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  • I like to call this the Good Wife breakfast. . It's difficult being a weekend wife. I eat cereal or dinner leftovers for breakfast because I hate to make anything elaborate for myself. And then its difficult again to find the mojo to launch into cooking a breakfast first thing in the morning when the husband is around. He fends for himself by boiling some eggs and cutting up fruit or a peanut butter sandwich. Some days, I pick up my cooking enthusiasm and make an Instagram worthy breakfast for him. To be honest, it took less than 10 minutes to get this together. . Components of The Good Wife breakfast- 🌿Split bun, toasted both halves 🌿A bunch of spinach from garden, washed and quickly sauteed in olive oil 🌿Half ripe avocado, sliced and fanned out 🌿1 fried egg (no runny yolks for husband) 🌿Finely chopped herbs 🌿Grape tomatoes for color and prettiness . . . . . . #toasttuesday #tomatorecipes #tomatoes🍅 #thehappygardeninglife #tomatoes #breakfasteggs #avocadotoast #avotoastagram #avotoast #thefeedfeed #feedfeed #spinach #stcooks #saffrontrail
  • 🎤 🎶 Thoroughly enjoyed singing for my amazing neighbours and friends in yesterday’s cultural evening. Grateful for the acoustic guitar support from friend Puneet Joshi of @dwitheband . You can watch the entire song on my IGTV - here it’s clipped to one minute. Kindly excuse the background sounds - just a bunch of hyper kids :)
  • Made this salad with homegrown kale for my neighbours today. The baby Mandarin and evoo dressing made every ingredient shine with flavour. Rough recipe to make 6 servings of 250 grams each . 2 cups cooked white beans (cooked with salt) 2 cups cooked foxtail millet (cooked with salt) 3-4 cups shredded kale 1 medium onion, thinly sliced, segments separated 2 tsp olive oil 3 tsp lemon or Mandarin juice 3 medium beets, cooked, peeled, sliced . DRESSING 6 TBSP extra virgin olive oil 4 tbsp Mandarin juice or lemon juice Pinch of lemon zest 1 tbsp honey 1/2 tsp salt Pepper . Blend in a mixer jar till creamy. . Massage the shredded kale with 1 tsp each olive oil and lemon juice. Keep aside for one hour. This partly breaks down the fibers in Kale softening it and making it easier to digest. It even tastes better after this massage and marinating treatment. Massage onion segments with 1 tsp each olive oil and lemon juice. Keep aside for one hour. This takes off the bite and makes onions taste way better in a salad. In a large bowl, combine millet, beans, beets, kale and onion. Toss gently in the dressing. This salad stays well for a day in the fridge. . I'll show you the mandarins I got- in the stories. . Tag a friend who loves salads!
  • Crop tops make the best saree blouses. Right? . For one, you can mix and match like crazy. Buy and wear instantly -- no hanging around at the mercy of the tailors. They make a saree look so much cooler and casual. . This blouse is from Westside. I love the flounce sleeves and it has a lovely back (swipe) ! I do need the extra confidence to carry this off, hence the test drive on Instagram. . Have reccos for great crop tops? share in comments for good karma 🌿
  • The best thing about a plant based lunch is that you can make it as colorful as you want 🌈 . On my plate: Grated carrot salad Red Amaranth stir fry Simple green beans with coconut Rasam Millets .
  • The next post in my salad platter series is up! This 100% shudh Desi salad platter proves that you can make perfectly interesting and delicious salads with basic ingredients in an Indian kitchen. 🌴 Swipe to see the mixed up salad. A feast of colours and flavours, you must try this out soon. Swipe up from stories or just visit the top post on saffrontrail.com . . . Go ahead and add any chutneys to this to make it even more lip smacking delicious. . 🍋🍋🍋What's your favourite Indian ingredient to add to salads?
  • One of my favourite things from a breakfast with friends last weekend -- very few breakfast buffets do a good dosa and Taj Westend is surely one of them. The shallot sambar is just as it should be-- minus any jaggery or sugar. That plus a strong filter coffee, custom made with more decoction and less milk totally hit the spot. . Talking about coffee, I've listed some of the products that I use in my kitchen everyday - starting from coffee to cooking a meal. Do check it out from the link in bio 😘 . What's the first thing you go for in a breakfast buffet? 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
  • Bombay style chutney sandwich with onion,potato and tomato- toasted on the stove top sandwich toaster-- perfect evening snack, right?

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