Granola - A nutritious healthy breakfast

Granola is a nutritious healthy breakfast and a home made granola is even better since it is not loaded with sugar.  Off late one of the topics of argument between my husband and me is 'breakfast' - What do we eat for breakfast.

 His point is that idly and dosa have nothing in them and it is just carbohydrates and we should be having cereal for breakfast. On my defence, I say, breakfast is the most important meal and we do need carbohydrates to take us through the day, especially for growing children. We use par boiled rice and urad dal.  We supplement the lack of protein and vitamin in the side dish such as sambar. After all, idly is the first food we introduce to babies since it is easy on the stomach.

Badam halwa

I decided to have a sweet start to the blog and decided on the queen of all sweets - Badam Halwa. This is my mom's signature dish .She is here with me, it only made sense to, ask her to do it. It is a family favorite and we like both the badam halwa and the badam cake she makes. This uses lot of ghee and sugar and is definitely not a weight watcher's delight but an indulgence like this once in a while is good for the soul.