Nutella Hot Chocolate

Winter, yes this season calls for some fabulous warm foods to keep ourselves warm to face this drastic weather. Winter for us goes for some cheesy foods, comforting bowl of soups to keep yourself good. I will try to keep my lunch or dinner as simple as possible during this weather. Winter warmers are must especially for kids, obviously i will do some exclusive foods during this weather. Usually i avoid deep frying  however winter pulls us to make crispy fritters just to please our tastebuds. Can refuse na, as winnter's chilled weather asks for hot and crispy foods. You may wonder why am talking about the Winter, i have a reason for this.

Chocolate Chia Seeds Milk

If you are looking for a healthy drink then dont forget to check my today's easy breezy chocolate loaded chia seeds milk. Very simple to make, this chocolate milk suits prefect for anyone's breakfast or else for a mid morning brunch. With just 4 ingredients, one can prepare this incredible drink with easy cooking process. Apart from the chia seed's soaking time, this drink is seriously very quick to make. Once chilled, trust me this drink will definitely fill anyone's hungry tummy quickly than you imagine. And this milk is my kid's favourite. Though the climate is too chilled, my kids enjoy this drink for their brunch. Its winter vacation here,hence i prepare this drink before i leave to work so that my kids can enjoy this milk once they wake up.

Cinnamon Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is my younger one's most favourite drink. Flavored with any spices or with vanilla, he can just drink his mug of hot chocolate without any fuss. Obviously when i picked Kid's delight-chocolate as theme, i couldnt think more than preparing my kid's favourite hot chocolate but flavored with cinnamon. Varieties of Hot chocolates do exists, however drinking chocolate or cocoa is definitely a comforting food while the weather is super chilled or rainy outside. European style of hot chocolates tends to be highly rich and thick while in United States, hot chocolates are simple and easy to make thinner versions. Not to forget that hot chocolates always have distinctive additives or toppings.

Kiwi & Vanilla Icecream Shake

Though climate is too chilled and snowing here, nothing stopped us to enjoy some icecream shake as dessert for our sunday's lunch. This time i prepared a simple, quick icecream shake with my favourite fruit 'Kiwi'. Kiwi, this incredible fruits have their own place in my fruits basket. Few years back, i had some allergic reaction whenever i had this fruit. After following a strict medication now i can able to have this fruit either by combining with other fruits in shakes, smoothies or else by cooking as fruit compote or baking them in cakes or muffins.

Atol de Elote/El Salvadorian Corn Beverage

Atol de Elote is a popular El Salvadorian beverage, which is prepared with fresh corn kernels, milk, cinnamon and sugar. Traditionally white corn is used in El Salvador to make this delicious beverage, though yellow corn kernels can be used as well. Fresh corn kernels brings a wonderful fresh flavor to this beverage though frozen corn kernels makes excellent Atol de Elote too. Do you know Atoles are very popular beverages in Central America with roots in Mayan Cuisine. And this Atol de Elote is definitely a sort of thick drink often eaten in spoons. And traditionally this drink is served in a bowl made out of a dried calabash gourd.

Spiced Persimmon Smoothie

Smoothie, this incredible drink is definitely a prefect breakfast for a hectic day if you dont have enough time to finish the most important meal aka breakfast. Smoothie is usually prepared with fruits along with a dairy product, blended together makes this ultimate drink. Easy to whisk, this drink is our family favourite which i never fail to pack almost everyday in my daughter's smoothie container with different smoothie, so that she can drink her smoothie during her travel to her University.

Green Guava Smoothie/Chilled Guava Smoothie

Green guava, this is one of my favourite fruit and now my kids just love this fruit as i prepared couple of drinks with this fruit. One among those drinks is this green guava smoothie with vanilla icecream, an excellent drink to give a try while the weather is too hot. Kids will enjoy thoroughly this fantastic smoothie as i prepared this smoothie with green guava chunks,milk and few scoops of vanilla icecream. Just with three ingredients, this smoothie is very quick to prepare.Trust me, this smoothie is definitely a fabulous drink to give a try if you want something chilled to beat the heat. Very simple to make, this smoothie gets ready in less than 5 minutes. You just need to blend all the ingredients together and enjoy the smoothie, how easy na.

