Pot Painting

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Recently,  I came across this wonderful video on pot painting which I found different ...... something which I had not tried as yet. I applied the same on this earthen  pot 

 and now it looks like this.........

I have used pearl acrylic colors for this project. In case, you want to try this, please click here. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Please drop in with your comments on the same.

Till next time take care and have a creative week !!:)

Banana Blueberry Oats Muffins

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Today I am going to share  another  healthy recipe of muffins  with oats, banana & blueberry which I tried few days back.  I came across this recipe in youtube "Baking with Nadia" and by the end of the video tutorial I just had to try out this recipe. 

You can assemble the entire dish with very few ingredients & can give it to your kids without feeling guilty.

To make these you will need following ingredients :


Bananas - 3 nos. mashed
Oats powder- 2.5 cups(churn the oats in the processor for a min or two)
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Walnut - 1 cup finely chopped
Flax seeds - 1-2 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1/2 - 1 cup depending upon the sweetness you desire (optional)
Eggs - 3 nos
Baking Powder - 1.5 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Blueberries frozen - 1 bowl
Cinnamon powder  - (optional)

Method

Pre heat your oven at 200 deg C

Beat the eggs well and mix it with mashed bananas. Then add the sugar and give it a thorough mix. Keep it aside. Now mix the dry ingredients ie oats, chopped walnuts, baking soda, baking powder and flax seeds. Now bring the dry and the wet ingredients together and mix it properly. Now add the frozen blueberries and a dash of cinnamon to give it a nice flavour.

Transfer the batter to already greased muffin moulds and bake it for 20-25 min.

Mine took 30 min to cook and this is how it looks. The recipe doesn't demand this but I topped the muffins with choco chips before baking it so as  to make it more alluring for the kids.

Do try out this healthy recipe with goodness of oats, banana, berries & flax seeds  and which is devoid of oil/butter/flour. For more details visit here.

Plz drop in with your comments / feedback on the above .:)

Till next time take care and have a nice weekend :)

Crochet Doily

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Good morning:) Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

I am back with a crochet doily which I finished today only. 

For this I have used orange colored silk yarn and the hook size says 12 no. I haven't blocked / ironed  the piece as yet, but I think its look good. Approx. size of the doily is 11".

   

I picked up this design from youtube.Loved the simplicity of the pattern and was able to finish this in two days time.

Do drop in with your feedback on the above. I would love to hear from you.

Till next time take care and have a creative week ahead :)

Cornmeal Muffins (eggless)

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Hope all of you are enjoying your weekend.

Here in Delhi its very hot. I  don't feel like going out until & unless its very important & urgent. I have been planning to watch a movie for sometime now, but due to this scorching heat I dropped the idea and decided to laze around at home, watching Tv and doing the regular household chores.

I was just rummaging  through my grocery stock for some kitchen items, and surprisingly I found this packet of cornmeal which I had bought during winters and which I had totally forgotten about. Impromptu,  I decided to make something sweet out of it. Little bit of net surfing &I came across this super easy muffin recipe shared by nisha madhulika in youtube.

Her recipes are quite simple and very easy to follow. So I tried out this muffin recipe & as you can see,  it came out quite soft and delicious.

These eggless recipes come in quite handy .... when you ran out of eggs or especially on  days like mon, tues & thurs when I don't eat eggs/non veg & on my kids insistence I need to prepare baked items. 

Now coming to the muffins you will need the following elements:

Ingredients

Cornmeal - 1/2 cup

All purpose flour - 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 3/4 tsp

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Curd - 1/2 cup in room temp.

Butter - 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence - 1/2 - 1 tsp

Method

Pre-heat your oven at 180 deg C

First of all we need to mix  the wet ingredients ie butter & curd together and whisk it properly. In a separate bowl we will mix the dry stuff ie the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda & baking powder. After this we will bring both these mixtures together and mix them properly. In the end add vanilla essence accordingly. You can also add nuts to give it more crunch.

Now grease your muffin moulds with butter / oil and transfer the batter. According to the recipe we need to bake them for 10-15 min. , but mine took a bit longer...... around 20-25 min. Just check it with a toothpick, if it comes out clean then its ready otherwise you need to give it some more time.

Take them out of the oven and bring it to room temp. before de-moulding it.

TA.. DA your muffins are ready ......

Don't they look scrumptious ?????

Do drop in with your comments / feedback ....

Till next time bye & take care !!! :)

Bottle Makeover ..... Once again

Hi friends !!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Today I am going to share another project in bottle makeover series. I simply love decorating  these used  bottle. Hopefully, I would be able to adjust these in my already over loaded  home decor.

This is how it looked before.

I have again used shilpkar to make decorative flowers and leaves

I painted the background black. For this I used normal black color that is used to paint doors / windows.

I have painted the flowers/leaves with acrylic colors and finished it off with clear varnish on the same & this is how it looks now. I hope you like it.

I would also like to share few pics of my sketching that I have completed in my art class.

Do drop in with your valuable feedback on the same. I would love to hear from you.

Good night and have a creative week ahead:)

Coconut Choco Bars

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Hope you all had a wonderful Holi.  I had planned to prepare sweets (gujiyas,ladoos etc.) to celebrate the festival, but since my kids are having their exams,  I simply couldn't take out time to do the preparation. But still I was persistent. Wanted to make something ... easy and less complicated and something which I have not tried.. Little search in the net and I came across this wonderful recipe in Pinterest & the link is here

I have named this recipe Coconut Choco Bars. This is such an easy recipe & you don't need a long list of ingredients to make the same. 

Ingredients

Dessicated Coconut Powder - I cup

Milkmaid - 1/4 cup

Melted chocolate - to dip the bars

Method

You just need to mix the coconut powder and milkmaid and refrigerate it for few hours.

Make bars from the mixture

And now for my favorite step. Just dip the bars in the melted chocolate.....

Let the bars rest in the fridge for a while ...... & it is ready to eat :)

Do drop in your with your comments/ suggestions

Have a great week ahead...... Bye & Take care :)

IPad Cover

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Today I am going to share crochet cover for Ipad which I have been working on. The pattern for this is inspired via  Pinterest.

I have used two silk thread yarns, light green and white. 

Attached red colored beads and for the loops used golden colored thread yarn.

Do leave your comments / suggestions on this. 

Lastly and most importantly, I would like to thank Ghazala, Kiran, Aishwarya, Preeti & Theresa for encouraging & motivating me to move ahead in my difficult times. I really appreciate it.

Till next time TA..TA & Enjoy:)

P.S I have created facebook pages.... Kreative Craft and Young Artists. Drop in with your comments.