Thought Of The Day

To All My Readers Potato is like a neutral medium can go with any vegetable. If you have potatoes in your kitchen you have nothing to worry about. Even at the last minute you can mix and match with anything to get a tasty dish to put on your dinner table. I always have onions  --- Fresh Garlic -- Fresh Ginger fresh tomatoes beside salt -- red chili powder -- whole black pepper and cumin seeds. I love to use Turmeric powder, it is therapeutic and being bright yellow in color gives color to the finished product. When I enter my kitchen, I make sure there has to be no pressure what to cook and how to cook. It clicks my mind and I start cooking that dish with whatever available that time. Today I made potatoes with peas for Dinner. Take any pot put some cooking oil and put it on stove with medium flame.  Add chopped onion, cover the pot leave for couple of minutes stir once a while let the onion be light golden. Now add cumin seeds --...

To All My Readers Sometimes You Buy Chicken  But No Time To cook OR You Take Chicken Out  Of Freezer To Defrost  But Something Happens and You Change Your Mind Same Thing Happened To Me  I Have Taken Chicken Out Of Freezer It was Chicken Legs  Cut into 2 Pieces Skin Off and with Cuts Like To BBQ I wanted To Make Curry  For Dinner To Have with Rice But Not in a Mood For That So Made Something Else I Mixed Some Spices in The Chicken Pieces and Put It in The Fridge Made Curry 2 Days after When I Had Time  Here is The Recipe For That Take Any Pot  Wash Chicken Pieces  Sprinkle Salt Black Pepper Powder Red Chili Powder Turmeric Powder  Yogurt Couple Of Table Spoons Try To Cover The Whole Surface  Of Chicken Pieces  with Fork -- Spoon or use Hands The Best Tools From God Now Sprinkle Some Oil Over  The Chicken Pieces --  I use Olive Oil Cover The Pot and Put in Th...

Kris My Friend Library is 5 Minutes Drive My Son Drops Me in The Library  Before  Going To Work  I Spend My Time There One Of My Friend Drives  Me Home after Tim Horton is 20 Minutes Walk  I Walk Myself Over There To Spend My Time I Was in Public Bus  Arranged By City To See Lights I Don't Bother My Son To Enjoy My Retirement Life Like Father Don't Like To Bother My Grand Kids In School or at Game It is Not Fair To Them It is Thursday 11 am Very Cold Chilly Morning Now 19 Degrees Below Zero -- I Decided  To Go For My walk Sitting at Tim Horton Now Enjoying My Coffee with Toasted Raisin Biscuit Writing My Blog It was Not a Good Decision To Walk Today Not Because Of Freezing Cold Weather For That I was All Dressed up in Layers Even Having Double Socks It was Very Slushy and with Slippery Black Ice Specially On The Bridge -- The Side Walk was Very Dangerous I Have To Hold The Reeling Throu...

Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Students                & All My Dear Readers  Take Some All Purpose Flour Put Some Oil in The Pot  -- I Use Olive Oil Put It On High Flame On The Stove Just after Few Minutes Turn The Flame  To Medium Now Put The Flour into Th Pot Stir The Pot Time To Time Until Flour Turns To Golden  Don't Let It Burn  Adjust The Flame  Keep On Stirring  Now Add Sugar To Taste Shredded Coconut Raisin --- Sliced Almond Don't Add Any Water Now Turn Of The Flame It is Done -- Very Tasty  You can Store For Weeks Take It Like Snacks  Or as Dessert

  All My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends              I always Love To Play around with Things in My Kitchen Whatever is available  Just Enjoy To Do Something with That My Son asking Something  Light For His Lunch I Got Mushrooms in My Fridge Mushroom Omelette will be Quick and Easy  Take  Eggs  --- I use Only Egg White Very Easy To Separate  Break Egg in The Middle Just Light Dent Now with Fingers Break into Two Half There will Be Only Egg White in One Half of the Shell Drain in Bowl Now Drain From The Other Half Where Yolk  is The Main Part -- Take Help Of The Other Half Shell Easy To Drain Egg White You Can Use Whole Egg I Mean with Egg Yok It is all Your Choice Now add One Table Spoon of Milk You Don't Have To Measu...

