What colors were on your plate today?

sundarusha · Jan 6, 2010

Cindhuja

Please share the recipe for the multi grain rotis. I tried the gongura leaves once when it was available here and liked it a lot.

sundarusha · Jan 6, 2010

Cheerful
that's colorful! Did you season the baked potatoes? Did you bake the slices or is it like mashed potatoes?

Cindhuja and Cheerful

most of us have curd and dals regularly in our diets. We can certainly include their colors, but we definitely want to add more colorful vegetables and fruits to our diet. I am fine with trying a wide range of vegetables, but when it comes to fruits, I seem to stick with a few, but I try others if they are in a fruit salad.

I hope this thread will motivate many like me to try a wide range of fruits and vegetables in their diet

sundarusha · Jan 6, 2010

Dear hat,

avial, thiruvadirai kootu are so wholesome because they show a wide range of colorful vegetables and dal at the same time. These days, I am comfortable in making avial with less coconut using chitvish's carrot and coconut recipe.
We get plums and nectarines in so many colors.

sundarusha · Jan 6, 2010

Shel,

thanks for writing. Please share with us your recipes using multi colored vegetables.

sundarusha · Jan 6, 2010

Cheerful,

go ahead and try the salad. I am making it a point to make a different salad each day. Yesterday was tomato salad using large and grape tomatoes with balsamic vineger, basil leaves and blue cheese crumbles.
It was too good.

apar_ram · Jan 6, 2010

today,
white, oats with milk
orange-- sweet potato chapathis
green, orange yellow--- mixed veg kootu

aparna

advitha · Jan 6, 2010

Yesterday dinner,

green - spinach masiyal
yellow & green - brussel sprouts sambar
white - rice and curd

Today's breakfast is a big piece of whole wheat carrot cake (vegan) with a cup of coffee.

For cake its brown (walnuts and whole wheat flour), orange (carrots) and pale yellow (applesauce) and white for milk.

Usha your salad recipes are so inviting. Do you buy vegetarian blue cheese (rennetless)? Which brand is better.

-Uma

aarthi7 · Jan 6, 2010

here goes my list for today.
red-apple,tomato
green-mint,coriander,broccoli,cucumber,capsicum
orange-clementine
brown-almonds,walnuts
purple-onion
white-garlic,ginger
yellow-chick peas,toor dhal

other than these there's buttermilk/curds,milk,bread ,oats always on the list..

that was a nice salad usha,,sure to try,,,i might replace pine nuts for sunflower seeds ,as i have it with me ready.
have u tasted brussel sprouts,,how does it taste?i have been eyeing on it for quite a long time,,but too apprehensive about trying..

aarthi

sundarusha · Jan 7, 2010

Apar
sweet potato chapatis sound terrific. Did you mix the pulp with the dough or made it like stuffing?

sundarusha · Jan 7, 2010

Uma,

what a coincidence!I also made vegan carrot cake wilue cheese cake with walnuts and raisins.
I got the Salemvelle brand Amish blue cheese crumbles that says on the packet it is harmone free.