Carrot and Beet Juice

Kick start your day with this energy boosting drink - Carrot and Beetroot juice. Rich in flavour and nutrients. In Carrot you get a lot of Vitamin A and its good for skin too. Beetroot, informally known as beet around the world to be one of the richest source of natural sugar. Here is the healthy juice recipe with simple ingredients.

Pumpkin and Chocolate chips Cookies

I was craving some cookies and decided to bake on my own and i came across this pumpkin cookie recipe from Joy of Baking. With a few little changes, i have made them my own. I made these cookies with home made pumpkin puree and freshly ground spices, they were wonderful and turned out fantastic. These cookies are something different, the consistency is more cake-like than cookie. The earthy flavour of pumpkin and the spices added are complementary to each other. The chocolate chips added makes them more special and yumm. If you like pumpkin, you will definitely like these cookies.

Amla Juice / Gooseberry Juice / Nellikai Juice

     Amla, an indian goseberry is the best gift from nature to mankind which contains abundant source of Vitamin C. Apart from this it is a best antioxidant, anti-ageing, cooler, simulates hair folliciles resulting in growth of hair, calcium rich which leads to stronger bones, controls diabetics and the list goes on. It is called the power house of benefits and the nutritional values are numerous and helps in curing number of diseses. hence this is widely used in Ayurveda, natural medicines. Its very true that amla contain a lot of health benefits, i know it from personal experience. I started taking this amla juice regularly on empty stomach since 2 months and i have observed that my skin texture has improved a lot , before it was dry and flaky. Now i am hooked on to this wonderful gift from nature. Hence include this in your daily diet and you can see amazing results.

Mango Pickle

        Summer is upon us and lots of raw mangoes found abundantly in the market. Its time to make mango pickle. There are so many versions of making this pickle. It differs from region to region. My grandma makes the best pickle in our family. Every year she used to make mango pickle for the whole family. She stores them in ceramic jar, that will last for one year without refrigeration, i wonder how.... Whenever she visits mom...she used to bring a jar full of pickle. This pickle was loved by everyone in the family. And now Its time to make pickle on my own and figured out how to make it. Its very simple and easy to make. Just need to follow the instructions given in the notes below so that they will last longer period.