Blueberry Yogurt Breakfast Smoothie recipe | Breakfast recipe | Vegetarian

Back in India its a festive season starting from Ramadaan, Ganesh Chaturti then Eid Ul Ada and now its time for navaratri,dussera then diwali and on on...in all this we just miss our regular routine and enjoy the season with flooded sweets in and out. It would be small effort to reduce the calorie intake at least during breakfast...this smoothie is light and filling for few hours. 
Blueberry Smoothie is easy to make with few ingredients going in. You can add any other berries to make berry smoothie. I love to have smoothies sometimes in my breakfast and here are few Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie Bowl, Coffee Breakfast Smoothie , Carrot Cake Smoothie, Hyderabadi Kesar Badam Ka Harira
How did it tasted: it was little sour as i didn't add any sweetener.If sweetener is added it would be sweet n sour beverage.

Level: easy
Total Time: 5mins

serves:1

1 cup:250 ml
1 tablespoon: 15ml
1 teaspoon:5ml

Ingredients

Blueberries: 1/2 cup

Banana: 1 medium
Oats: 1/4 cup
Greek yogurt: 1/2 cup
Water/milk: 1/2 cup(i used water)
Sugar/Honey to taste ( i skipped)

Directions

Cut the banana and put all the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth and serve.

#BlueberrySmoothie is going to be part of  61 #foodiemonday #Navaratrirecipes #bloghop recipes

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Anjeer Kalakand | Dry Fig Indian Milk Fudge | Indian Dessert Recipe | Flavour Diary

Kalakand is one of my favourite dessert hmmm may be all desserts are my favourite, can't decide which one is my most favourite...may be jalebi or halwa or sheer khurma or rasgulla or .....so on. But in Kalakand i love the Anjeer Kalakand the most..I love those tiny bits/seeds of Anjeer/Dry Fig in my kalakand with grainy texture...chewing them is like heavenly feeling.
Basically Kalakand is made with full fat milk and is smooth and grainy in texture. That grainy texture comes from freshly made paneer and smooth texture from the milk.  You can add your favourite fruit puree and flavour it with cardamom or rosewater or any flavouring.Today's recipe is made from scratch it means no shortcuts, needs time and but you can relish it to full extent....one good thing is you can do parallel steps like soaking of Anjeer, boiling milk for paneer and boiling milk for kalakand at a time and wide up in 40 - 50 mins...You can make Anjeer kalakand with fresh Anjeer too check tips, but i like dry Anjeer version.
Here are few recipes using dry fruits which you may like it

Shahi Meetha Paratha

Khubani ka Meetha (Dry Apricot dessert)

Stuffed Dates

Level: Medium

Total time: 40-50 mins

Makes:12-14 slices
1 Cup = 250ml

Ingredients

Milk: 1.5 liters (or 6 cups)
Dry Fig/Anjeer: 8
Lime/lemon Juice: 1-2 tablespoon
Sugar: 2-4 tablespoons(to taste)
Cardamom/Elaichi Powder: 1/4 th teaspoon
Butter/Ghee for greasing

Directions
Make Paneer:
In a bowl add 3 cups(750ml) of milk and bring it to boil. Turn off the heat and add lime juice and mix well. Turn the heat on to medium heat and keep stirring the milk after some time the paneer/milk solids separated from the whey.
Drain the water using muslin cloth and squeeze the excess water out.keep a side.

Make Fig Puree:
In a small bowl add dry figs and add hot water to immerse the fig in and keep it aside for 20-30 mins and then blend to puree with little or no water.

Make Kalakand: 
Take wide heavy bottom pan and remaining milk(3 cups/750ml) and bring it boil on high heat and keep stirring in between and continue to boil milk until it becomes 1/4th quantity of it.

When milk is 1/4th of its quantity then add paneer, fig puree, sugar, cardamom powder and mix well. On high continue cooking until all water is absorbed and the mixture comes together.

Take a pan/plate and grease the butter/ghee and spread the mixture equally on it.Let it cool down completely and refrigerate for 2 hours and then slice the kalakand in desired shapes. Keep refrigerated and enjoy for 3-4 days...if it is still left.

Tips
You can make use fresh figs to: slice and blend the figs with some water add sugar and cook the figs until the mixture comes together.Add it just like dry fig puree. Don't add sugar while making kalakand as we have already added sugar with figs.
You can also add crushed nuts of your choice along with paneer to kalakand...but i would love to enjoy as it is.

