Mad about Blues

~ Mad about Blues ~

James Cameron's completely immersive 3-D sci fi

epic- Avatar with all its blue aliens was so much liked by

my little one that for some days her girly favorite Pink

color mania had changed into a sudden blue !!! "Mama now

my favorite color is blue .. " Blue dress , blue colors, blue

hanky ,blue bedcover my lil one suddenly wanted every

thing blue. I agreed with her blue fever but her request

for blue food really left me in a fix. I jus knew about

blueberries as something naturally blue but then

these are not available in India .. Blue jellies , blue

syrups , blue cakes .... Google showed a list of some

whacky blue things readily available in the market ...

but then they wern't available here:( Finally blue

squash , mint candies n blue M&Ms were the only

things i could get ... Thank God her blue mania

felt contented with these .......& off went her blue

color fever in a couple of days ...

Yesterday while helping my nephew with his science

project I came to know abt the Cabbage juice as natural

pH indicator ( red cabbage when shredded n boiled turns

the water blue !!! - adding lemon juice makes it turn

pink while addition of baking soda darkens its color)

After a lot of googling I was eager to incorporate this

into my food experiments .....(ahh what fun we had

dipping the eggs ,radish ,white onions in this concoction

jus wished I had known it before... :) :) :)

The Pandora Rice

( or should i call it The Avatar Rice )

Rice cooked in red cabbage water n veggies .

( The cabbage water doesn't add much of a flavor to the rice

so feel free to experiment with your own flavorings n spices )

The Magic Eggs

Eggs dipped in red cabbage water ( for blue shade ).

Add few drops of lime juice to the cabbage water

& immerse the eggs for pink color ones.

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Award Time

A very warm thanks to Prani of Prani's Kitchen

for this lovely award . I am so happy to receive it

& with all love I pass it to all my blogger buddies ..

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Artsy - Crafty Challenge ( Apr 2010 )

@ Mindful Meanderings

The Babushka Piggy Bank

Sending our paper mache Russian Doll (babushka)

piggy bank for the Apr Artsy Crafty Contest . Papermache

is a great craft for all ages . Although its very simple to make

but owing to tons of pasting becomes a little messy at times .

Blow a large ballon , once knotted or tied try to create a

basic babushka shape by pressing the ballon in the centre .

Stick a jam bottle lid on the base of the ballon for a stable

standing of the project . Mix 3 tbsp fevicol with a cup of water,

tear lots of newspapers into small pieces , dip into this solution

n stick on the ballon ( say 4-5 layers ). Let it dry overnight.

Now gently cut a coin size slot on the top . Color & decorate .

Finally coat a layer of clear varnish to protect the colors .

( Suitable for kids 4 yrs + under adult supervision )

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