Archive for June, 2015

Celebrating mother’s day with your expecting wife

June 26th, 2015

Motherhood is an amazing experience. Taking care of the child is tiring and a big responsibility but God has filled the heart of mothers with so much love that she does everything for making a child happy and comfortable without thinking about her own comfort. The feelings of a mother’s love to the child started from the very moment when a girl comes to know that she is expecting a baby, that there is a little life forming in her womb. She spends hours, thinking of the baby and talking to her. She gets more than excited on all the baby related stuff. She starts making promises to herself to give her baby all the best comfort in life that at any point she lags. With all these amazing feelings if the mother’s day comes in her pregnancy, she also deserves some loving words and admiring phrases and a cheery on top some pampering gift too. The baby is too small and not in this world, but she is already a mother. A mother, who is bearing a lot of pain and discomfort just to bring her baby to this world.

If your wife is expecting, then you should celebrate mother’s day with her and show your love towards her in a special way. Make her realize that today you are doing these things or her, but after a few years your children will be celebrating mother’s day with her mom.

Following are some ideas to celebrate the mother’s day with your expecting wife:

  • Buy a cake for her and personalized it with some heart touching line like ‘Happy mother’s day mama from your little baby’ or ‘peekaboo from the worm, just to say happy mother’s day’
  • One silly aspect of pregnancy is that a mom to be is always wondering what to wear when there is some special occasion. All old dresses don’t fit her and she doesn’t want to invest in some expensive dresses for that big size. So gifting a fabulous pregnancy dress is always a good option.
  • Gift her some baby related products, it can be clothes, boots, rattles, baby bag or some maternity related products like pregnancy pillow etc.
  • If you are away or celebrating mother’s day with your mom then send Mother’s day chocolates by post. In this way you will be able to mark your presence with a different style.
  • Present her a mother’s day card. Let her know that you realized that from how much pain and discomfort you are passing.
  • Book a massage appointment for her. With the pregnancy, there came many body aches and pains. A comforting and relaxing body message would be a great luxury for her to enjoy on mother’s day.

Easy homemade Christmas Holiday cookies

June 26th, 2015

The hidden charm of Christmas for the kids and also for the adults, it the gifts, Christmas cakes, the chocolates indulgence and crispy crunchy cookies. No doubt that the markets are loaded with amazing cookies of all types, but the joy of making cookies at home add more fun to your celebrations. Baking sessions are a great activity, whether enjoyed with family, friends or the kids. The homemade cookies are economical thus you can make loads of cookies with fewer burdens on the budget. Homemade cookies also made an amazing Christmas gift. Take a basket, fill it with your cookies and wrap it with cellophane and present it to your loved ones.

This is an amazing cookies recipe. You can share this delightful recipe with your family and friends. If they don’t find the chocolates used in the recipe then you can send Christmas chocolates online to them so that they can also enjoy this delightful recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Cooking oil for greasing the tray
  • ½ cup chocolate chips
  • 200 grams dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
  • 50 grams mildly sweetened dark chocolate
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 egg whites (medium eggs)
  • 2 cup caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoonscornstarch
  • 2-4 tablespoon of warm milk
  • Pinch of salt

Method:

  • Preheat the oven at 350 F. So that the oven is just ready when you are done with pre baking steps.
  • Put the chocolates and the chocolate chip in a glass bowl and melt them by double boiler method (put the water in a big pan and place it on the stove on medium to low speed. Then put the chocolate in another bowl and placed it in water. Reduce the flame to very low before the water starts boiling.)
  • Beat the egg whites on medium speed until the cream form is made. Now put half the sugar in it and beat until white soft cream is formed.
  • In another bowl, mix all the dry ingredients and add melted chocolate in it. Hard dough is formed. Now mix the egg white mixture in it. If you find the dough very hard add 2-4 tablespoon of milk in it.
  • Now make small balls of the dough and give them the shape of a cookie. Place on the baking tray. Bake them for 8-10 minutes.
  • Place them in the glass jar once cool. They can last for a month if placed in an airtight jar at room temperature and keeping away from the sun.

 

Rose; the most popular and loved flower

June 26th, 2015

Rose is one of the widely grown plants. It is the beauty of rose that it exists in a huge variety. It makes this plant highly adopted in various area types. Rose has its unique importance from ancient type. It is a symbol of love, beauty and fragrance. It is found in so many colors and every color stands for a different emotions and feelings. Thus, there is a rose to display every kind of feelings and emotions. It is the most loved flower for the purpose of gifting. It is the number one choice of best online flowers delivery services. When combined with other flowers and greenery roses, makes amazing arrangements which will suit all kinds of events and situations. They also act as a great addition to home and office decor. A bunch of roses or even a single rose works wonders aesthetically and considerably enlivens a place.

