My first Scrapbook project

Busy with two boys at home (Dhruv n Karn), both toddlers is always more than a handful. While one naps, the other is all high-spirited and happy to explore the world around him. Facebook has been a great way of finding old friends and staying in touch with them. While adding my old friends and catching up with their lives, I found a friend who happens to write a blog and scrapbook and thus was intrigued by the scrapbooking world. Thanks to her, I started reading her blog and felt super thrilled to try my hand at it! She too, a mother of two seems to keep her sanity by getting creative and creating memories of the lil bundles. Thanks Smitha, you have been an inspiration here to try my skills.
The theme for scrapbook this week was silver and blue, both colors of the ocean. My husband and I are always looking for destinations with the beach to engulf the serenity and peace it has to offer... but far away from the fast paced life. I found my favorite photo of the two kids in their swim suits and nothing better than creating something special with that memory. 


Here's my art :))... 

 I loved scrapbooking and would love to think, imagine, feel and believe while doing it all over again.

I used very basic at home items to get this FIRST project started!

Thanks for stopping by!

9 month old and cooking

I had started this site few months back, but didnt get a chance of penning my thoughts/ ideas. But hey, there is always a start to everything!! With a 9 month old baby boy, its fun to explore varied items in the kitchen. While he explores the world around him, I decided to try different cuisines and different veggies in the market! So far I have been lucky to have dished something edible! I will surely add more recipes of the tried and tested dishes to the site soon.
The past weekend we had family visiting us and my hubby an ardent non-veggie wants everything spicy with a wow factor! Minced goat/ Kheema was one of the items that night. I asked a friend and they gave me their version and I adapted it into the version I had in mind. Turned out a success- hubby is still savoring it!

Kheema/ minced goat- 2 pounds
Onions - 2 medium sized (1 sliced)
Jeera- 3 tsp
Green chillies- 9-10 (to incorporate the spicy levels of the hubby)
Tomatoes - 2 medium sized (pureed)
Turmeric- 2 tsp
Red chilli powder- 3 tbsps
Pepper powder- 2 tsps
Garam masala- 4 tbsps
Ginger garlic paste- 4 tbsps
Sour cream- 2 tbsps
Salt- to taste

Make a paste of 1 onion, 5 green chillies, 1/2 the ginger- garlic paste, 1 tbsp garam masala and salt. Wash the kheema properly, add turmeric and the above mentioned paste. Put it in a baking pan and pop it in the oven at 350 deg F for about 20 mins. Thanks to my friend for this part... it really lets the kheema take in all the flavor of the spices.

In a pan, heat oil, add jeera, sliced onions and cook till they turn light brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste, pureed tomatoes and all the remaining dry powders. Cook on high flame for 1 minute and then reduce the flame. Let the tomatoes with the spices leave the sides of the pan. Add a little water and let it simmer. Add the kheema with the spices (baked) to the pan and add a little water. Let this simmer for atleast 10 mins. Garnish with coriander/ cilantro.
Serve hot with rotis/ rice/ buns.
Note: You can add green peas to this dish, just to add color.