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Excuse the horrible picture, it's taken from my phone. Will try and update post later. I feel like a broken record, each time I begin writing a post for this blog, the same words come to me 'sorry for being away for so long'! I don't know what it is or what to do, but somehow I just can't seem to find time to even bake, let alone blog. Must. Repair. Now. Hopefully you'll see a change soon
Finally. I stepped back into the kitchen after almost 2 whole months. I'd been on this serious dieting = working out bender, to lose the extra pounds, and an added motivation was my sister's wedding, which just about finished. I've taken a week or so off from the gym+diet, so ofcourse the first thing I wanted to do was eat something chocolatey. When you're craving something bad, decidi
Oh god. I can't even begin, can't believe my last post was two whole months ago! Thank you for all your concerned mails, they're the push I needed to come back and post. Nothing really happened for me to stop posting, but a lot has happened. I began working on the very day of my last post, and I'd been getting used to not having all the free time in the world. I was also getting over
(Sorry about the crappy picture, clicked these in the night and finished them, I'll make some more soon and update the post) Who else loves these bars? They were quite the nostalgic trip for me, I remember eating them as a child, before we moved to India, and absolutely loving them. They still aren't available in India, but I had ordered a box of them while I was in the UK, so up unt
Somehow, even though I love the puckeriness of lemons, I don't really bake with them as much. This was a recipe that my Mom actually found. Yes, she still bakes on occasion, and this was while I was away so she couldn't get me to make it instead. Ever since then, she's been raving about it, also wanted me to try the recipe when there, but I never got around to it. After countless requests for it
These cookies sure have a long name, don't they? I tend to like names that give you an idea of the food, but I think I'm pushing it with these, so Cowboy Cookies it is, though I'd love if anybody gave me the reason behind the name Whatever they're called though, they are absolutely amazing. I made about 2 dozen, an hour ago, and with only 3 people in the house right now, there's about a
Soo.. Anyone know how to get rid of small moths in the house? Since my room was virtually untouched for 6 months, it had a few moths when I got back, that didn't seem to be going away. I put out some naphthalene balls, and now, I'm super sick, with the parents slightly sick. I think I just had an almost-suicide attempt :P Anyway.. With the sickness, I've been cooped up at home since a fe
Hello! I am super pumped today, I am officially done with my course. I handed that horrible pain of a dissertation in 2 days ago [now 5, it took me a while to get to completing this post], and I'm no longer a student! Ofcourse I'm not officially a post-graduate yet, need to wait for the results, but I'm pretty sure I'll make it :) Even though I've done a ton of decorating classes,
Who saw the finale of Masterchef All Stars yesterday? I won't post any spoilers, but I was so so excited, that person is my absolute favorite, and my reason to watch the entire season! Technically, I shouldn't even be watching, since I'm approaching the deadline for my dissertation, and am hard at work, not leaving home for days sometimes. My laundry stack consists of only pyjamas and short
So. A new post on this blog. After almost a month and a half, that's quite shameful. But, this is what I'd been doing for a month, immediately after my last post. I traveled to all those places, and then headed back to Warwick for my final week there. Because of a number of reasons, I decided to head home to do my dissertation (a 15,000 word essay), and leave a month earlier than most
Hello hello hello! I am very excited today, I'm travelling through Europe for a month in a few hours of this post. My course is almost over, so I'll be heading back home after that, to do my dissertation. So I've been super busy packing up my room, feeling all crummy about leaving this place, and excited about travelling. My life has been all about bags and boxes since so long. Even
I am just writing this post after submitting the last assignment of my life. I do have a dissertation due, but this is the last assignment ever. I'm pretty saturated with all the writing, so I'm going to keep this one short. I was assigned Dancing Veggies blog, and had a lot of great options, but picked these bars, but forgot a step where I had to add the chips into the cookie layer. I m
