My husband has always wanted vegetables in his Maggi, I don’t know if he’s always eaten it this way, or it got triggered when we got married and I used to re-create my university staple Korean noodles with vegetables in them, sort of justifying it as a wholesome meal. This also goes to using pantry staples or non-perishables as a base, and then adding whatever bits and bobs you have on hand to make an excellent non-boring and non-depressing meal.  Read more…

I have been a follower of @passionateaboutbaking and her drool-worthy picture perfect Instagram handle for years now. When she put up a picture of a little whole wheat cake the other day, I just had to try it out. Not because it looked divine (which it did), but more so because I have consciously tried to give Sitara more whole grains rather than refined flour, and this seemed like an incredibly fun baking experiment to get dirty with, on the Sunday janta curfew.

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I will express gratitude for being able to get back to this page after the better part of a year, as a way to find something that I understand, that I am familiar with, that I can hold on to, at unpredictable and unprecedented times like this (except for Contagion – they definitely called it back in 2011). At the end of 2019, I was determined to do a great many things for my mental and physical (hello SOHFIT!) health this year, as well devote time to Joie De Vivre, and my stationery line. Gratefully, I got through about 75% of the first SOHFIT challenge of the year, ending abruptly due to a family emergency. But that 30 odd days that I did stick to the challenge, taught me Read more…