Beetroot Hummus

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Who doesn’t love hummus? The texture and the richness of flavours. Oh and the versatility- which actually got me to add beetroots and create beetroot hummus.

Last weekend, while it was pouring I decided to sit at home (read: trying to live the slow life) and whip some healthy ingredients together, with some minor tweaks which were not so minor once I saw the outcome. I had beetroot in the fridge and decided the try a variation. I was very skeptical about the idea of these vastly different flavours coming together but then this pretty pink beauty turned out crazy stupid delicious.

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Quick Breakfast Ideas: Semolina Sandwich

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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that’s the meal we are most likely to skip. Cute!

‘I can’t wake up early’ has to be one of the most common excuses! Again, whose idea was it to create a snooze button????

Considering the ratio of the number of people wanting to lead a fitter and healthier life, and the number of people skipping breakfast, I have decided to start a series of quick breakfast recipes. You don’t need to wake up early or to buy any fancy ingredients for these. And half of the preparation (Mixing the ingredients together for instance, easy isn’t it?) can be done before hand. I’m sure that most of you must have tried the recipes I’m going to put together, but the idea is to ensure that you don’t go out on an empty stomach again, and hence everything in one place, or at least that’s the goal.

All you need is 5 mins in the morning, just 5 mins. Pack it and eat it on the go! Works? Works. Then let’s do this.

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Semolina spread open sandwiches are my favorite. They are healthy and delicious, and require minimal preparation.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

For the spread:

  1. Veggies- I had corn and onions, you can add any vegetable of your choice – 3 tbsp
  2. Curd – 3 tbsp
  3. Suji/Semolina – 3 tbsp
  4. Rai – a pinch

 

  1. Whole wheat bread – 4 slices
  2. Butter

Procedure:

  1. Throw in the veggies, suji and rai in a bowl.
  2. Add curd to 1 and make a paste.
  3. Butter the bread and put the spread on it.
  4. Place it on the tava, with the spread facing downwards and let it cook for 4-5 mins on medium flame!
  5. And done.

I wanted to finish the corn and hence boiled it and sprinkled some black salt on it.

Health Benefits of Semolina- It is digested very slowly and hence keeps you energetic and prevents overeating. It has high Iron content.

What’s your idea of quick breakfast?

 

 

Chili Chocolate Bars

High Protein Chocolate Bars

“The only balanced diet you can ever have is when you have desserts in both hands.”

For the love of desserts and healthy food, let’s put a healthy and tasty twist to a classic dessert.

High Protein Chocolate Bars

Watching Vikas Khanna’s Persimmon Chili Cobbler recipe, I decided to make a healthy dessert. And no desert is ever complete without chocolate. I REPEAT, NO DESERT IS EVER COMPLETE WITHOUT CHOCOLATE.

For my #Foodventure I decided to throw in some dark chocolate, oats, my favourite- peanut butter and some chilies (YES I SAID CHILIES); and make chili chocolate bars.  Chilies and chocolate bring out each other’s richness.

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#Foodventures- Sweet and Spicy Aam Panna

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We all love mangoes, don’t we?

And now that the season of mangoes is almost here, I can’t stop dreaming about the delicious aam panna, mango chutney and mango shake. Mango as a fruit in itself is very wholesome. It lowers blood pressure, cleanses skin (IT DOES NOT CAUSE ACNE), alkalizes the whole body and has a lot of other health benefits. Need more reasons to love them?

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Detox Drinks

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November has been a tough month. With working weekends & travel, I got no time to prepare meals and could only munch on nuts & fruits, occasionally. I had no option but to eat outside and my body reacted. Acidity, breakouts and what not!

However, with an advertising job come messed up schedules and therefore, detox drinks to rescue.

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Quick Breakfast: Hung Curd Sandwiches

Protein Rich Breakfast

If you are someone who skips breakfast or has ran out of healthy breakfast ideas, this one is for you!

I have so many people around me who keep complaining about not having breakfast because they don’t have time. So, I decided to come up with recipes to avoid the morning hassle and eat healthy. This is my second no cook healthy (Read: high protein & carbs) recipe to keep your energy levels high throughout the day. You can check out the first one here: https://butterandbutts.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/overnight-oatmeal-mugs/

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