Banana Coconut milk Ice cream with honey as sweetener

  A gentle reminder to all "The Cook Eat Delicious Dessert Event with no refined sugar or flour will end in another two days”,  please send in your entries soon.This ice cream was my first attempt in trying to make an ice cream with coconut milk. I made it almost two years back and was  lying in my drafts for a long time. I made this before I got my ice cream maker so had to blend the coconut milk and banana mixture to prevent crystallizing and to get a nice texture. But the only draw back was it tastes so yummy, I couldn’t resist myself in having few spoons of this mixture each time I blended it.  Very easy to make and tastes absolutely superb. But using the ice cream maker definitely makes a huge difference in the...

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Vegan Granola Bars with maple syrup as sweetener – A guest post for Kitchen Swathi

When Swathi asked me to do a Guest Post for her blog, I surely was super excited. I totally love her recipes and especially her step by step photo graphs.  It took me a while to decide which one  to share and then finally decided on this Granola Bars. Because I know for sure she loves baking from all those yummy bakes in her collection. The bake should be sweet to celebrate the Swathi’s new born. So let’s get on to this simple and easy to make recipe.If you buy store brought granola bars then this recipe is for you. If you include Oats and Wheat in your diet, this recipe is a sure keeper. Check out the recipe here in Swathi’s space. So Swathi thanks once again for giving me an opportunity for doing the Guest post.EventsThis goes to...

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Cilantro Quinoa

Quinoa is a staple in my house. Traditionally we are rice eaters and make so  many varieties of rice. Since Quinoa has replaced rice, now I try out the different rice dishes with quinoa. Believe me instead of just adding it to salads and eating, the addition of spices give a totally new taste to this nutritious pseudo grain. Since quinoa is high protein and complex carbohydrate grain, even if you are weight watcher, diet watcher or carb watcher perfectly fits the bill.For those of you who have questions on quinoa - Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wah) is an ancient food that has been cultivated in South American Andes since at least 3,000 B.C. Technically quinoa is not a true grain, but is the seed of the Chenopodium or Goosefoot plant. It is...

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Dates & Nuts Fudge/Halwa (With dates as sweetener)

To all my readers and friends a very Happy and Colorful Holi. To celebrate Holi in a guilt free way, thought of coming up with this Dates fudge/halwa. If you are looking for a gluten free treat made on stove top with no refined sugar, then you have to try this recipe out for sure. This date halwa/fudge takes a little bit of patience and time in making but it is well worth the effort. These are an absolute treat and makes a perfectly guilt free dessert. Made with very few ingredients, they make a perfect treat to pack as a gift for any special occasion. Once again dessert is dessert, even if it is a guilt free one. It is still a sweet so do not forget to enforce portion control. Dates indeed are a very good source of Iron and doesn’t cause...

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Papaya & Cucumber Salad

I love the color of papaya and the nutritional value in it and buy it often from the farmer's market. But not always the fruit is sweet and if it is slightly sweet , I make a smoothie or milk shake. But the one which I got  last week was absolutely bland and it wasn’t worth making anything sweet out of it.  I make pineapple and mango salsa with bland pineapple and mangoes. These fruits turn out great in salads with some salt and pepper and that’s how this idea of pineapple salad came to my mind.  Very easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious and refreshing. Do try it out some time when you papaya in hand and let me know how you liked it. Preparation Time – 10 Minutes Cooking Time – Nil Serves – 2 ...

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Mung Bean & Coconut Pudding(Pasi Paruppu, thengai Payasam) with Jaggery(Panela) as Sweetener

When Raven asked me If I am interested in hosting Cook Eat Delicious Desserts, I was really thrilled to get this opportunity.  I used to love and still love sweet dishes but I have this bad habit of subscribing to lot of health food News letters and also reading them.  The more and more you read, you think twice, thrice to consume white sugar. Just check out this article in New York Times to read about a very interesting article on Sugar. May be all these problems might or might not occur for every one and only after couple of years, we might know about it. One thing was sure for me, once I start eating something with Sugar, it makes me to crave for more sweet dishes and now I have stopped sugar from my diet. I no longer have...

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Cook Eat Delicious Desserts Event for March 2012 - Wholesome Desserts with no refined sugar or flour

To all my blogger and non blogger friends, happy to announce my that I will be hosting Cook Eat Delicious Desserts for the month of March 2012 - Wholesome Desserts with no refined sugar or flour. Also this is the first event I am hosting here in this space. Please put on your thinking cap and come up with any wholesome desserts without refined sugar or refined flour and link it to this event. Looking forward to see a lot of interesting entries from you all.The details are given below and if you have any problem in using the linky tool or any questions please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email at sensibleveg@gmail.com. document.write('script type="text/javascript" src=http://www.inlinkz.com/cs.php?id=131701&' + new Date().getTime() + '">...

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