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Missing My Sister
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Aparna B. in Drinks, Food, Indian
Hello hello!! Let me ask you all this: how far away do you live from your families? Are there days that you just miss something your mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandparents or any relative makes and you crave it? I don’t live that far away from my parents. I live only an hour southeast [...]
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Tea time
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Aparna B. in Drinks, Food, Indian
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I had one of those weekends where I wanted drinks. And not just alcoholic! It started with chai. I’ve made chai before and I even have a recipe here on the blog about it, but I always try to find a way to make [...]
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What I Ate [And Indulged Since] Wednesday – #6
Posted on February 29, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Hello my lovelies! It’s time for another installment of What I Ate Wednesday! Oh how I love Wednesday now. I never had anything against it before, but this is just another perk to the week. I started up two new things this past week: Chia Seeds – I finally bought a little bag from Whole [...]
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Soup Sunday: Very Vegetarian Chili
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Soup, Vegetarian
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I had a weekend of cooking, relaxing and all around happiness. I’m mostly happy about this thing I’ve decided to start. I’m starting what I’m calling Soup Sunday. As many of you might already know, I eat soup almost every day for lunch. It’s [...]
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Parmesan Baked Pita Chips
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Sides, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian
Hello hello! I was reading Sarah’s blog the other day and she had mentioned something about how she starts her posts. She said she usually starts with a greeting as if she’s in a conversation with her readers, instead of just listing a random fact. I realized I do the latter most of the [...]
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Holy Moly Healthy Guacamole
Posted on February 26, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Starters & Snacks, Vegetarian
Hello my lovely readers! Is it just me, or do the weekends go by too fast? It seems like just yesterday it was Friday and now the week is starting up again. Pin It I had quite the weekend, though! I did a full day of cooking today. So much so, that I’ll have [...]
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Pancake Wednesday
Posted on February 25, 2012 by Aparna B. in Breakfast, Food
Happy weekend to you all! So I realized last week that when I posted the WIAW post, I never actually shared the recipe I used for the red velvet chocolate chip pancakes! Miss Diana reminded me about it so I thought it would be nice to do that now. I apologize in advance for the [...]
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Vegetarian Croque-Monsieur
Posted on February 24, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Main Dish, Vegetarian
In keeping up with my obsession with Paris, I decided to make a vegetarian croque-monsieur. If you’ve never had a croque-monsieur before, it’s basically a glorified French grilled ham and expensive-cheese sandwich. Well ham is not so much our cup of tea, so instead we used tomato. Pin It It doesn’t take very long to [...]
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What [Veggies I've Eaten Since] Wednesday – #5
Posted on February 22, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Happy Wednesday! So I have to make this quick since I totally forgot it was already Wednesday! You can blame on that on the fact I had Monday off from work, so I think it’s really Tuesday. Let’s get to it! WEDNESDAY: Celebrating the Hallmark Holiday late, I made my man red velvet chocolate chip [...]
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Presidents Day Soup
Posted on February 20, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Soup, Vegetarian
I think I’ve mentioned before that I started a new job this year. In my previous job, I traveled almost every two weeks and was away a lot. While it was fun and a perfect time in my life to travel and see the country, near the end, I was ready to just be home [...]
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Greetings from the Mitten State! I'm Aparna and I'm just your average Indian girl living in Ann Arbor with hubby and corgi loving life! I'm a vegetarian and strive to live healthy, but also have fun taking photos and traveling. I'm hoping to offer you healthy recipes, tips on vegetarianism and more. Thanks for stopping by!

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