Today, my little blog turns 3. Hard to believe. Thank you to everyone that has supported this blog, and loyally followed even though I had a period when life's little dramas made my slack off on the blog. Seriously, thank you. I hope you stick around, and now I'm trying to be a much better blogger. I've finally updated the About page too :) Rather than write a heartfelt note to mark this day,
I'm so glad to be doing a Foodbuzz 24x24 post this month. 24 bloggers create 24 different meals in the same 24 hours, and post on the same day, each having different themes, and different approaches. It's a very fun event, one that I'd been seeing about a lot, and now I'm so glad to be one of the participants. So you guys know it's been about 6 months since I left India to study, yeah? This
These bars! I've been waiting so so long to be able to post. For once, I made my Secret Recipe Club assignment almost as soon as I got it. Turns out, this isn't always the best idea, since I had to wait almost a month, and these bars were so good, it was like slow torture. They rank high up, in my top 10 recipes for sure. They had the perfect slightly crunchy crispy shortbread base, ex
I'm still getting used to having stuff like raspberries and blueberries available to me right at the store, whenever I want. It's so much fun, each time I buy some to use for baking, I end up eating them plain, or with breakfast or something. And then I have to wait till I visit the store again before baking, and the cycle repeats. I finally managed to keep some away, since I had my eyes on
Doesn't that look amazing? This is the elusive {or fussy} cake that goes by too many names. What do you call it? I prefer Molten Chocolate Cake. Anyway, I got Heidi's blog as my assignment this month, which had so so many recipes, that the choice became qutie difficult. Now that I've began cooking, a lot of her savory recipes seemed interesting too, but in an effort to keep this blog all abo
Here's another recipe that I'd made while back home. Figure I should post it now, or else it'll go to the never ending folder of recipes that I didn't post on time, and then it became too old to post. {Do any of you also do that, or is it just me? For some reason, I can't bring myself to post things I made too long ago} Anyway, I made this because we had some dried fruits at home that my Mom
I've had a momentous achievement in the time between this post and the last. Wait for it...... I've finally learnt how to flip an omelette! Though I've tried a lot, the omelette ends up scrambled most of the time. Not this time though, it flipped beautifully and I had a gorgeous omelette like the ones they serve at cafes. I'm quite proud, even though I get how stupid this sounds, considering
So Valentine's Day is coming up. Again. This will be my second Valentine's day alone, ever since I was old enough to know what it was and celebrate it. But this time, it's different because even though I'm not single, I'll be spending valentine's day with friends.. the problems of being in a long distance relationship. I'm actually quite excited to be doing so though, this year of studying
Doesn't that cake look pretttty? It's ofcourse mainly because the cake was Oh. So. Good., but also because, I'm the proud new owner of a Canon EOS Rebel T2i! Finally :) Even though I haven't learnt any of the settings yet, I've got so many nice pictures of myself + friends. Can anyone recommend a good book / links to understand it all better, for a total beginner? It'd be super helpful, any
Happy 2012!! I know I've been away, I'm on a visit back home for the holidays. And I'm having the absolute best time, this year has been amazing so far. I finally managed to get some time in to do this post, which has been pending since forever. Back when I was still in the UK, I went over to the German Christmas Market in Birmingham, after hearing a lot about the food there. Frankfurts mak
Hello there :) I can't believe how much I've stayed away from this blog. My exams are up in week, term 1 is already set to end. It's been surprisingly hectic, so much work. I literally have had no time to bake, but on the bright side, have been learning to cook pretty well. Seems I actually have the ability. Who would have thought? My day's schedule has become like - wake up, shower, h
This little breakfast cake represents the first thing I ever baked in my new home. It was kind of a hit and miss, with no scale [I'm just so used to it now], weird measuring cups, a new oven etc. But I was still quite happy with it. It tasted perfectly fine, and was a wonderful accompaniment to my breakfast. I've started cooking ever since I came here, stuff other than pancakes and e
Happy Diwali to all my Indian readers! I just celebrated my first ever diwali away from home, and it was actually a lot of fun, though ofcourse I missed family and friends a lot! But unless I manage to get a job, I'm only here for about a year, so I figure I can manage that :) I actually did get some baking done a few days ago, but that's for the Secret Recipe Club, so I can't post it yet.
