Hello! Your maintenance light is on!

I am talking about you 🙂 and not your car! Do you have a hard time waking up? Do you wake up in the morning with a headache or just plain exhausted? Maybe you just seem to drag your feet or feel brain fog till you have downed a gigantic cup of coffee? Do you feel your clothes don’t fit you well and you hide in group pics? This is basically your body just trying to nudge you by these signs that mean “Hey please take care of me”!

Our life is like a jigsaw puzzle. We have complex lives so there are a ton of pieces glued together. They could be our job, our career, our family, house, pets, friends, religion, community etc. Then there are the things we enjoy, like maybe our cars or playing any instrument or any hobby that we might have or a passion that maybe we enjoy! And so forth…..But at the base of all these there is one “foundation/board/plate” that keeps it all neatly laid out, balanced as you might say it. And that is our Health.

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The No Oil No Fry Crispy Bread Pakoras!

Rainy weather has a tendency to bring out this craving of some comfort foods that one grew up with! For me, growing up in India it brings a craving of crispy bread pakoras as this was one of our favorite … Continue reading

Quick Spicy Noodles

Sometimes I have this craving to eat some spicy noodles. But I don’t want to just load up on simple carbs! So I just throw in whatever veggies and protein I have in the refrigerator and freezer to make it … Continue reading

Sweet Corn Soup

Sweet corn soup is a unique Indo-Chinese fusion soup, and one of my family’s favorite soups! Every Indo-Chinese cuisine restaurant worth their salt will carry this soup on it’s menu. Growing up I remember always ordering it whenever we went … Continue reading

Short Cut Veggie Lasagna

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Majority of us with the start of New Year Year, make up a list of our resolutions. At the top of majority of lists is to eat healthy, eat more veggies and lose weight … Continue reading

Savory High Protein Yogurt with Chickpeas or Dahi Chaat

Today I am here with the recipe of  Savory Yogurt, a recipe that I’m sure will delight a lot of my readers 🙂 We are all familiar with the sweet yogurts and yogurt-granola-fruit combinations available in every grocery store. But … Continue reading

Watermelon Agua Fresca

The “quarantine 15” weight gain seems to be getting quite common! Being home all day, I found that we started eating more junk, and most noticeably: started drinking more flavored drinks. This in particular annoyed me, because I am VERY … Continue reading

Avocado Toast

NYC has such an abundance of restaurants that I always have a hard time deciding which ones to try. One thing that I do look for is that they offer plenty of healthy vegetarian choices.  Especially when you look at … Continue reading

5 Minute Zucchini Noodles and Veggie Meatball Dish!

It doesn’t matter who you talk to – from college students living in a dorm, to young parents struggling for time, to empty nesters trying to avoid making large meals – everyone needs a quick go-to recipe for those cold … Continue reading

Be your own Valentine!

Today is Valentine’s Day! Everywhere I seem to go, rooms are covered with red and pink roses, balloons, cutesy gifts, cards and tons of chocolate! It’s very sweet (no pun intended) 🙂 But among the confetti and sugary treats, we often … Continue reading