Cookie Baking Event Roundup!!

I am happy to showcase my very first event's roundup on Cookies. My hearty Thanks to all the contributors for making it a success. If I have missed out any entries please let me know, I will add it up and announce the book giveaway in the same post.

The winner of the cookie book is "Sindhura of Bay Leaf". Congrats Sindhura!!

Thanks to all for the lovely New Year wishes.

I wish all my visitors a very Happy & Prosperous New Year.

DK of Culinary Bazaar


Meeta of What's for lunch honey



Yasmeen of Health Nut


Vineela of Vineela's Cuisine



Deepa of Simple Home Cooking


Uma of Essence of Andhra

Sweatha of Tasty Curry Leaf



Sunita of Sunita's World


Sukanya of Sukanya's Musings



HomeCooked


Sowmya of Creative Saga


Sindhura of Bay Leaf


Sindhura of Bay Leaf

Sindhura of Bay Leaf


Sanika of Spicy & Tangy..Sweet & Yummy


Renuka of Fusion


Ranae of La Dolce Dente


Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes


Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes


Raji of Simply Innocence


Sukanya of Hot N'Sweet Bowl

Medena of Cafe Chocolada



Mahimaa of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen


Deepthi of Vegetable Platter


Namratha of Finger Licking Food


Navita of Zaayeka


Bharathy of Spicy Chilly


Archy of Archy's Recipe Book


Jayashree of Sinful Indulgence


Arundhuti of Gourmet Affair


Happy Cook of My Kitchen Treasures


Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam


Dhanya of My Home Cooking


Deeba of Passionate About Baking


JZ of Tasty Treats



Madhuram of Eggless Cooking



Keerthana of Kitchen Vibes


Soma of Ecurry



Madhuram of Eggless Cooking



Poonam of Poonam's Kitchen



Pamela of The Cooking Ninja



Mansi of Fun and Food



Sunshinemom of Tongue Ticklers


Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam


Chelly of Rolling in Dough



Cathy of Aficionado



Bertha of Gourmet Baking


Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam


Preety of Preety's Kitchen


Aquadaze of Served with Love


Anudivya of ...and a little bit more...


Akal of Akal's Saappadu


Miri of Peppermill

Corn and Potato Fritters

This would be my contribution for this month's Cooking for Kids Event- Corn.
I have extended the date for this event to Jan-5th.
Currently awesome cookies are pouring into my mail box :) Hoping to see more entries for corn too.




Ingredients

2 large potatoes
1/2 cup fresh or frozen(thawed) corn kernels
2-3 tbsp spring onions, chopped
1/2 tsp garam masala
salt to taste
Pinch of chilli powder
oil


Preparation

Boil and cool the potatoes. Peel and mash. In a bowl combine these potatoes, corn, spring onions, garam masala, salt and chilli powder. Mix well.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Make patties and cook until golden on both the sides. Serve with tomato ketchup.






This beautiful book will be given to one person who will be selected randomly by my little one for Cookie Baking event .

Christmas Tree Pizza, Pom-raffle winner, Awards and Free books.

I found this beautiful recipe from Pillsbury site. This Appetizer tree is beautifully decorated with veggie ornaments for holiday.




Ingredients

1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can Pillsbury Crescent refrigerated flaky dough sheet
2tbsp diced tomato
2tbsp chopped mushroom
2tbsp chopped onions
2 tbsp red bell pepper
1 tbsp yellow bell pepper
2 tbsp chopped fresh broccoli
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp Mexican blend cheese or any shredded cheese





Preparation

Heat oven to 375°F. Remove dough from can in 1 long roll; do not unroll or separate. Cut roll into 16 slices.
On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices cut side down to form tree. Start by placing 1 slice for top; arrange 2 slices just below, with sides touching. Continue arranging a row of 3 slices, then a row of 4 slices, ending with a row of 5 slices. Use remaining slice for tree trunk.
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and arrange all the veggies on top. Finally top it with shredded cheese.
Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; carefully loosen from cookie sheet with spatula, and serve warm.




I was selected as a winner of the weekly POM giveaway contest for my Pom-Smoothie recipe. This is what I got!!


My lovely friends showered me with awards, though I was not blogging regularly.

Adlak has given this lovely award to me! Thanks Adlak.



Ramya has showered me with all these nice awards. Thanks Ramya, so generous of you!




Ramya Vijaykumar has given me this nice award. Thanks Ramya!


Lakshmi has given me this beautiful award! Thanks Lakshmi.



I would like to pass these awards to all those nice people who leave comment on my blog!!

Here are some links which I found online to get free recipe booklets by mail. This is only for people in US, I suppose. You can find the link to the right side of the page.

Here are some nice recipes from Kraft you can download from here . It is a nice printable version.

This is a gentle reminder for the events in my blog.

Cooking for kids last date Dec-31st

Cookie Baking event last date Dec-28th