Friday, March 31, 2017

Five on Friday

Monday: 
Today I did many things, yet I felt  I did nothing. Actually, in the middle of my work I sat down for a long time to talk with my sister. It had been a rally long time we chatted with each other for such a long time. After we said bye, and I disconnected the phone, I realized we actually chatted for three long hours.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Five on Friday

Monday:

 The morning was cloudy, but not raining. It was very pleasant. I decided to take a long walk in the morning. The tress beside the trail were blooming with white, pink , purple , and more colors. The Spring has come out with full life. The creek on the side of the trail was full of water. The water was flowing in full force, as if it was a mountain river. I had never seen that much water in that very creek. The coots were swimming merrily in the creek. 


Monday, March 20, 2017

Simple vanilla cake with egg white

After walking six long miles Sunday morning, everyone had been craving for something sweet, especially me. I suggested baking a cake. Mr. Man suggested buying one warm cake. He was almost ready to leave the home. I told that it was not possible for him to get any hot cake in superstores. Only home baked cake could be warm.  I also wanted to do a little experiment with egg white. I didn’t use any egg, or yogurt. However, the cake turned out soft and moist.
Here is my recipe:
One cup all-purpose flour
One fourth cup vegetable oil (you can use butter to get better taste)
Half cup milk (I used almond milk)
One tsp. baking soda
One tsp. baking powder
Pinch of salt
Three fourth cup sugar
One tsp. vanilla extract
Half cup egg white (approximately 4 eggs)
Oil or butter spray (For greasing the baking pan)



Method: 
Take a big mixing bowl. Add all the dry ingredients, mix well, and keep aside. Take another mixing bowl, add sugar, and egg white. With an electric mixer or a hand mixer mix egg white and sugar until creamy. Then add milk, oil, and mix well. After that , add the mixture of dry ingredients, and mix well into a smooth batter. Do not over mix. Add the vanilla extract, and mix with a spatula. 
Preheat the oven at 350 degree F. Take a 9X5 loaf pan. Grease the pan with oil spray. Pour the batter. Bake for half an hour, or a fork comes out clean inserted in the middle of the cake. 

Friday, March 17, 2017

Five on Friday

Monday: 
After a long time, the weather has started becoming nice. Spring has arrived. The trees are full with flowers of different vibrants colors. Lilies are started sprouting on the yards. 

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Couscous with boiled vegetables

Couscous is very popular in India. It is cooked in many ways. Sometime it is cooked with lentils , sometimes with milk. If it is cooked with lentils, it is called “Khichdi”. With cooked with milk is it called rice pudding. It is also cooked with peanuts, and potatoes.The other day I cooked couscous for Mr. Man. I packed it with him for lunch, and some of his co-workers tasted, and they found my recipe is very interesting. I just changed a little in a common recipe. Here, I’m sharing my recipe.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Five on Friday

Monday:
Another week started. At last this week had started with bright sunshine. The days had started getting longer. Now when I wake up in the morning I can see the soft pink sunlight of the morning. Anyway, today again my son had a minimum day in school. I had my conference with his teacher. We discussed  about the concerns regarding about his progress. His teacher told me that he had been making a good progress, and he is already in his grade level, and could exceed that before the end of the school year. That was very nice to know that. 
Since last week I have become very busy with a huge project. Actually in June I am going to meet with my high school friends. I have planned to give all of them some handmade purses. We are 24 friends in our group. So, I need to sew 24 purses.

Today morning I noticed tulip buds in my front yard

Monday, March 6, 2017

Visit to Black Hawk museum

My son wanted to visit a museum. After searching some of them we decided to go to Blackhawk Museum. 


Saturday, March 4, 2017

Five on Friday



Monday:Last few days I had been feeling mentally restless. I could understand that I wanted to do some crafts, but couldn't make my mind what to do. At last today I sat down with cross stitch . For an hour or I did that. You cannot believe I felt so satisfied. Really how crazy I'm!!!

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Diversity fair 2017

We live in a diverse society. People come from different countries, different ethnicity, different cultures. When all the kids from different backgrounds with different ethnicities come together they not only get sometimes confused , also have so many questions come into their minds. It is not possible to give answer to all the questions come in their young mind. However, if they can see come things in their own eyes about the cultures, rituals, if they can taste food from different countries , not only that gives answer to so many questions, but also they get more interest to know about other countries than before.
Keeping this in mind, to pertain the children more knowledge about other cultures, my son’s school organizes Diversity fair in school every year. Usually the parents volunteer in this fair. The parents or their ancestors who came from different countries, put booths of their respective countries. 
This year parents who's ancestors came from different countries set booth with pictures, food, ethnic dresses, handcrafts, whatever ethnic things available to them. The parents represented Canada, India,Netherlands, Chile, Sweden, Palestine, Columbia, Wales, Ireland, United Kingdom.