Anjeer Kalakand is going to be part of  46 #foodiemonday #dryfruit #bloghop recipes

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Healthy No Bake Chocolate Fruit Pizza | Healthy Recipe | Flavour Diary

Today's recipe is most loved by kids but in healthier and in different version....yes it's pizza with new dessert version.This Chocolate Fruit Pizza is simple,easy, healthy, No cook, No bake and yummilicious. Like all other pizza's even this pizza has base, Cheese filling and toppings but all in healthier version. Chocolate pizza recipe is easy to make and uses ingredients from pantry. Check tips for more options to replace.
Chocolate Fruit Pizza was on my todo list for a long time and i saw this on pinterest and always wanted to make it for dessert but i completely forgot about it. But when #foodiemonday friends decided that  this week we are doing Pizza party...i was excited to do cauliflower crust pizza...but things are not the way we think, my little one was down with fever for almost a week and i dropped the idea of making up this week monday blog hop.But today morning when i saw tempting pizza recipes from foodie friends i couldn't stop myself and thought of getting in mood to make it but the simpler version and Chocolate Fruit Pizza came to rescue me...now i am feeling happy that i made this for breakfast and my elder princess gobbled up 2 portions along with her regular breakfast and the little one just took the pizza cutter and started to slice it and make mess all around...

You might be  interested in other healthy kids food and here are few to show

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Stuffed Dates

Deviled Eggs

Level: Easy

total Time: 15 mins + chilling

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Base:
Almonds: 1/2 cup
Pitted Whole dates: 8
Melted Butter/ Coconut Oil: 1 tablespoon
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: 1/2 tablespoon
Vanilla extract: 1/2 teaspoon
Filling:
Cream Cheese: 50gm 
Greek Yogurt(thick yogurt): 50gm
Water: 1/4 teaspoon
Vanilla Extract: few drops
Toppings:
Favourite fruits and dry fruits chopped

Directions
In a blender blend almonds until they form powder, then add pitted dates, cocoa powder, butter. Blend until dates are well combined.
Now press the mixture on springform tin or tart dish or small tin with cling film covered and place in fridge for an hour or 15 mins in freezer.
Mix in cream cheese,yogurt,vanilla extract and water in a bowl.
Now spread cream cheese mixture on to pizza base and top it with your favourite fruit toppings. 
Serve immediately or keep it in fridge until ready to serve.

Tips
You can add cashew nuts along with almonds.
You can flavour the filling with orange zest.
If you don't have cream cheese replace it with equivalent amount of fresh water drained thick yogurt.

Here are few recipes with Gluten Free recipes to try

Dahi Chura

Madgane (Dairy Free Gluten Free)

Hyderabadi Shahjahani Meetha(Tomato dessert)

Fried Ice Cream is going to be part of  41 #foodiemonday #pizzamania #bloghop recipes

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Apple Doughnuts with 3 frostings

These Apple Doughnuts are not really doughnuts but these are yummy apples sliced and frosted and are healthy after school snack. These easy peasy doughnuts can be made by your little ones, they will be excited in frosting and decorating their own doughnut slices.
You may also like other cooking with kids recipes
Chocolate Cups with 3 Easy Fillings
Mango Popsicle
Egg Puffs
Cute Deviled Eggs
Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and others

Level: Easy 

Total time: 5-10 mins.
Serves: 1

Ingredients

Apple: 1 large (Used Gala Apple)

Frostings:
Greek Yogurt (or any thick yogurt)
Peanut Butter
Nutella

Decoration (optional)
Chopped nuts
Raisins
Sprinkles

Directions

Slice the Apple horizontally in 4-5 pieces of 2 cm width. Remove the center using small cutter.
Tap with kitchen paper for removing the wet (optional step)
Spread your favourite frosting and decorate it as you like and enjoy the treat.

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Stuffed Dates | How to make Stuffed Dates | Flavour Diary

 Why to have just dates for your snack, why not have them with little more added vitamins and minerals. These lovely tiny energy bundles are easy to make and serve. Having a date a day would be satisfying your taste buds with sweetness and also giving you all the essential nutrients for the day. 
I first saw these stuffed dates in London at the mall, those were cutely decorated and had both savoury and sweet version. Today i am going for one of the sweeter version, which can be made in no time with no flop story. Its a blending and stuffing process.
  

Level: Easy 

Total time: 30 mins
Makes: 12-15
1 cup = 240 ml

Ingredients

Dates/Khajur : 15 number
Almonds/Badaam : 1/2 cup
Cashews /Kaaju : 1/2 cup
Sugar: 1/4 cup (optional)
Food colours (optional)

Directions

Half cut the Dates and remove the stones or just use pitted Dates.
In a blender add Almonds, cashews and sugar and blend it to fine powder.
Divide almond mixture and add food colour if desired and add water a teaspoon at a time and make a dough consistency. Make sure not to pour water at a time.
Make a small date shaped almond mixture and stuff it in Dates.

TADA your dessert is done, get creative with the decoration add shredded coconut or sprinkles or drizzle some chocolate on top.

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