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Tofu & vegetable stir fry

Posted in recipe, tagged , , , on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »

This is a protein packed food with a good serving of vegetables. I used to shy away from tofu until I came across a recipe for tofu stir fry at allrecipes.com - This is a simple recipe, and this could be made with whatever stir fry vegetables you have.
Ingredients: makes 4 servings
1 pack firm [...]

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Spring blooms

Posted in gardening, tagged , , , , , , on April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Here are some pictures from our little flower garden. We have teeny tiny space for gardening and most of the space is planted with perennials.
Daffodils:

Hyacinths:

Kaleidoscope Tulips:

No yard is complete without dandelions

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Got your TV Converter Box Coupon?

Posted in Did you know?, tagged , , , , , , , on April 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

About 2 months ago I had a blog post on TV Converter Box Coupon Program. I did receive my 2 $40.00 TV converter box coupons (actually these looks like gift cards) on Thursday - I think it took about 2+ months since I had registered for coupons.
Here are a few other information I [...]

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Easy oven baked Tilapia with Cucumber salad

Posted in recipe, tagged , , on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »

Some time ago I had posted in my blog that we are planning on a vacation to India on a post titled Business review: BMC Travel. The family did leave last week and I feel like I have more time to spend on work, blog, more time to experiment with cooking and taking pictures. The [...]

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Hearty Black Bean Soup

Posted in recipe, tagged , , , on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »

This is a 100% vegetarian soup with lots of good stuff. You could make this with frozen vegetables and/or fresh veggies.
Ingredients: 4 servings2 tablespoons olive oil3 cloves garlic, minced½ onion coarsely chopped½ bell pepper, seeded and diced1 celery stalk, diced1 jalapeno pepper diced - for a milder version remove the seeds1 zucchini, diced2 roma [...]

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Spicy pepper chicken

Posted in recipe, tagged , , on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »

This is not your sweet green pepper chicken that you find at Chinese restaurants. This is a real spicy grounded black pepper chicken. Another recipe contributed by my other half - all Indian recipes in my blog posts are her contributions - when it comes to Indian cooking I’m her sous-chef
Ingredients:
4 chicken [...]

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Caladium sprouts

Posted in gardening, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The other day I had a blog post titled Call me Mr.Brown Thumb. Basically, I was mystified by the caladium tubers after taking them out of the sack as there was no indication on which side should face up when planted or which side should go down. They pretty much looked like a hardened ginger [...]

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Big Flicks

Posted in entertainment, tagged , , , , , , on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »

Recently I have been getting emails from bigflicks.com on their free movie offers. Looks like they have some free movies to watch while you are online and I think this works only on a Computer using Windows media player.
Click on the image below for complete details.

Click this link to go the page, that lists [...]

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Thatta Payir Kuzhambu

Posted in recipe, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »

Red Chori Curry with egg plants and bell pepper - Another classical dish from South India, mostly common in Madurai region.
This small kidney shaped, red chori bean can be found at Asian grocery stores here in North America and is very good source of dietary fiber, protein, iron, and potassium. If you are on healthy [...]

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