Myriad Musings

This is going to be my mornings from now on.  Gau will eat a muffin before school.  I will bake muffins once or twice a week, in the morning.  Weekday morning at that.  My prep work should cover any chopping, grating, slicing, buying, gathering necessary for the muffin.   Morning work will be limited to mix pour and bake, between making breakfast and lunch for all of us. Muffins are not breakfast per se, they are more of a pre-breakfast snack for both the kids and the hubby.  The older one has breakfast at school, the younger one around 10 at home. My last veggie shopping trip, the little one demanded grapes.  This being off season for grapes the one I tasted made my mouth pucker.  I compromised and got him Indian Plums.  His crush on plums lasted until we got home and he bit into it. He quickly switched allegiance to the apples in the bag. This is a riff of a BBC Recipe .  I don't like plums myself - skin a tad bitter, flesh...

I am on a new quest this month.  Making a different lunch every weekday for my son's lunch box.  No repeats for the entire month. July 2nd  Rajma, Roti Text book preparation of Phulkas and Rajma.  Both the kids love this.  Ash had it for breakfast lunch and dinner. July 3rd  Spinach Cabbage Pie July 4th   Idli+Shallots Sambar July 5th  Chickpea Burger - made into a Murtabak for the adults, I used the left over pie base for the bread July 6th  Ragda Patties - recipe from Tarla Dala l.  I used a cheese filling instead of the mint mix. \ July 9th Pizza - base from French Loaf, sauce and veggies to taste.  Lots of Amul cheese. July 10th Vada Paav with a Paneer+Sweet Potato vada to increase the protein levels, again base recipe is from Tarla Dalal;  Definitely make the Dry Garlic Chutney she recommends.  We had the regular vada paav for a evening snack. July 11th  Chinese Fried Rice + Onion Rait...