A Whole Food Life ...

Happy Sunday!!! I started out my day dreaming of a breakfast dish my mom used to make when we were growing up. " Sooji " or Brea...

During one of many trips to India, before my dad passed on, he introduced Tony to Pomegranates. It was love at first bite for him. Ever si...

Its fall! Its time for pumpkin everything! I already did a post on Pumpkin Spice Latte Oatmeal . If you're not much of a coffee fan, b...

I recently got my blood work done. Most of you probably already saw all the details on Facebook. After 2 years of being plant-based, I am ...

Last night after dinner, I had a little over 4 tablespoons of White Basmati Rice (about 1/8 cup dry) left over. No one wanted to finish th...

I've been eating Oats for breakfast for a long long time. Quite a few months actually. So this morning I decided to change it up a li...

After having spent 2 weeks in India eating all kinds of 'cheat' foods, I was craving a good bowl of Oatmeal upon returning home. T...

Another oatmeal recipe? Is Rugrat Chow becoming an Oatmeal blog? Rest assured that it isn't so. I'm simply having a summer aff...

Peach Bounty in the Coder Yard Our two peach trees are dripping with fruit. We're the kind of careless carefree fruit tree owners ...

Another weekend .. another dirth of fresh fruits and ... another quest for the perfect oatmeal recipe with pantry ingredients. And guess w...

This morning, I was out of all fruits except a half a bag of mandarin oranges. After looking around for a few minutes at other breakfast o...

As many of you know already, I consume a lot of oats .. can't swallow instant oats and use those only for baked cookie and dessert rec...

So Tony consumed the last banana this morning :) after he asked me!!! Since I didn't have a banana for my usual Everyday Oats  I decid...

Recently, I've noted that I crave an occasional bite of chocolate or something sweet in the evenings, or on weekend afternoons at home...

I was having a Spinach Smoothie for breakfast for the longest time. However, I'd read so much about not drinking one's calories th...

The saga continues. My last bread making attempt  was a disaster. The whole darned loaf ended up in the trash. My aim is to end up with a ...

My adventures with bread making continue. After a brief hiatus, I attempted another loaf today. After a quick Google search revealed nothi...

I've been moving away from my beloved spinach smoothie for a few weeks and concentrating on eating more whole grains for breakfast and...

I've been meaning to try Chia pudding for a long time but never really have had the time or the motivation to actually get down and do...

Homemade Multi-Grain Bread - Take 2 So my first attempt at using my bread machine turned out pretty good. It wasn't great '...