Raspberry Banana Smoothie

Smoothie makes an excellent refreshing drink while the weather is too hot outside. When its chilled, hot or snowing, my kids can enjoy their glass of smoothie without any fuss. Obviously when i picked Holiday dishes as this week's blogging marathon's theme, smoothie came to mind immediately. Though we love strawberries very much, raspberries comes next. Whenever i ran out of strawberries i will go with frozen raspberries which i never forget to store in my freezer. Its been a while i prepared smoothie with raspberries, finally i whisked some delicious, highly delicious, filling and satisfying smoothie with some banana chunks few days back. Raspberries and bananas works awesome together in smoothie and the picture itself says how thick and delicious the smoothie was.

Green Guava Lassi

Green Guavas, are tropical fruits which is enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions. This fruit is low in calories and fats but trust me they have several vital vitamins and minerals. This fruit is also rich source of soluable dietary fiber and not to forget this fruits is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin C.Fresh ripen guava fruits tastes too best even when they are enjoyed with their skins. You can enjoyed this fruit as salad, cubed or sliced as much as like apples.However guava juice is a popular drink in many parts of the world and this fruits have their natural flavor and unique taste. Obviously this fruits are my all time favourite, and i enjoyed them thoroughly during my stay in India. And without any excuse i tried few drinks out of this ultimate fruit and one among those drinks is this Green Guava Lassi.

Strawberry, Chocolate & Muesli Smoothie

Muesli, just love adding them in most of my drinks now, just to have my dose of fibre as they are loaded with my favourite wholegrain 'Oats' and dry fruits. Since ever we enjoyed thoroughly in smoothies and shakes, i couldnt resist to add them in most of my breakfast smoothie. Though am not a breakfast person, i love to grab and have a glass of smoothie without any fuss, this way i can finish my breakfast quickly without missing the goodness of fruits and wholegrains. Coming to my today's smoothie, i prepared this breakfast smoothie for my kids for their brunch as we are in vacation. When its vacation, nothing will happen at time, sometime we skip even our breakfast and go directly to lunch. But this time i dont want my kids to skip their breakfast and opted for this breakfast smoothie.

Red Banana & Bourbon Biscuits Milk

Again an interesting drink i have prepared with red banana is this simple and highly healthy drink along with my favourite childhood bourbon biscuits. Bananas, this fruit can be added to anything you want to drink.Addition of bananas to anything gives excellent frothy and creamy texture, obviously i love to add bananas in most of the drinks i prepare. Bananas are not only rich in potassium, they also contains manganese, copper, vitamin B6 and pectin which is a type of fiber helps to heal stomach ulers etc. This Red banana milk came out extremely creamy, frothy, filling and a great alternative to your usual drink.Technically this drink is not milkn though it sounds like a shake you can drink this milk without any fuss for your breakfast.

Banana Muesli Smoothie

Muesli in a smoothie, dont get shocked. Trust me banana, muesli works awesome together in smoothies.Highly rich in fibre, this fruity, nutty breakfast smoothie fills your hungry tummy easily. If you are not a breakfast person like me, make this incredibly delicious smoothie with less efforts. If you dont like to have muesli simply for your breakfast with milk as much as cereals, just blend some soaked muesli with couple of fruits and yogurt to make this super healthy, filling breakfast smoothie. Easy to prepare, this smoothie suits absolutely prefect for anyone, especially for kids. Add their favourite fruit chunks along with yogurt, honey and muesli to prepare their smoothie. How quick to whisk na.

Red Banana Icecream Shake

Red Banana, i got a chance to enjoy this fruit during my India trip last year, it was a peak season of this fruit while i was in India, obviously i dont want to miss to make some interesting drinks out of this incredible fruit. This fruits have more beta carotene and vitamin C than the yellow Bananas. Its also contains potassium and iron. The redder the fruit, this fruit have more carotene and high in vitamin C. As much as like yellow bananas, red bananas are frequently eaten whole or chopped and added to most of the time in desserts and salads. Though red bananas are easily available, they are usually sold in dried form.

Vegan Pomegranate Milk

Pomegranate, this incredible fruit is loaded with many interesting healthy facts in it. Yes pomegranate juice have three times more the antioxidant activity than the green tea. This fruit have anti inflammatory properties and the consumption of pomegranate juice have been proved to lower the blood pressure. As i told earlier,Pomegranate juice extract is a rich source of polyphenols which helps to protect cells from damage and lower inflammation in the body, this fruit's juice is very rich in vitamin C.One pomegranate provides about 40% of the daily requirement of this vitamin.Obviously its quite important to add this fruit in our diet.