Hello you all. I apologise for neglecting you and the blog so much. It's time to finally tell you what I've been upto. I've moved to the UK!! I'm at the University of Warwick's Business School for my Masters here. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it, and then I was very busy prepping and packing and the like. I've been here just under a week, I'm still setting up, and consid
Hello :) I've been super super busy with something, so I thank all of you that have still stuck around for my infrequent posts. Hopefully everything should be sorted out soon. Anyway, it's time for another SRC post. And what a post at that. These cupcakes are just dreamy good. On my top 10 list for sure. Which reminds me.. I should do a top 10 post, shoudn't I? This time I w
The other day, I had some friends request some brownies, and after having made countless repetitions of countless versions, I decided it was time to try something new. I've also slowly been struggling to get through my million bookmarks {I'm sure you relate}, and I noticed these cookies posted by Katrina. They looked so sinful, I was sure they'd do. I made them almost immediately, and they
Happy Independence Day to all my Indian readers :) It's another month for the Secret Recipe Club, which now has it's own site, and a TON of new members. I feel like I've only been posting for the SRC, but it's been a crazy time for me, with joining and quitting a job, my brother getting married, and my preparing for something big in life [not food related], that I'm hoping will happen. Th
It's time for the Secret Recipe Club again. I'm the biggest procrastinator ever, and have never, ever been able to schedule a post. This group is slowly changing that in me!! This post, and last month's have both been scheduled. Can you believe it? Who knew blogging would bring about such life changes too, I've actually began doing things on time, instead of beginning a few hours after due da
I can't believe it's only been a week since I turned 22. Wait.. I can't even believe I'm 22, I still tell people I'm 21 :) I had the most awesome birthday celebration, with a few select friends, and a whole lot of drama. These cupcakes were made before the day, since I never bake on my birthday, even though I love baking, my birthday is a day where I'm to be pampered :) I also started wo
It's time for the Secret Recipe Club again :) This time I was assigned Shumaila's great blog. I was very happy with the assignment, coz she had a lot of great stuff to pick from. I had originally planned on making the black forest cake, something that's in every bakery here, but really bad quality, so an amped up, good quality ingredients black forest cake was just calling my name. But li
This is a new series I'm starting here on YB. It's born out of a lack of ingredient availability here in India. Also, homemade is always better, isn't it? So whether it's to make up for ingredient non-availabilty, or to healthy your home up and avoid preservatives, or simply bagging rights [I mean, homemade marshmallows! That's sure to get some oohs and aahhs], I hope you follow along, and use
Soo... How did everyone get through the Great Blogger Crash of 2011? Were you frustrated, or were you happy to stay away for a bit? I was pretty bugged about not being able to comment on blogs, and some not opening at all, but luckily, my blog got through unharmed, and I was away for the weekend to an awesome beach retreat, so I didn't feel too much of it. It's Secret Recipe Club time again
This sure has been a week straight out of a Disney fairytale, hasn't it? The prince got his princess, the bad guy died. And while I can't celebrate the death of a person, it does give me a sense of peace to know that he can't do any more harm. I made this cake to gorge on while watching the Royal wedding, and loved it so much, I'm made it again, just so I could share with you guys. Its
I made homemade marshmallows the other day, and ate my first s'more. Oh my. There goes the diet! I loved them soo much, I ate like 5 of them, and they were huge! I've also joined this new blogging group, the secret recipe club, headed by Amanda of Amanda's Cookin. We're allotted a different blog each month, which is kept a secret till posting date, I got Amanda's blog itself :) Its a lot
Nom nom nom. Oh these cheesecakes!! I simply don't know what to say about them. These were amongst the top 10 desserts I've ever eaten, that's all. On Saturday, 2nd of April, India won the cricket world cup, to become world champions! The entire nation erupted, cricket is more of a religion here. I've never been much of a sports person, but the atmosphere here during the final few
Do you like it??? I've been completely MIA from the blog, facebook, twitter and even e-mails. I'm sorry about that, I was working on the redesign. It's something I've wanted to do since forever, but with all the distractions, I just couldn't. I finally resolved to shut everything till I launch the new design, and got it done :) All thanks to the Google gods and my design classes! There are s
The other day, I was craving homemade, simple cookies. And here's what I made - Anything but simple, right. I'm a Gemini, I'm allowed to be indecisive!! What are they? They're chocolate chip hazelnut cookies, that I stuffed with a Nutella Truffle, and just because I was feeling reckless, added one on top too. Yeah, just in case you're wondering, I do yoga 5 days a week!
