Best Indian Party Recipes

Are you planning to throw a party for your friends, and have an Indian Menu on your mind? More often than not, one finds it hard to narrow down to what dishes you would serve - picking out your favorites that will work well with a diverse group is obviously a difficult choice. So here is a sample Indian Party Menu that I have created just for my readers. From Appetizers to Main Course, Sides and Desserts, this is a perfect gathering which will please all your guests, whether Indian or not. Check out what delicacies lie beyond!

Appetizers
Start your meal in a grand style by serving any one or a combination of these appetizers. Paneer Tikka with Mango Dressing is a classic, while for bite-sized appetizers, you can opt for these Paneer & Asparagus Lollipops or these fancy Moong Dal Basket Kachoris. If you want to keep it really simple, opt for something non-traditional, like these Baked Zucchini Fries or Vegetarian Spring Rolls.

Main Course
When it comes to main course, at least one of your dishes has to have Paneer in it - it's a must!! My personal favorites are the Paneer Butter Masala or the quick and easy Saag (Palak) Paneer. Other non-paneer options include Mix Vegetable Korma, or Hyderabadi Baghara Baingan, which will be a big hit with spice-lovers in your group. Choose to serve these with simple Rotis or Parathas, or something fancy like Tandoori Naan, if you like, and have the time to make these at home.

Rice & Dal
For some people, a meal is incomplete without eating Rice. If you have thse people in your group, then opt for something simple like Jeera Rice, served with old-fashioned home-style Toor Dal. However, my recent favorite recipe is Pomegranate Rice Pulao with Pecans - an instant hit, and very easy to make!

Desserts & Sweet Things
Everything must have a sweet end, and does your Menu. For traditional desserts, you can choose to make Rasogulla, Moong-Dal Halwa, or the universal favorite Gulab Jamuns. For summers, Pistachio Ice Cream or Mango Kulfi would be a good choice, or you can go for something really simple and stress-free, like these mini Almond-Mocha Frappes, or a flavored pudding like Coconut Panna Cotta with Berries

Whatever you choose to serve, be sure to cook your food with a happy mood. Because all your emotions will reflect in the final outcome, and result into a happy Meal that everyone will enjoy. Plan ahead of time, so you don't have to do everything on the d-day; most of the curries and desserts can be prepared a day in advance. Hope you like this list of Indian recipes, and may it help you throw an unforgettable party!

If you need more inspiration, check out tonnes of more Indian recipes over at Fun and Food Cafe.

How to take care of your eyes

Men can lie but the eyes never! It shows the real hidden feelings deep inside the heart. Look straight into the person eye and you can get to know them. To look straight into a person’s eye and to have a conversation we need extra courage without which it is not possible to look into a person’s eye . As eyes are powerful,
it conveys the message even without a word. Silence speaks the feeling love, anger, wittiness, sadness etc of our loved ones. Hey is this what “ Silence speaks more than words”. Eyes are the best friends who can let out your feeling and roll down in silence and makes us feel better. It doesn’t end with us, by donating it we can lighten up a person’s life and see through them. So it is a must for all of us to take care of our precious eyes.

Do your eyes feel tired at the end of the day? Yeah in this competitive world we need to stretch oneself to excel in our career and so at times we skip even our sleep, this strains our eyes and make us feel tired. So learn simple ways keep your eyes healthy .Now it is time to take care of your eyes to make it feel better.

Eat what is good for your eyes
There are lot varieties of fruits and vegetable which is good for the eyes. And vitamins of C,A and E are the ones the eyes look out for! We can whatever is good for the body is also good for eye. Especially the carrots and greens are very good for the eyes so include them into your daily diet.

Take breaks during your work
Now a days we use the computers more in our daily life which creates a strain to the eyes as we tend to blink 25% less than usual when working at the computer this causes the dryness to the eye and thus creates the strain.
So take breaks when you need to continuously stare at the computer for a longer time. Breaks can be for just 5 minutes and it can give you a quick relaxation to the eye. Look something far away which is greenery and it cools your eye at minutes and remember to blink your eyes to avoid the dryness.