I Never Said I Don't Eat Meat I am 74 Years Of Age So Take Small Portions Of Everything Literature Fellow My Friend I Am Not Feeling Good Because The Way You people are Behaving with Your Fellow Students -- This is Really  Rude To Snatch Anything From Anyone Throwing Away Food From Cafeteria -- Asking Them To Sell The Menu Of Your Choice -- I Don't Think It is Fair To Anyone We Have To Behave Like a Civilized Being  To Be Polite and Kind To All Creatures Of God Make Their Life Beautiful Not To Create Problems  And To Make Their Life Difficult Please Be Co-operative and Respect Others It is Everybody's Right To Choose Whatever  They Like To Eat Or Do Whatever They Want  So Please Be Considerate Retirees My Friends  I Mentioned Many Times That Everyone is Different Everyone Has Right To Choose Whatever He / She  Likes To Eat and Likes To Do  Every...

Literature Fellow  My Friend I Love All Of You  Everyone is Very Important Member Of My Readers Family We All Love a " Change " Everyone Takes Meat and Switch To Veggie For a Change These are Petty Matters  Not Worth To Be Taken Seriously There are Other Bigger Issues  Need To Be Focused It is Thursday Rainy Cloudy Morning With 8 Degrees But Keep in Mind It is November So No Complaints Take It Or Leave It First Thursday Of Every Month We Have Our Club Meeting at 1 pm -- My Friend's Black Car With " Snow White " Number Plate will Be Here To Pick Me Up I Feel Lucky To Have Friends I Don't Deserve That This is All My Lord's Blessings -- Thank You God For Everything I Have I Agree With My Friends Linda and Dave  I Go For Everything  -- I Believe These are Like Sockets Of Happiness -- We Have To Avail All Opportunities I Take It Like  Signals From God I am Sitting in The Room Next To Where We Co...

All My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends Take Beef Pieces about One Pound To Make Curry I Never Weigh or Measure Anything Just Use Your Estimate Take a Pot Put some Oil Now  Put It On Stove with High Flame  To Heat The Pot Now Slow The Flame To Medium Put One Sliced Onion  If Small Onion You Can Use Two Sliced Fresh Ginger  Sliced Fresh Garlic Cumin Seeds Black Pepper whole 5 -- 6 Sliced Tomato 3 - 4 Salt To Taste Red Chili Powder Turmeric Powder If You Want To Give Color Yogurt Just Two TBS  Tomato Paste Two Tea Spoon If Available To Give Color What You Don't Have Don't Worry about That Add No Water  Cover The Pot and Slow The Flame  One Digit Lower Than Medium Leave For 10 Minutes  After That Stir with Spoon Now Put The Beef Pieces in The Pot Stir with Spoon  Add No Water C...

My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees and  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends             & All My Dear Readers Frozen Green Peas are Easy To Purchase can Be Stored in Freezer Potatoes Go with Everything We can Mix with Peas  To Get a Delicious Dish Take any Pot You can Put On Stove Put Some Oil --- I Use Olive Oil Put it On stove and Switch It On Medium Add Chopped Onion any Size  Any Shape I Mean into Pieces  You can Do it in Crusher  Cover The Pot Leave for 5 Minutes On Medium Heat Add Chopped Potatoes  You can Peel or Skin on Wash very well Add Salt --  Crushed Red Pepper Black Pepper Whole Couple of Chopped Tomato Green Chili Whole or Chopped  Cumin Seed Just a Pinch If Not available Leave it Add Green Peas Direct From  Freezer -- Quantity Depends On Your Taste Don't add Water Now ...

