Flower Idlis

~ Flower Power ~

Making cute food is my passion - its so fun

making all the cute colorful edibles . The biggest

reward for all this funlicious food is surely the million

dollar smile that I see on my lil ones face ...Healthy food

week is going on at her school so kiddos are expected to

get food from the set menu .Today was Idli day n she

wanted something different - "Mom u already made the

cartoon idlis last time -pl i want something new like flower

idlis" ( ah poor me!!) .So I spent an hour last night thinking over

the execution .....& guess what- I ended using the newly made

plastic stencils ( which of course i had made to stencil paint

a table cloth) on these foody creations .......Should I call

it flower power or pretty food power that my hubby dear

who is not that fond of idlis was tempted to eat these

for breakfast too !!!

Flower Food

Idlis - (steamed rice cakes ) (linked recipe video ) .

To create flower idlis-

cut a stencil of the desired pattern on a hard plastic

sheet or tetra pack carton. Keep the stencil on the

idli n put desired food color with your finger or

a cleaned unused brush. ( natural colors - like beet ,

spinach juice or dissolved turmeric works fine too )

Tiffin Garden

Idlis , beet juice extract as color for the

stenciled flowers

This edible stencil printing works well with breads , tortillas ,

rotis n crepes too .

Also see my previous Idli creations - Cartoon Idlis

- The Lion Idli & the Mousy Mania

Elmo Fruitoon

~ Elmo's World ~

These days my lil one is deeply in love with her

new cuddle toy - the furry little orange nosed monster

Elmo from the Sesame Street (aka Gali Gali Sim Sim).

Elmo- the fire engine red dynamo with positive

attitude & infectious giggle is one of her favorite

cartoon characters, so while downloading some

Sesame Street coloring pages , a foody rather fruity

idea clicked my mind n I decided to treat her

on some Elmo Fruitoon too ................

Elmo Fruitoon

Watermelon slice ,cucumbers, olives & carrot

See previous post on Sesame Street too-

link

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Artsy Crafty Challenge ( July'10)

Kids Crafts esp Crafts made from trash

are a great way to teach our tiny tots

about recycling and re-using. Sending our

entry Junk Ceramic planter for Artsy crafty

Challenge at Mindful meanderings .

Junk Ceramic planter

( While walking down the road a couple of days back ,

a junk ceramic insulator ( the brown one which is widely

used on electric poles) lying at a junk shop caught my

attention .I somehow found it so attractive that I got it home

unaware of how we will transform this mundane object into an

object d' art After removing all the dirt n grime i planted

a small creeper in it. Aloha !!!! My recycled planter was ready,

with some stones arranged around it it simply adorns my terrace !)

Award Time

A very warm thanks to Sumathi of

Ammavin- adupankarai for this lovely award .

I'm so happy to receive it n with all love I pass

it on to all my blogger buddies .......

Rainy Days

~ Rainy Days ~

Raindrops, Raindrops ! Falling all around

Pitter patter on the rooftops ,Pitter patter on the ground

Here is my umbrella ; It will keep me dry

When I go walking in the rain, I hold it up so high .

- Raindrops

These foody creations are for all the lil ones who love

to go out in the rain , splash in the muddy puddles ,

make paper boats , collect the popping mushrooms

and kiss the dripping raindrops from the umbrella....

Ahhh childhood ...... Wish to be a kid again !!!!

Its Raining Men ....

Watermelon , olives, cucumber , jelly sticks /shoestring licorice

( Divide a slice of watermelon in half , using a circular cookie

cutter or a bottle cap cut out semicircles from the straight side

of the melon , use finely cut strips of cucumber to make

umbrella divisions & raindrops . Bend a jelly stick to

make the handle . )

Magic Mushrooms

Carrot , baked potato

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Award Time

A very warm thanks to Shruti ,the creative brain behind

Mindful Meanderings for sending me the lovely prize -

"Art Attack- How to PapierMache "(User choice award - Apr '10)

Do check out her blog for more rocking arty competitions .

Purple Love

~ Purple Love ~

I'm back after a long vacation ... feel so refreshed

( Lols -but a little lazy to head back to kitchen ).

The first shower of rain has flooded the markets with

luscious purple Jamun (jambul /Indian blackberries).

With a box of yogurt n lots of jamuns in hand I couldn't

resist myself from trying out some whacky combination..

The Purple Yogurt ( Smoothie )

Making this is surely a breeze - blend together a cup of

chilled yogurt, 2 tsp sugar , 6-7 deseeded jamuns . To

make jamun flowers - leaving the bottom intact

split the fruit into 4 sections )

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