Checkout the lighting
It is most important to checkout the lighting when your are reading or working in your laptop. With poor lighting your eyes is going to strain a lot and you would feel tired soon. Make sure you read in proper lighting.

If you wear contact lenses take extra care
Cleanliness is most important when you handle a contact lens, every time when you put your lenses wash your hands properly with soaps , wipe off and then pick up your lens this has to be followed when you put and take out your lenses. And wear the lenses only for the recommended hours it helps to avoid getting infected.

School lunches your kids will love

School lunches your kids will love

What is a healthy lunch? Cut fruits and/or veggies, lean meat or peanut-butter sandwiches on whole-grain bread, low or nonfat dairy products.
Portion size is important when planning lunches and recipes for your children. Here's a general guide for grade school lunch portion sizes:

• Two to three ounces of lean meat and cheese
• One or two slices of bread OR 1/2 cup grain or rice
• One to two different fruits or vegetables
• 1 cup milk or 6-8 oz yogurt (make sure dairy is low-fat)

Some ideas

• Sandwiches: lean cold cuts such as turkey or ham, with a slice of cheese on whole grain bread, topped with spinach, lettuce, tomato, or other veggies
• Peanut butter and jelly on whole grain bread
• Tuna fish sandwich on whole grain bread
• Wraps made with whole wheat tortillas, containing either lean cold cuts or cheese slices topped with veggie slices
• Quesadilla slices made with cheese and chicken or vegetables
• Cold strips of grilled chicken with honey mustard dip
• Trail mix made with cereals, nuts, pretzels, dried fruit or raisins, and a few chocolate morsels
• Low-fat yogurt with berries or try soy yogurt if lactose intolerant
• Low fat cheese spread on whole wheat crackers
• Low fat cheese cubes or low-fat cottage cheese
• Individual serving-sized packages of low fat yogurt, cottage cheese, or yogurt smoothies
• For the vegetarian: mini-burritos made with rice and black beans or low-fat refried beans in a tortilla with tomato salsa (heated or eaten cold)
• Whole wheat pitas stuffed with fresh vegetables and hummus or cheese
• Baked chips, soy crisps, or pretzels are a better choice than regular potato chips or cheese puffs
• Water or drinks made with water and a splash of cranberry, peach, grape, or other 100% fruit juice are healthier than sodas
• Low-fat milk
• Homemade air-popped popcorn flavored with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese is healthier than most pre-packaged or microwave popcorn.

The fastest diet for a week

Thus, the main thrust of this dietary program – fast and effective weight loss for the shortest possible time. Attention! Through it you will not only can not be harmful to health, but you will strengthen it. This diet is therapeutic.

The period during which you may will follow the diet – 7 days. Ration thought in details, in accordance with a separate feed. Please do not deviate from the course – eat precisely those foods that will be listed in the menu diet.

Healthy eating this is success of any diet!

If you change proposed in the diet foods for meals with similar caloric content, then surely the energy value of foods you can not add, but the balance of vitamins and minerals break. Once again, this diet is so fast “burns fat” solely through compliance with proper nutrition, selected European professional nutritionists. Own bike does not invent, please! Well, are you ready? Then the battle!

FAST Diet “WEEK”

Monday.
BREAKFAST: 50 g of boiled fish, unlimited lettuce leaves, sprinkle a little olive oil, a glass of low fat yogurt.

LUNCH: 1 boiled egg, 2 slices of bread (preferably wholemeal). 90 grams of lean turkey (or chicken).

Tuesday.
BREAKFAST: Unlimited celery, 80 g of cooked beef meat, 1 small boiled potato, 1 large boiled carrots, a cup of green tea.

LUNCH: glass of yogurt, 50 g of low-fat cottage cheese with no sugar. Or 1 cup of bran bowl of oatmeal. 5 figs.

