It has been 75 days since we took the decision to not send our toddler to daycare. Since then, life has been a bit of an emotional and physical rollercoaster. Our household consists of 5 people (me, my husband, my toddler and 2 cat babies) and somehow, we all have learned how to be professional…
Author: Homegrownliving
Born in Africa, to a middle class Indian family, a girl had a very mediocre, inconsequential and uneventful childhood. But the one thing she believed made her life interesting was her rebellious teenage years, experimental attitude, innate attraction towards tangential ideas, things and people and the ability to dream of dreams with such dedication, that they eventually, somehow, did always find a way into her reality.
This girl is now a grown woman, a wife, a mother, a homemaker and a designer. She has a few unique stories to tell about her experiments with food, family and life that worked. She has other stories about introspection, career and ideas that didn’t. It’s all about the good AND the bad. Just as long as it is, what it is. Honest.
The Mommy Laddu
Child birth strips away many essential nutrients and minerals from a mother’s body and may cause many deficiencies and health issues such as back pain, cramps, weakness, weakened eye sight, irregular bowel syndrome (IBS), milk production, lack of concentration etc. Consuming 1 laddu per day with a glass of whole milk not only help replenish…
Goodnight Moon
I was determined to create something that he (my son) would actually relate to and appreciate the most, even at the age of 2.
Growing to eat III – To the ground!
ALL ABOUT TAKING YOUR KITCHEN GARDEN OUTDOORS. From starting seeds indoors to transplanting them into pots – now it is time to give these beauties a ground. As an amateur gardener, I am so thankful to the wealth of information one can get online these days. When I decided to grow my own food, the…
Mom’s Soul Recipe: Sooji Halwa
Consistency. This is what creates nostalgia. This is what makes people go back to eat the same recipe year after year. This is what makes mom’s cooking so special.
Growing to Eat II – Transplanting
From Jiffys to pots: Getting seeds ready for the ground
Feel like Indian food today? All you need are these 4 ingredients.
Four ingredients. That’s all you need to make any dish an Indian dish.
Who will I meet today?
The following is an attempt at writing a picture book manuscript for little kids growing up in an urban, cosmopolitan and diverse neighborhood.
Growing to Eat - Starting from seeds
How to sow the right seeds, in the right way under optimal conditions to ensure success in starting seeds indoors.
A road trip to never forget: New Zealand 2016_South Island
There is no other, better way to see this country than by road and what more can one ask, when you can be home and be on the road at the same time!
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