October 2010

Naturally Nutty nut butter winners!

I want to thank each and every one of you for participating in the special giveaway honoring Katie’s late father-in-law. It was inspiring to read some of your childhood memories.

I used Random.org, a true random number service to select the winners and they are:

Congratulations Natalia and Stephanie 🙂 Email info@kirantarun.com to claim your loot.
Thank you so much Katie for the wonderful opportunity to cherish the memories of your loved one.

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Dinner with the blends

The Naturally Nutty nut butter giveaway is still on. Click and comment away 🙂

In other news, I was preparing for my Karva Chauth fast, thus the delay in this post. How did your fasting go?

Anyways…

Last Friday night, I had the pleasure of finally meeting a few of Orlando’s lovely blogging blends for dinner. We chowed down on some amazing Lebanese food at the Cedar’s restaurant on Sand Lake.

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Breakfast and a giveaway!

I am a breakfast person. Well some times 🙂 But when I am in a good mood for a tasty breakfast, I usually just go with simplicious. Yes, a simple and delicious breakfast combo.

Simple = A bagel or bread.

Delicious = Almond or peanut butter.

A side serving of fruits and coffee/tea of course.

What is your favorite breakfast combo?

I love Naturally Nutty products. Sometimes we misjudge how tasty organic foods can be. I thought the same when I received my order a few weeks ago. After a bite, I knew that every spoonful of deliciousness is packed with organic hemp and flax seeds. I am so hooked into Vanilla Almond Butter. My favorite thus far 🙂 This is my first almond butter taste test, and I am never looking back.

Hubby, if you are reading this – we need to keep a separate budget for these nut butters 🙂

I wrote an appreciation email to Katie, founder and president of Naturally Nutty Food Inc and raved about her delicious and wholesome creations. Katie is so happy that we are enjoying her goodies so much, she has given me an opportunity to work along side with her to organize a giveaway in loving memory of her father-in-law, who recently passed away.

Katie would like to send 2 of my readers a jar of her famous nut butter (your choice of flavor). In return I want you my dear readers, to please share in the comment section below, something memorable, special, touching, funny etc about your own dad or father figure. The comment on this post will close on Thursday Oct 28th midnight, and I’ll announce the 2 lucky winners on Friday, Oct 29th.

I would begin the giveaway by sharing something memorable about my dear Uncle Jas. Lovely happy memories whilst growing up in a joint family. We were always given lunch without pocket money. Tough economy. My Uncle Jas was a thrift with his money and never failed to teach us the value of savings. So much so, that he would even save a few cents worth by skipping his tea break. Many times he would dig into his savings to buy us all ice creams that would cost more than his cup of tea. He’s my hero, in the financial world. Thanks Uncle Jas, I am officially a thrift as well 😀

We are so sorry for your loss Katie & family, and truly grateful for the opportunity to honor in loving memory of your father-in-law. May he rests in peace.

Comment away everyone, and good luck!

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Chicken meatballs with broccoli

Just posted a new recipe at Recipebox. How’s your weekend coming along thus far? Hubby isn’t feeling well. But that didn’t stop us from keeping scores of India and Malaysia in the Commonwealth Games. The opening ceremony was awesome. Minus the A.R Rahman bit though.

I have been enjoying photography so much now that I have my new Nikon D5000. And the extra lens was a good investment. Promise to do a review in the near future. Still toying with it.

Anyways, in other news… I have some fun giveaways lined up for next week or so. Stay tuned for that 🙂

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Marie Claire’s hypocrisy

To Editor of Marie Claire,

I met many wonderful bloggers in my blogging adventure. Of course not all of them maintain just a personal journal. But some of them share their daily day-to-day activities as healthy living and fitness bloggers. Caitlin and Meghann touched and changed many lives with not just their daily chronology of healthy living, eating and fitness routines. But the quirkiness of their world. Something many of us bloggers can relate to.

We share our lives, recipes, what we did on a holiday etc. We share our stories. Not expert advices. Very unlikely to be manipulated by a stranger. Or an outrageous and irresponsible magazine such as Marie Claire. Personally, I’ve never attacked anyone that posts negative comments or emails. But this time Marie Claire has gone to far. Don’t underestimate me just because I am a nice person. [click to continue…]

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