Amla & Pomegranate Cooler

Summer is incomplete without chilled drinks and an anniversary party is incomplete without a welcome drink or cocktail. Though alcholic and non alcholic storebought beverages exists,nothing can beat the homemade healthy drinks. Here comes one among those healthy drink, a quick,easy breezy, an excellent body cooler and also hassle free cooler simply prepared with Amla. Usually i do simple juice with amla aka gooseberries,this time i want to make it something differently with the juice,hence i tried adding pomegranate pearls, soaked sabja seeds aka basil seeds. Trust me this cooler is an excellent drink to serve anyone whoever visits you. Amla dont dominate much in this drink, since pomegranate seeds sits for a while in prepared amla cooler, they gives a mild subtle flavor to this cooler.

Blood Orange Lemonade

Weather is too hot here suddenly, its almost like summer eventhough we are in spring. Needless to say that if the weather is hot, who will hesitate to second to make some refreshing drink. Today's post is one of my very recent trial with blood oranges.Blood Orange Lemonade, this refreshing thirsty quencher is definitey an ultimate drink if the weather is too hot outside. When i picked blood oranges from my near by farmer's market, they were bit sour as its almost the end of the season. After a salad, i simply prepared this very catchy drink. Guess wat happened, they just gets vanished very much easily than i imagined. This drink makes an excellent summer drink.If you dont get blood oranges, try this lemonade with oranges.

Biscuit & Vanilla Icecream Shake

Summer means icecream, obviously i cant imagine summer without icecream. Anyhow am a person who love to have few scoops of icecreams even in winter too. Since am running third week of blogging marathon with Kid's delight-Beat the summer as theme, i couldnt stop myself to whip out my kids favourite milkshake. This biscuit and icecream shake have an important place in my kid's brunch during summer here. When its summer here, obviously its summer vacation here, if its vacation needless to say we dont forget to skip our breakfast coz of late wakeup and hot climate.Just to feed easily my kids, i do prepare this shake often with different biscuits and icecream.

Avocado Lassi

Its not officially summer here but still am gonna share different summer treats to beat the heat.Am running my third week of blogging marathon with Kid's delight - Beat the summer as this week's theme. Heard that its too hot already in India specially in chennai and everytime i call my family members they just cant stop complaining about the hot weather. Thank god, here its still bit chilled and rainy, however for this week's theme i couldnt stop myself making this healthy drink with avocado. This lassi is quite easy to make and definitely a summer friendly drink.

Jeera Tea/Cumin Tea/Jeeraga Kashayam

 Cumin seeds not only add taste to food but also are very beneficial for body. Also known as jeera, these cumin seeds have been extensively used in culinary preparations in the Indian subcontinent since ages. It is a rich source of iron and hence very beneficial for anaemics as well as lactating mothers and pregnant women, who tend to need iron more than others. Its a great aid in digestion and prevents indigestion, flatulence, diarrhoea, nausea and morning sickness.  For immediate relief from acidity, chew a pinch-full of raw cumin seeds. Cumin seeds have antiseptic properties and aid in curing common colds. It doesn't let cough to form and collect in the respiratory system. Since it is supposed to be hot, it dries up all the mucous.Cumin seeds help in stimulating the secretion of enzymes in the pancreas which in turn help in the absorption of nutrients also boost the power of the liver to flush out toxins from the body.

Apple, Chocolate and Lemon Lassi

Lassi,this popular Indian drink is simply prepared with curd, milk with sugar or salt depending upon one's tastebuds. However you can find lassi now with many flavors and the most favourite lassi for most of the Indians is the mango flavored lassi. Yea even i can drink a gallon of mango lassi and i'll never fail to make them whenever mangoes shows their heads in our Indian groceries here.Lassi,this refreshing thirsty quencher can be prepared in a jiffy. I make varieties of lassi, shakes or smoothies whenever the sun god shows his head here, actually having lassi, shakes or smoothies became a part of our daily routine if its too hot here. Its better to stick with healthy drinks than the sugar loaded store bought juices. Not to forget that lassi can be prepared easily at home with simple ingredients, obviously you can even prepare sugarless lassi just with agave syrup,maple syrup or simply with honey.