May
31
2007
May days have been quite wet in UK but that didn’t dampen noel nor me as we had loads of things planned to do this half term.
When the weather is wet, I tend to take him to Indoor Playcentres around Ipswich where you are guaranteed that u’r kids will run riot, enjoy, make new friends and most importantly getting out of the house.As I have taken couple of days off, We all had loads of things to do and to take him around.
His latest trip to Jan’s Madhouse was amazing as he went with his school friends and they had a splendid time there.The next couple days we went to cinemas to watch Spiderman 3 and Pirates of Carribbean. Time has just flown by and its already Friday and he slowly started taking his books out of his book bag to finish his home work.
We had a great time together going around places n meeting friends and I feel content when i see a happy face at the end of day which makes everyhting worthwhile.
Didn’t have time to come up with anything extraordinary for JFI-Jackfruit. To be frank, I am not a great fan of jackfruit, I love to have the ripe ones once in a while but never fancied any curry or anything. So I really looking forward for the round up so that I know what do to next time when I come across jackfruit seeds or raw jackfruit.
In the meantime I was quite happy to try a simple dessert with jackfruit and strawberries in whipped cream and added as a layer on a dry flan. Not many ingredients nor any elaborate method but a simple one with fresh fruit to enjoy after a dinner.
This wonderful forgotten fruit is the theme choice by the lovely
Bee and Jai of Jugalbandi for the June, Jihva for Jackfruit and this is it!! My contribution to the great event.
May
27
2007
This was such a warm summery event and what a great response from everyone who enthusiastically participated in this wonderful get together. Thank you so much my friends and fellow bloggers who took great interest and tried something new, different and most importantly coming together to make my first event something worthwhile and do hope that this event brought us back some cherished moments and hope we can have many more virtual parties like this.
Now lets check out what we all tried and came up in this month of May:
Gineesha of
Salt and Pepper, who loves to cook n explore new cuisines and adds that its so much fun to hang out in the kitchen with friends.
She came up with freshly squeezed
Orange Juice
Mandira of
Ahaar who says 3 things that she loves are her Family & Friends, A good book and a cup of hot ginger tea on a snowy evening came up with an amazing dish
Orange and Pomegranate Muffins
Reena of
Spices of Kerala who never enjoyed cooking before she came under immense pressure from her curious 3 year old who makes it a point to watch food network whenever she can and starts asking for those yummy treats. She came up with
Juicy Julep
Asha of
Aromahope(foodieshope) who believes that happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how but it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to life.Her dish is
Fruity Breakfast Bread
Arundhati of
Chef at Work who loves singing and feels she is a cook trapped in the body of an HR professional and she is extremely passionate about cooking and love cooking, serving and eating new things came up with
Rasayan
Richa of
As Dear As Salt believes that one can learn from everyone and doesn’t like to miss any opportunity of learning new things everyday came up with
Fresh Fruit Crudite
Coffee of
Spice café loves three things the most in life and they are Driving, Painting and Cooking came up with this
Mango Muesli
Sukanya of
Hot n Sweet Bowl absolutely superb baking beautiful cakes, handy tips on food, beauty and health came up with this
Amazing Strawberry Trifle
DesiGirl of
Grubs up is a major foodie and her blog is a collection of some favourite family recipes as well as those she learnt from friends came up with two wonderful dishes one is
Strawberry Smoothie and
Summery Pancakes
Strawberry Smoothie:
Bee of
Jugalbandi’s blog is a great person and her blog is means of reasserting their commitment to a natural, healthier lifestyle, and to a less toxic world came up with Essence of
Orange Marmalade
Priya of
Akshayapatram who loves cooking mainly vegetarian has a superb collection of Andhra and Tamilian recipes came up with
Mango Ice cream
Madhuli of
Food Court, A self confessed foodie love trying out new recipes and absolutely love recipes that add nutritional value to food came up with
Mango Sheera
Nupur of
One Hot Stove, a lovely cook whos blog is all about her obsession with regional Indian food and she has a huge collection of amazing recipes came up with
Chocolate Cherry Bread
Vani of
Batasari who is a great cook absolutely love her roots and her motto is to prove ourselves human and treat our beautiful blue marble, Mother Earth with respect and care came up with
Mango Papaya Smoothie
Priya of
Live to Cook , a wonderful passionate cook accidently saw this blogging world and hooked on to it ever since came with
Fruit Pizza
Shaheen of
Malabar Spices who’s into everything like Designing, cooking, gardening and photography loves to cook and enjoy her cooking skills by sharing with all of us came up with
Strawberry Crepe
Sailu of
Sailusfood , an amazing person , who is a very passionate cook and her food blog is a humble attempt at sharing her passion for all things food and her site has got lots of Andhra flavor came up with an Juicy
Mango Milk Shake
Summer Fruit Fool:
This June, Trupti of The Spice who loved me is guest hosting WBB#12, Weekend Breakfast Blogging event started by Nandita of the Saffron Trail Fame.Her theme for June’s WBB is: Spice It Up!
May
26
2007
The other day I saw Julia’s blog, A Slice of Cherry Pie and saw her event which she has teamed up with Cherry from Cherry’s English Kitchen and Scott at Real Epicurean for a regular blogging event based around seasonal produce.
I was quite intrigued and found it very challenging as we have to cook a dish with three seasonal products and create your own dish with.
And the May bag contained:
Asparagus
Sea Trout
Spring Onions
I made dishes with these ingredients in different recipes but never attempted to combine all of them.
I was quite apprehensive when I went to buy this fish at our local fishmonger and how to come up with a combined dish.
But I always liked a challenge and even without thinking twice, i created this wonderful dish and it was an absolute delicacy!!!
Both hubby and noel thoroughly enjoyed a hearty meal today.
So here’s the recipe
Sea Trout: 2
Ginger Garlic paste: 2 tbsp
Chilli powder: 1 tsp
Lemon : 1(squeezed)
Spring Onions, couple thinly sliced.
Salt to taste
Oil: 1tsp
Mix all these ingredients and rub on the fish and stuff in between as well.
leave for 1/2 hr and bake them in the oven at medium level(gas mask 7)
I usually wrap my fish in kitchen foil and cook for 15 min and then take it off and bake for another 5 min to brown the top. This wrapping in aluminium foil tip, i watched Jamie Oliver’s programme and i had been following ever since.
Grill Asparagus 5 min on either side on grill and serve immediately with the fish.
We enjoyed eating this delicious fish for lunch today.
Didn’t have time to come up with anything extraordinary for JFI-Jackfruit. To be frank, I am not a great fan of jackfruit, I love to have the ripe ones once in a while but never fancied any curry or anything. So I really looking forward for the round up so that I know what do to next time when I come across jackfruit seeds or raw jackfruit.
