Hummus...

Hummus is an Arabic word which means chickpeas. It is a dip or spread which can be eat either with raw fresh vegetables or with any kind of sandwiches, pita bread or something fried.

Hummus is an oldest food that can be traced back to the old Egyptian age. It tastes different in different places as one can use various ingredients to make this spread.

I am giving you the recipe of Hummus with roasted garlic, which is very easy to make.

Ingredients: 1 cup chickpeas (keep it in water overnight and use when it becomes soft); 2 tablespoon roasted garlic; 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon oregano (or ajwain, I think this will also do fine instead of oregano).

Method: In a blender put all the ingredients and blends until it becomes a paste of thick consistency. If required add one more spoon of olive oil.

As the hummus looks very bland, always add some chopped parsley leaves (or chopped coriander leaves)with it, spread some red chilli flakes on it and serve it in a very colorful dish. It not only needs to taste good, it needs to look good and attractive at the same time.

You can preserve it in your refrigerator for 2-3 days in an air-tight container.

Reasons to eat Walnut...

For healthy snacking walnut is an excellent choice.
Walnut contains omega-3 fatty acid. It is a good vegeterian source of this essential fatty acid which helps to promote cadiovascular rates and reduce inflammation.

It also contains ellagic acid, an antioxidant compound that helps to maintain a healthy immune system.

Walnut is also helping to maintain a healthy blood pressure.

So try to add walnut to your hot or cold breakfast and also as a snack. Use walnut oil as salad dressing.

Phentermine-the weight-loss pill

Phentermine is the main ingredient of a particular type of diet pill. In 1990, the FDA of USA has approved the use of phentermine together with another drug fenfluramine and uses this cocktail drug as a weight loss pill. It had created a huge success. But it has been discovered that the ingredient fenfluramine was causing heart valve failure among the users. So from then on the cocktail drug has been banned, and instead of fenfluramine, only the phentermine is used in this weight loss pill.


It has many side effects such as dry mouth, diarrhea or constipation, restlessness and others which are not so serious. Some serious side effects may also occur. So before using this drug, always consult your doctor and last but not the least try to maintain a controlled lifestyle so that you will not require using this weight loss pill at all.

Fast Weight Loss-Effortlessly Remove Unwanted Belly Fat!

When you decide to loss weight, you may choose any of the three following three categories, such as: fast & effortless weightloss, permanent weightloss and low cost weightloss.

If you choose fast weightloss, it is simply not going to happen. You may loss unwanted belly fat also, but for this you need either a hospital surgery, or a slow and steady weight loss program that’s healthy for you. You didn’t gain the belly fat over three beers, you won’t get rid of it that quickly either.

For this you need a good low-carb diet … and the understanding that you have to be prepared to eat low-carb the rest of your life. Too many people think that a diet is some sort of temporary restriction, binding you only as long as needed to drop the weight. But how do you expect the weight to stay off if you go back to the eating and exercising lifestyle that put it on in the first place?

As Albert Einstein put it: "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." If your previous lifestyle got you fat, you can’t go back to it and expect a different result. So whatever diet & exercise routines you settle on – just be sure to understand that it’s for life, not for just a few weeks.

You want to get rid of unwanted belly fat? It’s going to come off as you lose weight with any good diet plan – there isn’t any method to take off weight only from a single desired spot on your body. (Sort a like looking at a glass of water, and saying “I only want to drink the water in middle”… the fat in your body may be more visible as belly fat – but trust me, it’s all over your body!)

Fast weightloss is a myth that is advertised to suckers to separate them from their money… plan a change in your lifestyle, and you’ll drop the weight naturally and permanently.

Benefits of consuming green tea...

Do you know consuming green tea 4 or more cups per day may actually helps to reduce weight of your body? It actually does.

Our day time activities may actually helps to burn 8-10% of calories and body's own calorie burning process is called thermogenesis in medical terms. Drinking of green tea with every meal contribute 4% more to this calorie burning process which would add up to 37-40% total calorie burning. Green tea may also reduce the risk of heart diseases and certain types of cancers.