Wednesday.
BREAKFAST: 200-250 ml unsalted chicken broth. 3 small loaves of bread or 1 slice of white bread, 50 g of boiled chicken.

LUNCH: 2 slices of rye bread, 50 grams of veal, spinach in unlimited quantities, 1 apple and 1 orange.

Thursday.
BREAKFAST: 1dish of buckwheat (2 / 3 of plates), steamed in water, a cup of nonfat yogurt. Salad of fresh tomatoes without salt supplemented with 1 tablespoons of vegetable oil (preferably olive first cold pressed).

LUNCH: a plate of rice, fruit juice, 30 g of low-fat cottage cheese without cream and sugar. 60 g of dried prunes, 1 grapefruit, 1 kiwi fruit.

Friday.
BREAKFAST: 60 g of cooked meat, preferably beef, 1 egg, a cucumber salad and 2 bell peppers (can be eaten separately).

LUNCH: 50 g cooked chicken (breast), a plate of boiled green beans or 1 boiled potato in skins. 1 apple, 1 orange, 2 walnuts and 3 pieces of dried apricots.

Saturday.
BREAKFAST: 100 ml of fish broth, 50 g of boiled fish (low fat, preferably red), 3 tbsp. tablespoons of peas (can be canned, but better – cooked), 1 piece of rye bread. A cup of green tea with honey.

LUNCH: a dish of brown rice or half a dish of white. 5 leaves of green salad + 1 tomato with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of sesame seeds, a glass of skim milk, 1 kiwi, 1 banana.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST: 60 g of ham, turkey, a dish of buckwheat, 2 bell peppers. 2 teaspoons cheese, a cup of black tea with 1 teaspoon of honey, a small handful of raisins.

LUNCH: steamed lentils – half plates, 70 g of boiled beef, 1 cup of nonfat yogurt, a sprig of blue grapes. A handful of almonds or pine nuts.

At the time of passage you diet advice to forget about the overly intense exercise, it is better to replace a light exercise, such as race walking. It is necessary to eliminate the salt, sugar and alcohol. Vegetables and fruit can be eaten more than indicated in the diet, until you feel saturated. But the fruit, again, to get involved do not recommend – do not stretch the stomach wall itself of excess food, even if it is the most-most valuable fruits or vegetables. Remember that your stomach – it’s pouch, consisting of muscle, and excess food can increase it in size. A man with a large volume of the stomach needs to eat more frequently than any other. And another important point – the fruits and vegetables listed in the menu, try, if possible, use either one hour before meals or one hour after eating. This is important! Used the fruits or vegetables directly after a meal you only hurt yourself. In this case, the fruits are not digested, and hitting a full stomach will stay there for a long time, having time to turn sour (rot) and lose most of the vitamins and minerals, but not digested. These same rotten fruit will fall further in your intestines, where it is likely to cause fermentation. But these processes is fraught with you unpleasant intestinal disorders.

Diet without sugar, flour and alcohol!

With exact following a diet for a week you should get rid of 10-20 kg.

Another advantage of the fact that you do not want to eat. In this case, there is no depression or depressed mood. And with all this is a super-fast diet! Every time I lose weight by at least 5 kg after a week’s course. A friend, still at school, enjoyed it once in a month and she looks as if from birth sitting on a separate feed. In general, I recommend the most effective diet. At least at the level of “good diet” it takes one of the first places.

LOSE JUST ONE WEEK!

5 bonuses this diet:

Raising the tone of the whole organism (cleansing of vessels, improvement of digestive system, proper metabolism).

Effective result in getting rid of the subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat) along the lines of the abdomen, thighs.

Active vitamin saturation (will be especially useful to those who have brittle nails, problems with acne, dull hair – all this is 90% dependent on the supply of vitamins the body).

Proper nutrition. After sitting for literally a week on this diet, you train yourself to a healthy and beneficial food.

