ABC /Apple Beetroot Carrot Juice

Howz the week coming along?For me not soo good so far…I was expecting a slow week at work, turned out to be exactly the opposite.

On positive note, I joined a pilates class in office clubhouse during the lunch hours, having a fun time stretching and moving and a very hot teacher to inspire us all!Only down side, after 1 hr intense stretches to each and every muscle on my body.I literally have to kick  myself  to keep my eyes open for rest of the office hours.

Paal Payasam/Rice Kheer in Pressure Cooker

Back in Kerala we always look forward to the trip to Moms home during school holidays. The best part of the trip was the drive from my hometown to moms place which is in Thiruvalla. Typically it would take 6-7 hours , but we always end up taking 12 hrs or more.We stop almost every 1 hr or so and enjoy each and every local delights or specialties on the way. It was on one of those stopovers that I tasted the famous Ambalapuzha Pal payasam for the first time.. Hands down, that is the best thing in the world, the true beauty of the payasam  is its simplicity, just three ingredients Rice, Milk and Sugar

The exact taste, texture and the pinkish color of the famous payasam comes from thickening of the Milk. There is absolutely no added flavors like cardamom or saffron or dry fruits. Hands down thatz the best thing I ever had. The only down side is that once you have tasted this king of payasams, any other payasams you have from then on is just another payasamL.

Malted Milk, Oats and Coconut Cookies

What a great evening, start of a 4 day loooong break! Doing the happy dance nowJ

Done with a milestone at work, finally got some breathing space and yes I managed  do some baking after 3 long weeks.

I have made plans to catch up with my two best friends,  a list of to-do items including baking.And I got to catch  up on those scrumptious updates from you all which I have been missing for last couple of weeks

Back to today’s recipe, it’s a mix of my three favorite ingredients: Malt powder / Horlicks, Coconut and Oats.Now that can’t go wrong..right?

Malted Milk, Oats and Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

1/2  Cup Instant Oats

1/2 Cup Flour

1/3 Cup Sugar

1/4 Cup Malted Milk Powder/Horlicks

1/3 Cup Desiccated Coconut

½ tspn Baking powder

70gms Butter

1-2 tbspn Milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180 Degree

Mix together the dry ingredients and make a well in the center

Add the melted butter and a 1-2 tbspn milk and mix well until combined into a soft dough.

Roll tablespoon of batter into balls, flatten lightly and place in a tray.

Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown

Let it cool on a wire rack and enjoy the crunchy cookies

Apricot Banana Soy Shake

Its Friday and the life has suddenly become all brightJ

I took a day off work, just to get some amble  rest [read it as sleep , sleep and more sleep]

As it is an off day and a day for myself, I made this simple and effortless breakfast for today.

This is a great energy booster for breakfast or a pre workout drink, with all benefits of Soy and fruits

The banana and apricots provide plenty of complex carbo hydrates, the soy milk provides a combo of calcium and protein.

I bet Apricot Banana Soy Shake  is definitely the kind of smoothie your family would love to have !

 Apricot Banana Soy Shake

Ingredients 

1 Cup Soy Milk

6-8 Dried Apricots

1 Ripe Banana

1 tspn Brown or Raw Sugar

Directions

Pour about ¼ Cup boiling water to apricots to soften it. Let it cool down for 15 minutes

In a blender combine the Soy milk, apricots, Banana and Sugar and process until it is smooth.

Top it with some ice cubes and enjoy the breakfast smoothie

Green Apple & Celery Juice

This is one of my favorite juice, which is absolutely refreshing.

An amazing combination of crunchy , sweet n sour green apple and super food, alkaline Celery. They both compliment soo well and make the most energizing drink.

As I  still very much trapped in my laziness cocoon plus my work is keeping me busy,  I am hardly doing any baking and very minimal cooking..

But I am still continuing my new found interest, JuicingJ

So here is a recipe for the Super juice.

Green Apple & Celery Juice

Ingredients

2 Green Apples

2 Stalks of Celery

1 Cup water.

Directions

Chop the apples and celery , blend them for few minutes.

Add the water and continue to blend for few more minutes.

Spiced Plum Juice

Enjoying the weekend pals?

I am having a rather quiet weekend, home alone…but having some fun time with my Brand new CameraJ

Yes, I got a new Cam for as a birthday gift,a Nikon D5100J.

Can you believe that I couldn’t play around it for 1 whole week?

I am swamped in neck deep work and crazy meetings. When I say crazy, I mean literally crazy..I had to yell at them to give me a 2 min toilet break.

My brain has gone dump after justifying, arguing and fighting from 9-6 for 5 days..

So as my brain is on strike, plus I am home alone, plus laziness mean no cooking and no baking.

The only thing I am doing is JuicingJ.

Here is the Plum juice, which was my breakfast and lunch.

Spiced Plum Juice

Ingredients

4 Sweet Plums

Honey/Sweetener of your choice

Pinch of dried Ginger {pwder

1 Cup water

Directions

De-seed the plums.

Add the plums, sweetener as per your taste and the dried ginger in the blender.

Blend for a few minutes, add the water and continue to blend for few more minutes.

Buckwheat and Prune Cupcakes

This time I took a pretty long break from blogosphere. Something unexpected happened untimely, I was in India for about 10 days.

Took about another week to get back to routine and move on.

I made these cuppies long back after the hit of the Buckwheat muffins.

Buckwheat flour has a nutty flavor and is one of the best plan based protein. Combine it with some prunes and there you have a yummy little cuppies

Buckwheat and Prune Cupcakes

Ingredients

¼ Cup flour

¼ Cup Buckwheat

½ tspn Baking powder

60 gms sugar

50 gms butter

2 egg whites

100 gms prune

50 ml milk

Pecans -15

Directions

Cream the butter and Sugar, until it turns light in color.

Add the egg whites and continue to beat until mixed well.

Blend together the prune and milk in a food processor and add it to the butter mix and mix well.

Sift the flour and baking powder to the mix and stir until just combined.

Spoon about a tbspn batter into cupcake moulds and place a pecan on top.

Bake in a 180 Degree preheated oven for 15-20 minutes