Soo, who like cheesy romantic movies? I'm not at all ashamed to say, I love them. I just finished watching one of my all time favorites, A Walk to Remember! Do you love that one? What's your favorite? Most of them have a common theme, Miss Plain Jane is actually Miss Perfect, and Mr. Perfect realises it halfway through the movie. And though it's been done to death, I still watch every new mo
One thing I love about blogging is how it's making me experiment more, and not bake my usual things all the time. The other day I saw figs at the stall below my building, and while I wouldn't ever give a second look a year ago, now I was intrigued, and bought some without any idea about what I was going to do with them. Turns out, fresh figs aren't really used that much, I saw mainly two use
You know what? I'm not even going to try and tell you about this cake, because words really can't describe how good it is! A quick look at the flavors, and the fact that it's from the guys at Baked NYC should really be enough. This cake is going to be the sole reason I'm going to gain back all my lost weight, because I already want to make it again! In other news, I'm almost done recove
It never fails to surprise me how most of the best things are born out of what we once thought of as settling. Case in point - these gorgeous, delicious souffles. I've been home bound ever since the surgery [I'm doing great, I meet the doctor tomorrow and hopefully he lifts the 'going out' ban from me, thanks for all the sweet mails wishing me the best, they really made me feel better]. And si
Another cake with strawberries!! Sorry, but I just love the color. This cake doesn't really include them, I just made a quick sauce to serve alongside the cake. This is a really nice, simple tasting cake that lends itself very well to be served with various sauces etc, but one that I love eating as is too. It's really delicious, buttery and soft!! I'm actually having a jaw re-alignment
Happy 2011 <3 I had a pretty crappy year, so I have high hopes out of this one! It always happens doesn't it, that you hit a low, and from there you've only got to rise! So here's hoping for an awesome year/decade, for me and you too!!! My oven had been on the fritz for the past 2-3 weeks, through Christmas [I know!], and it only just got repaired. With the strawberry season in full
HAPPY HOLIDAYS :D I'm having the absolute best time, enjoying the holidays!! I really hope all you guys are too! I have someone I'd like you to meet. He actually came into my life early November, on Diwali actually, but I have only got about to showing him to you now! His name's Sir Mix-a-lot [yes, I'm still into princesses and royal stuff]. He's one the best things ever, I'm so in lo
So all kinds of gingerbread cookies, houses etc have been popping up all over the blogosphere to welcome Christmas. I've been curious about the taste for years, but since I'd never tried any sort of ginger-y baked good before, I was always apprehensive about making them, I don't really have an experimental palate, I'm actually pretty picky when it comes to food. But seeing them almost every
Hey all!! I've been waiting so long to be able to tell you guys this, couldn't until the zine came out. I've been featured in their Dec issue, along with a few other awesome bloggers like the ever so cheerful Jyotika [she has quite a few extra pictures posted as well, go check them out], the oh so pretty Snigdha amonsgt others. It's the first official press for YB, so yes, I'm super excited.
I'm so happy I finally get to share this gorgeous, sinful, wonderful cake with you. The internet had conked off for the past week or so, and I kep waiting for it to return so I could post this cake. Because guys, this cake is GOOD! Like really, mind-blowingly, changing you forever good. And how could it not be, considering it has almost 2 lbs of chocolate in it? The cake has a fudgy br
Making the apple pie a while ago, I'd been craving another apple dessert, and how. I didn't want to make the same pie again, or even Mom's trusted crumble, because there's such a long list of recipes I've bookmarked to try, I feel I'll never get to them if I keep making the same things again and again. On the other hand, I simply want to go with the trusted and simple. Do you feel the same
