Feast of love Part I

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I decided to take our weeknight dinners to a different level this week. By preparing a gourmet four course meal of fusion dishes. I had been watching a lot of food network and browsing loads of food blogs lately so I decided to come up with a meal with each course inspired by a different cuisine. The end result was fabulous and I felt really proud of myself.
The appetizer a tomato ceviche chilled till the last moment which was mexican inspired of course, followed by a side of herb and butter vegetables which was my southern influence, the main course was tandoori fish which is indian but served with an interesting thai inspired chutney along with light cinnamon and cardamom pulao. The dessert was an middle eastern food inspired date and fig halwa.
Watch this space in the coming posts for these recipes !

Costwoe

Me and my husband IJ did our groceries from costco this weekend. Our neighborhood grocery publix was proving to be a little expensive so like a samajhdaar housewife I suggested costco. I'd heard that they have bulk items at low prices so with the help of a well wishing friend who had the store membership we embarked upon a 30 minute drive followed by an hour long shopping round that resulted in us bringing home mattress sized kitchen towel pack, gallons of mouthwash and a bag of sugar that we could use beyond the rest of the year. Ok it wasn't all bad, after a point I did get used to the big sizes, but what I did not like was that the store was not convenient at all, I had to hunt around the whole expanse for a box of yoghurt which I did not find although I found the flavored yoghurt in some corner nowhere close to the milk. Also there was no concept of low fat or fat free and most of items I know which have a fat free version were displayed in their full fat glory. I've been living in the US for close to three years now the northwest earlier and now Miami. Back as a student my haunt for food was walmart or winco I never thought I'd say this but I miss the full grocery small town version of walmart. In a nut shell costco is great when you are a) doing supplies for household stuff like paper towels or laundry detergent b) you are a family of 4 or more heavy eaters c) or if you throw enough dinners and lunches to feed the whole town. The only thing I was really excited about getting home was Eckhart Tolle's A New earth at a bargain price!!

Unrelated but significant; my recipe got published on the JHIVA for ingredients event check it out here

A Different Kind Of ABC, To Get To Know Me

A - Available? - No

B - Best Friend - Myself

C - Cake or pie - Cake

D - Drink of choice - Water

E - Essential thing used everyday - Has to be toothbrush and toothpaste.

F - Favorite Color - Blue

G - Gummi bears or worms - Bears

H - Hometown - Hyderabad

I - Indulgence - Rich Food!!

J - January or February - January, celebration month

K - Kids and names - None.

L - Life is incomplete without - My Husband

M - Marriage Date - 30th Dec

N - Number of siblings - One brother and two sisters.

O - Oranges or apples - Oranges

P - Phobias or fears - many

Q - Quote - Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

R - Reason to smile - Time spent with dear ones

S - Season - Summer

T - Tag three people - I have no readers, so maybe the first reader

U - Unknown fact about me - I'm left handed

V - Vegetable you don't like - yam /arvi coz I mistake it for aloo and its not as yummy

W - Worst habit - Laziness.

X - X-rays you have had- Dental, hand

Y - Your favorite food - Chinese

Z - Zodiac - Capricorn

Ah A Food Blog

I wanted to have my own food blog for the longest time, finally got my self one. Yipee!!! its like having your own cookery show, ok maybe that was an exaggaration but never the less its exciting. And for this feat to turn into a feast stay tuned to this page .