When we were kids, my sister and I went through bowlfuls of ragi (nachni or finger millet) porridge. We loved it even athough it non-colourful, non-chocolate. Packed with all sorts of nutrients, ragi is now found in breads, biscuits and laddoos, if you’re me. Stay with me, I know these sound like they’re going to…
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Peanut Butter & Almond Granola Bars
The thing with being at home and working on the blog three days a week is that temptation in the form of sugar and butter is EVERYWHERE. So as soon as stuff comes out of the oven, it’s distributed and I look the other way. The fridge is usually devoid of anything I would want…
No-Bake Mango Cheesecake (Eggless, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free)
I think cheesecakes are amazing, I really do. It’s just that I can rarely eat a whole slice without wanting to take a nap in between. Plus, all the guilt. So when I tried a raw, vegan, frozen cake at Cafe Zest, I decided a dessert of this sort had to be made at home. A…
Carrot Oat and Pecan Cookies (Sugar-free)
The Desserted Girl has turned three! Apparently three years in the blogosphere is also the time I cross over straight into full-blown adulting with these carrot cake inspired, refined sugar-free cookies. Let’s celebrate adulthood, folks 😀 Soft and chewy oat cookies with wholewheat flour, a wee bit of butter and grated carrots to make us…
Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
Those days are back. Those horrendous days where showers become both indispensable and pointless because when March is as ridiculously hot as it is right now, we are stuck in the just-had-a-shower-but-need-one-again rut. Those horrendous days where movement is far too much effort, and chewing even more so. Even being in Goa over the long weekend…