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Thu, October 1
6:00PM

Icing on the Cake

Cooking with Kids

I love cooking with kids. They get very involved, ask a lot of questions and generally have a good time. All you have to do is make sure they are a safe distance from the stove/oven/micro and they can actually be of help.

Baking is a good way to start. My daughter and I make cupcakes all the time, thanks to Strawberry Shortcake, where each character is named after a dessert. With time, I have developed a dependence on cake mixes since it is actually really hard to mess up! I love the Betty Crocker packs (part of General Mills/Pillsbury family) because they make a cake large enough for a family to enjoy after dinner and the next day. If you make cupcakes, you get over a dozen little ones. For icing, I found Pillsbury’s chocolate icing at my local grocery store. A 250 gms jar actually covered a dozen cupcakes. All you have to do is zap it for few seconds and it gets all yummy and gooey, perfect to smear on a sinful cake.

We made cupcakes yesterday, and Ally had a blast making a mess with the icing. The result - wonderfully sloppy and very delicious iced cupcakes!

Betty Crocker cake mixes are available across the country, they come in a variety of flavours, each 250 gms pack is priced at Rs. 140. The icing comes in a handy 250 gm jar priced at Rs. 65. A chocolate cake with icing, weighing around 800 gms is a steal for Rs. 205.

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Tue, June 16
6:00AM

Laughing Cows

Our Cheese of Choice

Your little one has just started his or her foray into the epicurean world and you cannot get them to keep their tiny fingers off your plate. It’s a good time for you too, as suddenly there is so much more you can give them and most of them are easy.

Cheese is one food that I found that was wholesome and yummy. Experts recommend giving cheese to babies once they are 8 months old barring of course if they are lactose intolerant. 

‘La vache qui rit’ or the ‘Laughing Cow’ cheese is excellent to start your babies on and they will continue to ask for it for a long time to come. This particular French brand is great for many reasons especially as it is versatile and portable. It undergoes a special pasteurization process that  allows the Laughing Cow cheese to remain unrefrigerated for a limited length of time. It comes wrapped in individual serving-sized foiled wedges, and they are packaged in a round, flat box that is easy to carry and store. 

For us mama’s trying to lose those extra pounds that we put on during baby making time, there is a light version with only 7% fat, and an ultra-light version with just 3% fat. Yum!

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