Apple Walnut Bread

Fruit breads have always been my favorite. Apple and walnut combo is something that I wanted to try since many months. Finally had a chance to bake yesterday; turned out yummy and flavorful.

Adapted from here.

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour 1 cup

Wheat Flour 1 cup

Cinnamon Powder 1 tsp

Vanilla Powder 1 tsp

Baking Powder 2 tsp

Baking Soda 1 tsp

Salt 1/2 tsp

Eggs 2

Butter 110g

Yogurt 2/3 cup

Honey 1/2 cup

Dark Brown Sugar 1/2 cup

Chopped Apples 1/2 cup

Grated Apples 1 cup

Chopped Walnuts 3/4 cup

Method:

Chop Apples and Walnuts. Grate Apples.

Combine the dry ingredients All Purpose Flour, Wheat Flour, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Vanilla Powder, Cinnamon  Powder and Salt. Mix well and keep it aside. 

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Preheat the oven for ten minutes.

In a bowl, combine melted butter, eggs, Yogurt, Honey and Dark brown Sugar. Mix until everything gets combined well. Slowly add the dry ingredients mixture. Combine well till done.

                                                 

Now add the grated apples, chopped walnuts and apples. Mix well until everything is combined well.

                                                     

Butter the baking sheet in a loaf pan. Pour in the mixture. Sprinkle few chopped apples and walnuts.

Bake at 180 deg C for 45-50 minutes or until a tooth prick inserted comes out clean. Mine got done at 45 minutes.

Notes: I used a mixer to mix in all ingredients. But can be done in a large bowl with a hand whisk too.. Honey can be replaced with golden or maple syrup. I think with these syrups, it would be much more yumm.

This goes to Love 2 Bake happening at spicy treats and also to Dish it out - Breads from scratch happening at The Big Sweet Tooth.

Fruit Salad

This salad is very common recipe at my home. I prepare this quite often. I hate to eat fruits as such; so as my son. But when prepared as a salad, we love to eat. I love to try different combination of fruits but somehow settled down with this..

I used:

1/2 apple (big)
1 plum (big)
1 kiwi
1 tsp honey

Preparation: 

Peel the skin of apple and kiwi. Cut them and plum into small pieces.

Method:

In a bowl, combine all the chopped fruits. Pour in honey and then serve.

Serves: 1

Notes: We can add pineapple slices, pomegranate seeds, banana and any other fruit of one's choice. If adding banana, avoid mushy ones. Somehow, I find this combination better.I avoid pomegranate seeds as it is not my son's preference. But adding that gives nice color and tastes better. 

Linking this recipe to Healthy me & Healthy us event of Mharo Rajasthan's recipes and Hearty and Healthy event by vimitha of My Culinary Trial Room.

Saudi champagne - My 100th post

I've reached my 100th post quite late. I had many reasons; I was not well and my site had many technical problems too. I was into food blogging on and off, though I never stopped trying new recipes though my trials were mostly towards easy recipes and for my toddler son.

This trial is again a simple but has become our favorite now. I've never had a refreshing drink like saudi champagne. When my Hus told me about this champagne, I was shocked and asked is champagne available in saudi? He told me this is like a juice cocktail prepared with fruit juice and slices. He had this drink in a saudi restaurant and so could remember the ingredients. When I browsed for this champagne, I almost got the same results. I don't really know why it got its name, may be, because of the addition of soda. I made this just to celebrate my 100th post.  The fruit juice and slices infused with mint leaves gives a unique and refreshing taste.

 
Ingredients:

1 part apple juice
3 parts soda
Few mint leaves
Few apple and orange slices

Preparation:

Chop apple and orange into slices.

Method:

In a jar, add apple juice and mint leaves. Shake it well.

Add few orange and apple slices. Leave it for 10-15 minutes.

Add soda when you are about to serve.

Notes: 

Use fresh mint leaves and use apple juice preferably with sugar. Soda can also be replaced by sparkling water.