March 15th, 2010 
Jisha 
It was one of those days when I wanted to have a light dinner and decided to make a salad. I looked in my fridge and searched for ingredients for the salad. I had some boiled Black Chick Peas/Bengal Gram (Karutha Kadala) and Cucumber in the fridge. I saw an Asian Pear/Apple Pear lying in [...]
August 10th, 2009 Jisha 
Since, I am on a Calorie Reduction Plan, I need to plan for every meal well in advance. I don’t have the luxury of indulging in packaged or ready made foods like burgers, pizza and so on. For lunch, I decided to steam a few veggies along with garlic and chilly flakes. I used frozen [...]
July 24th, 2009 Jisha 
Peanuts – I love them in any form – be it raw, boiled or roasted. Peanuts are high in protein but they also have high calorific values, and hence are not recommended for those who want to lose weight. As an example, 1 cup of dry roasted peanuts has 850 calories. Isn’t that a huge [...]
