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Friday, 26 July 2013

Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe | How to Bake Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake | Eggfree Bakes

Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake Recipe | How to bake eggless lemon drizzle cake
Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake #Recipe
My search for Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake recipe ended when I found this one. Soft, fluffy, lemony, tangy... All these adjective would very well define this yummy lemon drizzle cake. 

I tried it from my recently purchased cookbook. A lemon cake has been on my to try list for a long time and in fact, I have tried a couple of recipes. But, the results were not all that satisfactory. So, when I saw this recipe in Sanjeev Kapoor's Vegetarian Library Collection, I grabbed the opportunity to bake it. I baked half of the original recipe and also modified the recipe a bit. Overall, I am very happy with the results.

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Go Green ~ For Saturday Snapshot


Go Green - Lush Green Gulmohar Trees
Go Green
With the rains in, the surroundings have become greener! This picture is more than a month old. The grass has also taken a nice green colour now.

Saturday Snapshot is the brainchild by Alyce of At Home With Books. It is currently being hosted by Melinda of West Metro Mummy Reads. It’s easy to participate – just post a picture that was taken by you, a friend, or a family member and add your link on Melinda's site.

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Wordless Wednesday ~ Flaunting my Bookmarks

Flipkark Bookmarks - Quirky, Silly, Stylish
Flaunting my Bookmarks
I know this post is for Wordless Wednesday, but I can't help writing a few words here. Today, I am flaunting my bookmarks for which I must thank Flipkart. I have bought books from Flipkart several times and with every book comes a lovely, funny and silly yet, stylish bookmark. On the reverse is a quirky message. Here is one of my favorite written on the brown bookmark (with the eyes) shown above:

Flipkark Bookmarks - Quirky, Silly, Stylish
Bookmarks
"Important reasons to use silly bookmarks"

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Thank you for stopping by! Cheers!

Linking it to Wordless Wednesday

Friday, 12 July 2013

Food Carnival and a Cookbook giveaway – Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor

If you are a food blogger, I am sure you would love cookbooks. I too love them and have my own mini collection. However, the number of dishes I have cooked referring them is altogether a different story. Very often, I will take all of them out, flip the pages, and bookmark quite a number of recipes. The books go back to their place and I forget about the recipes. There are times when I take inspiration from the recipes I read and come up with something on my own. But, rarely do I follow a recipe to the T.

Still, I perk up at the thought of cookbooks and I know I can never have enough of them. Recently, I bought the Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor. It is a collection of 5 books and covers all food courses. From Drinks, Soups, Snacks, Starters, Main Course, Rice, Bread, Pickles, Sweets and Desserts, this collection has it all. Any food enthusiast will love the book.

So, for the first time on Jyoti’s Pages, I am hosting a giveaway and a Food Carnival. I will be giving away the Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor to a randomly chosen winner.
Food Carnival and a Cookbook giveaway – Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor
Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor

How to enter Vegetarian Library Collection by Sanjeev Kapoor giveaway

Leave a comment on this post and follow Jyoti’s Pages.

You can increase your chances of winning the giveaway by doing, one or more of the following. 

Leave a comment once you did so.

Win Sanjeev Kapoor’s Vegetarian Library Collection. Enter the #cookbook #giveaway on #JyotisPages @JyotiBabel http://tinyurl.com/veglibrarycookbookgiveaway

If you are already liked Jyoti’s Pages on Facebook, are following on Twitter and Pinterest or have subscribed to the RSS feed, just leave a comment letting me know and I will count your entries!

This giveaway is open to all. You don't have to be a blogger to win the cookbook. But, I can ship the book to addresses in India only.
The giveaway starts today and will end on 15th September 2013 and a winner will be randomly picked and announced on 16th September.

The rules for the "Food Carnival" event are simple: 
  • Blog about a recipe. It can be any course of the meal. The choice is yours and link back your post to this page. Only new entries are allowed. No archived entries, please. 
  • The event runs from 15th July to 15th September. 
  • The recipes should be vegetarian and egg free. 
  • You don’t have to send a recipe entry to enter the giveaway. However, each entry will count for the giveaway and will increase the probability of winning. 
  • Submit your entries at sethiajyoti119@gmail.com with the subject - Food Carnival
So, what are you waiting for... Get set go!

Thank you for stopping by! Cheers!

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Capturing the Waterfall ( Fast and Slow Shutter Speed ) ~ Mahabaleshwar for Saturday Snapshot

This week for Saturday Snapshot I am sharing pictures of a waterfall, from our recent trip to Mahabaleshwar, a small hill station in the state of Maharashtra, India

I was trying to play with different shutter speeds and loved how the camera took two different pictures of the same thing!

Mahabaleshwer Waterfall shot on fast shutter speed thereby freezing the motion of water
Fast shutter speed froze the motion of the water
Mahabaleshwer Waterfall shot on slow shutter speed thereby smoothening the motion of water
Slow shutter speed giving a smooth texture to the falling water
Enjoy the pictures for now and I will catch up with you later, with more pictures and details.

Saturday Snapshot is the brainchild by Alyce of At Home With Books. It is currently being hosted by Melinda of West Metro Mummy Reads. It’s easy to participate – just post a picture that was taken by you, a friend, or a family member and add your link on Melinda's site.

Thursday, 4 July 2013

My Stroke of Luck by Vijay Santhanam - A Book Review


My Stroke of Luck by Vijay Santhanam | A Book Review
My Stroke of Luck by Vijay Santhanam #BookReview
My Stroke of Luck by Vijay Santhanam is an inspirational book based on the author's real life. It shows us how despite all the adversities life throws at us, we can emerge victorious if we have the will to do so.

The tagline of this book My Stroke of Luck by Vijay Santhanam is something that catches the attention of the reader at the first look. It says -Alphabet to Author - One man's inspiring journey - from adversity to triumph. I had applied for this book on blogadda to review but had no idea what it was all about. Only when I flipped the book to read the blurb, I realized it is not a fictional piece of a story but the author's real story. In the book, the author narrates his triumphant journey of recovering from a stroke. Yes, this is what the stroke in the title of the book signifies.

The writer has given good details about his life in general to set the context of the book. At the age of 41, he was at the peak of his health and the stroke hit him hard when he least expected it. He has given details of to what extent it affected him, how he fought against it and how eventually he took the charge of his life again.