My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees and  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends             & All My Dear Readers It is a Very Common Practice  at My Place Whenever My Son or Grand kids Feeling  Headache or Tired  They ask For My Lemonade  It always Works Take Nearly One Quarter of Big Lemon --- If Lemon Small  Take Half I use Yellow Lemon Take Small amount of Water in Glass  -- If Weather is Hot Take Tap Water  --- I Don't use  Water from Fridge In the Small Quantity of Water Put  One Full  Table Spoon Sugar  Two Pinch of Salt Stir to Dissolve  Now add Lemon  --- Just Squeeze  Use Enough --- Put some Zest I Mean Thin Slices of Lemon Hard Skin Now Fill up the Glass Stir  -- You can adjust Sugar and Salt and Quantity Of Lemon Ju...

It is Monday Long Weekend 24 Degrees With Breeze Perfect For My Walk For Me It is Very Long Weekend as I am Not Working on Tuesdays so will be Back to Work on Wednesday My Dear " N " Nothing Wrong with Staying Home I am Busy with Cooking -- Writing My Blogs Reading Comments From My Readers Family Playing Scrabble and Card Games on Computer Walking To Coffee House To Have My Time alone Making Calls to My Family and Friends I was invited to Family and Friends Dinner at My Brother's Place on Saturday at Aurora 40 Minutes away from My Place My Dear Literature Fellow I Haven't Got any Training Or Courses in Writing --- You Please Check My Previous Blogs about Writing Writing Doesn't Need any Skill --- It Just Need To Ink Your Thoughts --- Thoughts Have to Come From Your Heart To Go Directly To Your Mind It is about What You Believe - -- How You Feel about How You React --- Don't Ever Get Confused with How Peo...

My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees and  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends             & All My Dear Readers Take Ground Beef or any Meat in Baking Tray Ginger and Garlic Paste I Blend Fresh Garlic and Fresh Ginger Keep in Refrigerator in Bottles Yogurt    ------   I use 2% in cooking Chopped Bell Pepper Chopped Onion and Chopped Fresh Tomato Tomato Paste  -----   it  will give color to the Dish Open the Tomato Paste Can Spread the content in Plastic Seal Bag and Put in Flat Position in Plate Store in Freezer Take small piece of this Frozen Paste whenever You want Olive oil or any cooking oil Will give Fullness Red Chili Powder Crushed Red Chili Black Chili Powder and Salt Use All the Spices to Taste Mix Everything in the Ground Meat and cover the Dish with Foil Heat the Oven to 375 don't w...

My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees and My Dear  Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends             & All My Dear Readers I Blend Fresh Ginger and Fresh Garlic Store in Bottles in Refrigerator I use Fresh Ginger and Garlic to Cook My Food Spicy Yogurt is like a Dip You can use with anything I take couple of spoons after Meal Take plain Yogurt I use 2%  Don't use any water Mix Ginger and Garlic Paste Pinch of Salt Crushed Red Pepper and Pinch of Black P epper Powder If available put some Fresh Mint Leaves to give color I use what is available This Spicy Yogurt is Hygienic good for Digestion also Tasty You can use as Salad Dressing also as Dip with Patties and in Burgers I avoid Mayonnaise -- Margarine or Butter

My Dear Readers  Dear Retirees and  Dear Retired Chef Dear Dietitian  Dear Nutritionist Dear Cafe Manager My Dear Student Friends             & All My Dear Readers Take Baking Tray arrange Chicken legs or Big Pieces of Chicken Take a Bowl Mix Yogurt 2% Ginger Paste \ Garlic Paste /  I use Fresh -- Blend and Keep                         in Bottles in Fridge it will be Good                         for Weeks You can use to Taste I put more as It is Therapeutic Ginger good for Digestion Garlic for Heart Add Oil  in the  mixing Bowl it will give Taste and color I use Olive oil Red Chili Powder Black Chili Powder Salt to Taste Tomato Paste to Give color Mix Everything in the Bowl with Spoon If it is too Thick mix some water Now spread this on Both sides...