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Rice Kheer – Indian Rice Pudding

June 11, 2014

Growing up, dessert wasn't something we ate very often. In fact, we rarely ate out back then. When my late dad was still around, eating out every weekend was a norm though. Mom started working 2 years after dad passed away. Expenses were pretty tight and cooking was definitely a better option than eating out. Lucky us, my mom is…

Easy Tomato Bruschetta

June 6, 2014

Every day, I wake up at the break of sunshine and from under my super cozy leopard print duvet, I gazed out of the window thinking what a beautiful day it is gonna be. I think of the flowers that are blooming away in my garden. I think of the yummy sandwiches and tea that must be waiting for me,…

Breakfast Dessert Healthy Ramadan Vegetarian Yum Picks by Maya

Skinny Avocado Smoothie

June 2, 2014

I have been ill *sniffles*. In-fact I am still not well but I am getting better gradually. I was running a temperature and was coughing as loud as a godzilla (yes, they are LOUD), lots of sniffles and I couldn't eat anything. You could have shoved a plate of hot pipping cheese fries right in my face and that would have not tempted…

Meat Ramadan Yum Picks by Maya

Easy Cottage Pie

May 22, 2014

Dear all, Kindly take note that Shepherd's pie is made with lamb, wherelse Cottage pie is made with beef. I find it disturbing when there is beef in my shepherd's pie and lamb in my cottage pie. I do consume both lamb and beef, but I NEED to know which one I am consuming. It irks me when I wanna buy…

Dessert Ramadan

No Bake Creme Brulee

May 14, 2014

If there is a competition between the celebrity chefs, I would be holding Nigella's banner in my right hand and Jamie Oliver's banner on the left. There are a few other chefs that I really like; Donna Hay, Anna Olsen and Rachel Allen but my favorite would always remain Nigella and Jamie O. I have tried more of Nigella's recipes…

Quick and Easy Ramadan Vegetarian

Roasted Garlic and Pumpkin Hummus

May 12, 2014

Just as how Maya Angelou had said "the beauty of a woman isn't in the figure that she carries or the clothes that she wears. The beauty must be seen from in her eyes, because that's the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. To all the beautiful mothers out there, a very happy Mother's Day to you. Despite…

Dessert Ramadan Yum Picks by Maya

A Delicious Falooda Recipe

May 8, 2014

If you guys belong to another part of the world and have no idea as to what a falooda is, you guys are in for a treat because today I would be sharing a delicious Falooda recipe. The weather has been crazy and only two things are very necessary, the air conditioner and cold drinks. When I think of drinks…

Meat Quick and Easy Ramadan Side dish Swift Spoon Yum Picks by Maya

Mini Taco Cups

May 5, 2014

I think the best thing that happened to me this weekend was my mother eating at least 15 of these Mini Taco Cups. Whenever my mother praises my food, I'm one proud girl, subconsciously. You know you are a food blogger when the files in your hard disk looks something like this. and you have to take 101 pictures of that damn…

Ramadan Vegetarian

Lentil dal recipe

May 2, 2014

I have been busy. The last weekend, I worked really hard and the weekend was basically non-existent for me. Nevertheless no complaints, at times having a lot of work is good. It pushes you beyond your limits and in this case, earning extra cash was good with the crazy number of birthdays coming up. Every May and June, I empty…

Breakfast Quick and Easy Ramadan Swift Spoon

Baked Baby Potatoes with Creamy Tuna Filling

April 19, 2014

Sighs! The blog was down for a good 12 hours. Hostgator said it was "due to an undocumented bug in firmware utilized in our vendor’s hardware." Okkay, whatever that meant. That must have been one hell of a bug because it brought down about 100,000 websites including mine. I was a wreck when that happened. I was moping around, missing…