Cooking with My Baby

                     Its a healthy power packed breakfast. Whole wheat bread, eggs, milk, bananas all put together in make simply delicious breakfast for you. If you like french toast you must try this tropical flavored  french toast.                                  IF you dont eat eggs or dont like eggs, just omit the eggs and you can enjoy vegetarian french toast. Serves 2 (12 pieces) Ingredients: 6 slices of brown bread 2 eggs 1/4 cup of fresh coconut 2 small bananas 1 tbsp sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup milk butter/ cooking spray/ oil Method: Cut the coconut in small pieces and make paste with very little amount of milk in a blender Add chopped pieces of banana, sugar, cinnamon and beat till you get smooth puree Add milk and eggs and just beat till all the mixture comes together, for about 5 secs.Transfer the mixture to a large shallow bowl. Cut each slice of brown bread into two triangles Heat the skillet on medium high, add butter/ oil or use cooking spra

     Pizza....          Who doesn't love Pizzas... Ya, I do agree its a very healthy option. But its OK to indulge sometimes and enjoy the warm golden crusted freshly baked pizza with toppings of your choice... and to top it pizza crust is stuffed with cheese,,, more cheese...This unique thin crust pizza has a ring of cheese baked into the edge , so that you can enjoy cheese in every last bite of the slice.        Neil demanded me to make a Yummy Yummy Pizza for him.. Nowadays he has his own demands. He is growing independent and is in the phase of "The Terrible twos".. Sometimes he is very very understanding to an extent that even if I cough, he runs to kitchen and gives me a glass or water. he will wipe my tears with towel when I cut onions and will run to tell his dad that his mom is sad and is crying. And there are times when he wont agree to anything I say, he will be stubborn without any reason.. That's well , I guess, how the kids grow, passing thro

Hokey pokey... Honeycomb... Cinder toffee... Sponge toffee.... Sea foam    You can call this toffee by any name you wish... But you must must must try this simple toffee which is light with sponge like texture and melts in your mouth... It just requires three ingredients and you are ready to please any kid who walks in to your home..        You need sugar, some golden syrup/ corn syrup/ glucose and baking soda to whip up this golden magic. The thermal decomposition of the baking soda releases carbon dioxide. The lattice structure is formed while the sugar is liquid, then the toffee sets hard.                        Just sprinkle on your vanilla ice cream to taste the famous Hokey Pokey ice cream from New Zealand. Source:Nigella Lawson's How to be a domestic goddess Ingredients: 1/2 cup of sugar 3 tbsp of golden syrup 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda Method: Measure the baking soda and sift it before you start the recipe. you surly do not want clumps of baking soapy

  Brownie.... Whats a Brownie............  The warm dense chocolatety fudgy brownie with little pecans peeping at you under the dry cracked crust is the your instant ticket to Chocolatety heaven....  Trust me.. One bite into this and you will be the happiest person in the world... Ya... its that goood.            I have tried many many versions of brownie, but none of those recipes gave me the brownie that could me do the HAPPY DANCE. The brownies were too cakey, or didnt have crust or were dry and overbaked...                                 Finally I tried the brownie from joy of baking and they were spot on the best brownies I had in a long long time... they were fudgy and dense with a perfect crust and were loved by all. The recipe is simple and just uses one bowl and hand whisk Just be very very cautious with the baking time, check towards the end of the baking time, you want some moist clumps clinging to the toothpick when you insert in the center of brownies