Inside the mind of a child!

Yes! My post  title rhymes and I'm happy it does. Wow, I'm so very bad at poetry and forming rhyming sentences, That's why I'm so glad.

Anyway, back to my post. Being a KGT, I was at work today and during one of my class schedules, I was in a class of 22 children and there was this particular child who was lost in his world. He had in front of him his pencil box, a pencil in his hand and a book where he was doodling some random things and he was so happy and fulfilled. I was not taking any subject and let them be as they were as it was their last day at school.
I stood there watching him and I realized I was smiling too. And, then he took his pencil and made some random patterns on his pencil box using his pencil which resembled checks. Being a IInd grader he was happy with the outcome and he tilted the box a little to check the pattern like a painter taking a look at his masterpiece once its done.

I watched him for almost 15 to 20 mins and he didn't notice me at all. He was lost in his world and I looked at him with thoughts in my head, A blog title struck me and it was this and it made me think what might have been inside the child's mind and here I am trying to interpret what I saw.

Hope you get the picture.

Hope you enjoyed reading. 

Until next time.

Bread Pizza cups!

Hello everyone,

Lots of things happening and lots on my mind. I want to post everyday but, due to time constraint I'm held up. Hopefully, by the month of May I'll be posting more.

Some banana cupcakes/ cake in the oven. Tired and little stressed too, hence the baking. Resting, Destressing!

I came across this simple yet delicious recipe when I was part of the group in FB called Fondbites, Bake along.

Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

·                     6 bread slices (I used brown bread)

·                     Cheese (used Amul Cheese cubes)

·                     Pizza sauce

·                     Pepper

·                     Salami Slices (optional)

Method:

·                     You will need a cupcake pan

·                     Cut the slices of bread to fit into the cupcake mould, It can be oversized but, not too small.

·                     Smear some pizza sauce

·                     Sprinkle some grated cheese on top, I cubed the cheese into small bits

·                     Topped it off with a salami roll

·                     Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg for 10 mins

·                     You have a yummy tea time snack which will be over in minutes.

Hope you enjoyed reading,

Until next time.

My shopping experience with Amazon.in!

Shopping online is not new to me. I've shopped like a zillion times online however, all my experiences weren't great or even memorable.

Some, I've forgotten. Anyway, here's to the post.
I am totally in love with Tote bags these days. They are so casual, so chic, so colorful and so comfy to carry around or even wash it for that matter.

Tote bags are those kind of large bags where you can carry several number of items in it. They are made of various materials like leather, canvas etc.

I have a couple of them already and I was eyeing another one online at Amazon. I've had a bad experience with bags before and I don't want to recall it but, this was different. I selected the bag and placed the order for COD. In about 2 days they delivered the bag without any fuss. I was informed about the progress regularly though it was just one item.
I received the bag today and I must say I loved it. I've bought a similar brand from Amazon before and I was happy with that too. Will write a review soon. P.S - That was a sling bag.

My purchase was from Kanvas Katha. They don't have a website but, they have their items listed in various websites like Jabong, Myntra etc. The bag was so colorful with a sturdy handle and decent space inside with a pocket. Very very reasonable for the price.

The package it came in. It was safe and packed very well.

The bag, so colorful.

The brand name on its outer side cover.

Another view.

Overall I had a wonderful experience with Amazon and I would definitely shop with them again.

Rating - *****.

Here's the link to the bag. 

Nuts and Vanilla loaf cake!

It was another weekday and I got off from work and back home. I was tired and stressed so, I decided to bake after a really long time and I did. I browsed through a lot of recipes and read some of my own too and decided to bake some cookies and then my mom changed my mind and asked me to bake a cake.

I got convinced though I was irritated. But, for a change I decided on a Loaf cake which I haven't tried at all and when I browsed online there were like only a couple of loaf cake recipes so, that was it. I had to bake a loaf cake.

The ingredients and method is almost similar to a cake recipe except for the fact that the time taken to bake is longer and the softness and texture of the cake is better than a normal one.

Ingredients:

•  1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour
•  3/4 + 1 tbsp sugar 
•  1 tsp baking powder
•  a pinch of salt
•  1/2 cup milk
•  100 grams unsalted butter
•  2 eggs
•  1 tbsp vanilla essence
•  Nuts- I used cashews and almonds(I did not chop them, rather added them whole and arranged some on the top of the loaf)

Method:

• Sift dry ingredients consisting of flour, salt and baking powder and keep aside
• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar till fluffy
• Add vanilla and mix well
• Add one egg at a time and beat well
• Add the dry ingredients into the wet mix followed by milk
• The addition of dry ingredients should end with addition of milk, eg) Add flour, beat and add milk, beat then flour and then milk etc..
• Now you will have a fluffy creamy and yummy mixture
• Spoon this into a loaf pan that is buttered and ready, Arrange and decorate nuts as per your choice
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg for almost an hour
• I kept checking whether its cooked every 15 mins after 30 mins of continuous baking.

Cool on a wire rack and slice into a heavenly vanilla cake.

This is how the cake looked. More like a loaf of bread but, extremely soft and yummy.

Hope you enjoyed reading.
Until next time.

DIY - Lip Scrub!

As promised here's a DIY I did recently and it worked wonders.

I had chapped lips, especially the upper lip. No matter what I tried nothing worked. I tried moisturizing it everyday, using soft bristles to scrub it but no!! It was chapped and so very dry that my dry skin was falling off.

I have Vaseline petroleum jelly at home and I love the benefits of it. So, I saw some video somewhere that honey and sugar can be mixed together for a lip scrub but, I didn't feel much of a difference and I thought Why not, Vaseline and sugar.
So, I gathered it up and got mixing.

Steps:

1.                   Take a small dollop of Vaseline and pinch of sugar. 

2.                   Mix it well. This doesn't need a fancy container or a spatula, can be done on your wrist or the space just above your thumb.

3.                   Massage this mixture gently on your damaged lips for about 3 to 4 minutes. Massage it well, not too harsh.

4.                   Wipe with a clean tissue and wash off if required.

5.                   Apply Vaseline or a Lip balm if needed. I used Maybelline Baby Lips.

6.                   Voila! My dry lips were so soft and there were no flakes. 

This is how it looked after I mixed Vaseline and sugar.

This is my first DIY post and I'm hoping to do more. Hope I'm good at it and hope you enjoyed reading.

Until next time.

Let's get started!

Yay,

I'm excited because I'm doing what I do best. WRITING.

This time it's about food, the thing I love the most (searching for a better word than 'love' and this blog will showcase those words more often). So, its about food, food related "stuff like baking, cooking, dining, travelling and my musings like DIY's, fashion, beauty and health too.
Will promise to make my writing interesting and my posts crisp and clear.

For now, Cheers to me and wish me luck.