Tips to eat and live healthy

The current generation is facing a food crisis. Our everyday food is becoming unhealthier with the introduction of fast food. With bad diet planning, our body will lack the nutrients it needs while accumulating bad stuff like cholesterol, fats and free radicals. These in turn contribute to the rise of major illnesses such as cancer, heart attacks and diabetes just to name a few. While totally preventing these from happening is not really possible, there are various habits that we can apply to our daily lifestyle to drastically cut down the risks.

Here are a few simple yet effective tips that you can exercise to attain a healthier life.

Eat enough calories but not too many. Maintain a balance between your calorie intake and calorie expenditure. That is, don’t eat more food than your body uses. The average recommended daily allowance is 2,000 calories, but this also depends on your age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity.

Eat a wide variety of foods. Healthy eating is an opportunity to expand your range of choices by trying foods especially vegetables, whole grains, or fruits that you don’t normally eat.

Keep portions moderate, especially high calorie foods. In recent years serving sizes have ballooned, particularly in restaurants. Choose a starter instead of an entrée, split a dish with a friend, and don’t order supersized anything.

Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes. Foods high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, and free of cholesterol. Try to get fresh, local produce.

Drink more water. Our bodies are about 75% water. It is a vital part of a healthy diet. Water helps flush our systems, especially the kidneys and bladder, of waste products and toxins. A majority of people go through life dehydrated.

Limit sugary foods, salt, and refined-grain products. Sugar is added to a vast array of foods. In a year, just one daily 12-ounce can of soda (160 calories) can increase your weight by 16 pounds. See suggestions below for limiting salt and substituting whole grains for refined grains.

Don’t be the food police. You can enjoy your favorite sweets and fried foods in moderation, as long as they are an occasional part of your overall healthy diet. Food is a great source of pleasure, and pleasure is good for the heart, even if those French fries aren’t!

Get moving. A healthy diet improves your energy and feelings of well-being while reducing your risk of many diseases. Adding regular physical activity and exercise will make any healthy eating plan work even better.

One step at a time. Establishing new food habits is much easier if you focus on and take action on one food group or food fact at a time.

better life style.

I would like to share something I practice and has really helped me in developing a better life style.  I am sure it will help you improve your physical and mental health.

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

1. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more.
14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

1. Spend time with your family often.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

1. Do the right thing!
2. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
3. GOD heals everything.
4. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
5. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
6. The best is yet to come.
7. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
8. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

How to change your life and become healthier

Continuing to feel the sensation of flight and remain in a high tone? Stress-free throw extra “pounds and inches?” The recipe is! You just need to make ten changes in the daily diet. The fact is that your body is very sensitive to any major changes of this nature, and will answer thanks to careful attention to it.

So, a list of recommendations:

Reduce to zero the use of energy drinks! It contains a lot of sugar and various synthetic additives.

It’s great to drink juices made ​​at home (only without the sugar), it is best to do it in the evening. In the morning a good choice is the lemon juice with two small spoons of honey.

If you want to lose weight, get in the habit of drinking much more water and green tea, your body should get about two liters of carefully purified water per day. Choose a tea that will be enjoyed.

Discard the white sugar, it is absolutely necessary. It is better to replace it with high-quality honey or unrefined sugar (brown – can be found in dietary food stores).

Reduce intake of coffee, which will bring you in the long run only negative consequences. If you are very fond of coffee and not ready to immediately stop drinking it, it’s better to try to alternate with herbal tea or as an alternative to the natural “energy” drinks.

Reduce to a minimum, and even better in principle remove the menu from foods with labels of dietary supplements E: among them, margarine, sausages, candy and some juices.

Reduce the ingestion of red meat and sausage (pork, beef). It is better to buy more fish and seafood. Prefer white meat varieties, especially chicken and turkey.

Include in the diet wild mushrooms, soy, eggs – all suppliers of high quality protein.

These tips will help you to lose weight, greatly increase overall health, improve the tone.