Feb 7, 2015- Home made tomato sauce and container for storage

Feb 11, 2015- Whole Fruit Popsicle

Since Shreedhari loves wtaching little kids, we decided to gibe babysitting a serious try this year. Baby Rhys who happens to be fellow Hser and midwife in the making, Tracie's kid has started to visit us since last week. This Thursday he was also accompanied by his elder brother Emmet. It was such fun for all the four kids and having these whole fruit popsicles only added to all this fun.

Feb 23, 2016- Millet dosa tacos with spicy spinach stuffing

I made some yummy millet dosas today for lunch. Shruthkirti joined me in making these for herself and her sister and also did an additional spicy brocolli stuffing. Served it in style with gongura chutney and spinach leaves. 

Feb 24, 2016- Spicy Potato cupcakes

This way Shruthkirti's idea in the first place which has now come to be a masterpiece and an highly loved recipe by one and all.

March 13, 2016 - A typical family cooking project: Rainbow Dosas

Rainbow Millet Dosa :
Amma/ Mom soaks millets & lentils overnight , Thathi / Grandma grinds it in the morning , Akka/ Elder sister's creative light bulb gets activated seeing the dough , Thangai/ younger sister agrees it's a great idea and then Appa/ Dad joins in the excitement and makes it along with the girls. The three of them then gobble it up with spicy tamarind chutney / pulikaachal.
Just another regular day in the Shankar household. 😁😁
With Shankar Ratneshwaran and Mahalakshmi Ratneshwaran

June 2, 2016- Cooking for Sports Co-Op party

To celebrate our end of the year party for our  HS sports co-op each family was asked to get something for the potluck. The girls voted in to make their own food and baked awesome tasting eggless banana banana bread and mini vanilla muffins from scratch and entirely by themselves - from recipe selection to decoration it was all their choice and work. I was strictly put on "advisory " and " no interference" mode.
Chief chef - Shruthkirti , assisted by Shreedhari.
Such a wonderful ending to an year of playing great sports. The girls wore their medals with great pride.

June 6th, 2015- Cooking for Sanskrit Bharathi party

Another batch of eggless banana banana bread and vanilla cupcakes but this time with strawberry preserve icing and raspberry topping made from scratch by Shruthkirti.  This time for our end of the year Sanskrit Bharathi party.
The interesting aspect was how she thought about what to do , to make the cupcakes inviting and attractive for the kids and chose the icing. It definitely clicked  as half the tray was gone seconds after the tray was on the table! The visual appeal was strong I guess.
The best part was when Shruthkirti shared a conversation with her friend where the friend asked her if she had eaten the cupcakes and was wondering aloud as to where one might have bought it? Much to the amusement of the maker! What a woderful ending to a year of learning Sanskrit and falling in love all over again with India and Vedic culture!
I'm starting to observe that Shruthkirti is enjoying cooking for an event where people outside her family get to eat. The real life aspect of it gives her a kick- she thinks about the event, who is going to eat her food, what will make it attractive and most importantly seems to get a real pleasure out of seeing people enjoying her food!  I'm grateful for having so many wonderful communities in our lives where people are eager to eat what my eight yr old cooks!!  With Shankar Ratneshwaran