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Thandai

March 18, 2019 By Sonal Leave a Comment

May the Universe paint the canvass of your life with the most beautiful colors and sprinkle peace and joy at every step! Happy Holi!

Get ready to celebrate the Holi with this traditional, chilled Thandai.

An overhead shot of a colorful tray of thandai, it's ingredients, and holi colors

Thandai is an ancient Indian recipe, made with a nutritious blend of various nuts, seeds, and spices, mixed in milk, traditionally consumed during Holi, the festival of colors. The Thandai masala paste or powder is traditionally made using mortar & pestle. As in any ancient recipe, Thandai has a ton of healthy medicinal properties. In olden times in India, each of the recipes used to have ingredients which had some or the other health benefits and medicinal properties. Thandai falls under that category. It truly is a mix of superfoods. It also acts as a cooling agent in the summer heat. Do check out the benefits of all the ingredients I have listed in this post.

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Cherry Garcia Smoothie | Cherries, Chocolates, & Oats

March 12, 2019 By Sonal Leave a Comment

Chocolates & Cherries for Breakfast – because why not? A healthy breakfast need not be boring! You can make it as creative and as delicious as you want. Cherry Garcia smoothie or Cherries, Chocolates & Oats smoothie is a delicious way to combine your favorite ingredients and turn it into a healthy smoothie. All ingredients in this powerhouse of a smoothie are Superfoods! Check out the amazing benefits of these superfoods at the end of this post.

An side shot of cherry garcia smoothie bowl garnished with dark chocolate and cherries

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Orange Sorbet | A Palate Cleanser

February 20, 2019 By Sonal Leave a Comment

Orange Sorbet – a Palate Cleanser, made out of freshly squeezed orange juice, when served in the orange peel bowls and garnished with mint leaves, makes poetry on a plate.

a side shot of orange sorbet served in orange peel bowls, garnished with mint

We’ve had a bumper crop of oranges this year on our backyard tree, and one of the quick Palate Cleansers / Desserts I like to make is Orange Sorbet. If you live in California, and have a few of these citrus trees in your backyard or at your Farmers’ market, you might also be having a lot of these fruits during this season, that you are thinking how to use. Eating the seasonal fruits is always advisable. Orange Sorbet is a very quick, easy and awesome palate cleanser / dessert recipe, which uses just a few ingredients.

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