share their space with us .. ...Finally, I mustered some courage and post a few pics from the corner I dish out healthy meals for my family...I had to coz it was a carnival started by us..

After posting, I thought I might as well invite my SP friends for a cup of coffee..do join in ;)

www.thekeybunch.com/2010/10/grand-fi
nale-of-cooks-nook-my-kitchen.html

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A man who chucked up his career to feed the poor....

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Received this mail today and had to share with you all....vry touching

"If you had not heard of Narayanan Krishnan, as I had not, it is a collective failure. This is one of the most incredible stories of personal commitment.

Narayanan Krishnan, all of 29 years old now, does what he was professionally trained to do as a chef. Feed people. Only Krishnan does not do this in the swanky confines of a 5-star hotel. Every day, he wakes up at 4 am, cooks a simple hot meal and then, along with his team, loads it in a van and travels about 200 km feeding the homeless in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Krishnan feeds, often with his hands, almost 400 destitute people every day. And for those who need it, he provides a free haircut too.

According to CNN, eight years ago, this award-winning chef with a five-star hotel chain was all set to go to Switzerland for a high-profile posting. On a visit to a Madurai temple, he came across a homeless, old man eating his own human waste. That stark sight changed Krishnan's life.

Much to the dismay of his parents, CNN says, Krishnan abandoned his career plans and decided to spend his life and his professional training in looking after those who could not care for themselves. He has provided more than 1.2 million hot meals through his nonprofit organisation Akshaya Trust, and now hopes to extend this to shelter for the homeless too.

Krishnan is the only Indian in a list of 10 heroes that CNN has picked worldwide to honour. One of them will be chosen CNN Hero of the Year, selected by the public through an online poll. If many Indians get together to vote for this inspiring man, he can win by a long mile.

If Krishnan wins he will get $100,000 in addition to the $25,000 that he gets for being shortlisted for the Top 10. Akshaya Trust needs all the monetary support it can get to build on Krishnan's dream. Let's help him get there.

Vote for Krishnan here. heroes.cnn.com/vote.aspx The poll continues through November 18 at 6 a.m. ET. "

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Weekend Baking...

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Made these healthy Sesame Chocolate Chip Biscottis and Savory corn and flaxseed muffins yesterday.

Link to recipe
cookcurrynook.wordpress.com/2010/07/
12/high-fibre-savoury-corn-muffins/

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Coconut, flaxseed and dates wheat bread

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Made this amazing bread yesterday. The recipe is frm the following link, just made some changes replacing raisin with dates, almonds with cashew. I need to work a way out to replace the 1/4th cup oil used here to make it healthier.

kitchenswathi.blogspot.com/2010/06/c
oconut-almond-raisin-bread.html

When I ran through the recipe calculator for 15 servings, it showed 200 cal/ serving! Oops, very disappointing!
Then, I replaced oil with yogurt and calculated again, this time it showed 170 cal/serving. 30 cal less. Wouldlike to try it again and see how it turns out if I replace oil with yogurt.

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