O's snack - Kale Chips

I love love loveeeee Kale - it's one of my favorite greens and I could eat it anytime, anyday, everyday.  Hubby and O will also gobble it up when I make Kale chips.  

Kale chips are a low calorie nutritious snack and you will not be able to stop at having just one or two.  Kale is a great source of iron, calcium and fiber.  

All that's required is 1 bunch kale, EVOO & a bit of S & P.  bake at 350 for about 10 minutes and, you have delicious snack available to eat

Early Halloween Fever

And it begins...

Tis' the beginning of madness - costumes, candies, nightmares, you name it :o)

O is super proud of his new Avatar that he picked all on his own - Power Rangers Samurai (in Red); once the costume is on, I'm suppose to forget who is behind that mask

Here's the Samurai himself, in action!

O's snack - Bread Uttapam

As a busy woman and more importantly a mom, It's always a challange to come up with new and healthy meals for the family.  While yogurts, cheeses, cereal bars, etc. make a nice and quick snack, they are still 'processed' and not exactly fresh - so while it's not possible everyday, I do try to offer up hot snacks to hubby and family whenever I can.  

One of O's favorite snack happens to be Bread Uttapam - thankfully, it also happens to be super quick and of course healthy.  The great thing is, this can be served as breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack because it's quite filling.  All that's required is your choice of bread, tomatoes, onions and green peppers (or any other veggies that cook fast) along with buttermilk and S&P.  Mix it up and make a thick batter and make it just as you would a pancake.  VOILA!

Misc.

Fall...

My most favorite season has finally arrived.  The first snow fall during winter is exciting, but the excitement quickly fizzles out once there's piles and piles of snow on the ground.  First few days of spring are exciting but then we get antsy about summer and then summer is fun until it gets super hot..you get my point.  

Fall is perfect because it offers just the right amount of chill with perfect sun light and oh so beautiful colors to look at.  There's not much to look forward to except for Halloween and a hot cuppa Pumpkin Spiced Latte from Starbucks ;)

Anyway, My mom gave me this small plant of Holy Basil (Tulsi) when she came to visit me over labor day weekend.  Look at how big and beautiful it's gotten.  The beautiful fragrance of basil is so refreshing in the morning

In other random news, My toddler who's almost 3 years old is turning out to be a typical boy with his ninja moves and constant obession with one superhero after the other.  A while back, it was all about spiderman - then we moved onto Power Rangers.  We might be moving onto Mutant Ninja turtles soon, but I think Power Rangers is still more fun..

For the record, he picked all this up at school during summer - He hardly gets to watch TV at home (even then it's only NICK JR shows)  Hopefully, this phase is over soon and we can resume our lives instead of constantly fighting the battles with invisible 'baus' (enemies)