So drink green tea. Always buy tea from a reputed brand. Thyroid patients, avoid drinking it without consulting your doctor.

The goodness of olive...

Olive oil is the only kind of edible oil whose 70% of fat is mono-unsaturated. Oil is extracted from oil and the quality of olives greatly determines the quality of oils. There are about 700 types of olives grown in wolrd. Different grades of olive oil has different quantity of anti-oxidants level. The quality of olive-oil not only depends only on the quality of olives, it also depends on the extraction process.

Those suffering from diabetes and coronary heart disease do benefit from consumption of a MUFA rich oil in the prescribed amounts. There is some new evidence regarding the benefits of this oil. It seems that olive oil has a role in getting rid of Helicobacter pylori infections, which is a common bacterial infection of the gut with symptoms such as heartburn, acidity, pain in the abdomen.

There are also some studies to show that consumption of olive oil may retard gallstone formation. All in all, a good oil to use in its pristine and virgin form! ......Neelanjana Singh, Senior Nutrition Consultant PSRI,New Delhi.

A very easy and delicious recipe for you. It is from my mother's recipe book. Just boil the fresh olives till they become soft. After cooling, make a fine paste of them, add sufficient quantity of sugar and small amount of salt to it. You may discard the seeds. A delicious sweet dish is ready for you. Take it after a heavy lunch or dinner.

Aloo (Potato) Pakora..

A very quick and easy recipe for you all knowing that most of you are already aware of this one.

Ingredients: 3-4 big potatoes, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon ginger paste, 2 tblspoon onion paste, 3-4 green chillie paste (optional), salt and oil to fry.

Method: Boil potatoes and peel them. Mashed the potatoes smoothly and mix eggs, ginger paste, onion paste, chillie (optional) paste and salt with it. Take a small portion of this mixture with your hand, make a flat round shape and fry till red in a fry pan with a little oil.

Serve while hot with any sauce or chutney. It's delicious!!!

Singapore food

A very nice blog on Singapore food. We the people of other countries actually know nothing about this country, especially about the food. We actually don't know that this country has a special kind of food, as this city-state is occupied by the people from all over the world. He himself explained it clearly that the Singaporean food consists of the foods of Malaysia, Indonesia, China and India.

The template of the blog is very nice and attractive and pictures are also very good. The preparation of an item is well explained. He also post a recipe of 'Chicken Bumbu Bali' with video.

You must visit this site to know everything (food) about Singapore.

Atopic Dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is a type of non-contagious skin disease which relapsing periodically. The word ‘dermatitis’ means inflammation on skin and ‘atopic’ refers to those diseases which are hereditary. The extreme itchy and inflammable redness and swelling condition occurs on skin in atopic dermatitis and the most commonly affected parts of the body are the inner parts of elbow and knee.

Atopic dermatitis is generally a set of three other diseases: such as eczema, asthma and allergies or hay fever. Not all those three diseases occur at the same time on a body, but these patients are usually susceptible to all these conditions in his whole life.

The infants and young children are affected mostly by this disease. In case of many children, atopic dermatitis may remit permanently when they become adult, although their skin remains dry and sensitive and easily irritated by the slightest provocation from the environment or other allergens. Some people may also be affected by this disease for the first time in much later period of their life.

Although this dermatitis is hereditary, it may be aggravated by the contact with some certain allergens or may be influenced by some other environmental factors. There is a close association between atopic dermatitis and food intake, so avoid them which may trigger your allergic reactions. Avoid dust and polluted environment. Keep your skin clean, clear and well moisturized.

In severe case of dermatitis use of mild dose of corticosteroid ointments may help to reduce the irritation to some extent.

A nice blog on recipes...a must see for everyone

Here is a beautiful blog on healthy and delicious cooking peacecooking.blogspot.com. She maintains the motto 'Be happy--and make others happy too' which is very unusual in today's blogging world. She is publishing many authentic recepies which are mainly from India. I love her 'stuffed cucumber' and 'Spicy Pumpkin'. Almost all the recipes are good especially for their beautiful pictures. Procedures and ingredients are well written and well explained.

I am requesting you all to visit this website and follow her religiously. You can find her here.