No other flower gets that level of popularity in fiction by writers and poets that is enjoyed by the rose. It is also a historic flower which has its unique importance of its part played in England war. White and red rose are used as an emblem when in England the Houses of York and Lancaster were fighting for power.  Thus, this rose gives this war name of ‘The war of the Rose’. It is also the national flower of the United Kingdom. Hot temperature, moist soil and plenty of sunlight, all this is needed by roses to flourish the most. That’s why June is considered the month of roses.

It is the most popular flower in all kinds of celebrating moments. Rose has its unique importance in love and romance. It’s the only flowers that show best the emotions of true love. When you want to propose someone you don’t even have to say anything, present a bouquet of dozen red roses and it will say all.  Roses are also a symbol of delicacy and fragrance. They add beauty to the area where they are planted or placed.

Delicious midnight snack recipe; death by chocolate cupcakes

June 26th, 2015

The craving of chocolates on odd times makes me to fill up my refrigerator with some Choco bites all the time. Knowing my chocolates craze my family and friends used to send chocolates to me every now and then.  But there are events when I get bored with chocolate as candy bars and need something chocolaty other than chocolates.  For this reason I used to make some chocolate cupcakes and cookies. Out of all my amazing recipes here I am sharing the finger linking good death by chocolate cupcakes. They are delicious enough to make you drool by just thinking of them. The most amazing thing about this recipe is melting chocolate. The melted chocolate will be used twice, one for baking and other form making glazed frosting. This melting chocolate is the hidden delicacy of this recipe.

This recipe is equally good for making cupcakes or a cake.

What you will need:

  • 12 oz.Mildly sweetened dark chocolate
  • 200 grams butter
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. light corn syrup
  • Sea salt

How you will do it:

  • The first thing is to preheat the oven at 300 degree F. So that the oven is just ready for baking when you end up with all the before bake preparations.
  • Grease the cupcake pan and put aside.
  • Take 9 Oz of dark chocolate and 150 grams butter and melt with the double boiler method (put the water in a big pan and place it on the stove on medium to low speed. Then put the chocolate in another bowl and placed it in water. Reduce the flame to very low before the water starts boiling.)
  • Beat the eggs one by one with an electric beater on medium speed until light and fluffy. Then add cocoa powder, vanilla essence, sugar & flour and beat until smooth.
  • Add the melted chocolate and butter mixture in the eggs mixture and mix until well combined.
  • Put the mixture into the cupcake pan and leave half of the space from the top, allowing the cupcakes to raise well.
  • Bake for 15- 18 minutes or until springy to touch.
  • Let the cupcakes cool and the place them on a wired rack.
  • Now melt the remaining butter and chocolate with the corn syrup with the double boiler method and let it cool. Now dip the top of cupcakes in this delicious glaze and sprinkle sea salt on the top. You can also add chocolate flakes for garnishing.

Two amazing Chocolate smoothie recipes

June 26th, 2015

Chocolate love is divine. God knows what a magic is there in the chocolate that it attracts chocoholics just like a magnet attract iron. They are seductive in every from whether it is a chocolate bar, chocolate cookies, chocolate cake or a chocolate shake.  In the hot summer consuming chocolate bar feels a bit lousy. It melts and sticks on hand. Drinking a chilled chocolate shake is the biggest pleasure of chocoholics. It soothes the mind and body. But all the time going to a café for a cup of shake is a luxury one can’t afford all the time. So here I will share with you two amazing chocolate smoothies’ recipes. If you didn’t find the chocolate used in the recipe, then don’t get panic. There are many online services that send chocolates to the doorstep. So now there is no hindrance between you and your favorite chocolate smoothie.

Chocolate smoothie

Serves for two

Preparation time 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • One cup full cream cold milk
  • 6 scoops of chocolate ice-cream
  • ¼ cup chocolate syrup
  • Whipped cream

Method:

  • Put the milk and half chocolate syrup in the blender and blend until foam is formed.
  • Add the ice-cream and blend until smooth
  • Take out the smoothie in glasses and load it with whipped cream
  • Pour the remaining chocolate syrup on the top

Triple chocolate smoothie:

  • Preparation time 15 minutes
  • Serves 2 persons

Ingredients:

  • 50 grams dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
  • 2 tablespoons Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons of milk cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • Caster sugar 2 tablespoon.
  • 3 scoops of dark chocolate ice cream
  • 2 scoops of milk chocolate ice cream
  • 2 tablespoon chocolate chip

Method:

  • Melt the dark chocolate by putting in the double boiler.
  • Mix the cocoa in warm milk and then put it in the refrigerator to cool.
  • Put the melted dark chocolate, cocoa milk, sugar, milk cream and ice cream in an electric blender and blend for 1 minute or until smooth.
  • Pour the smoothie into glasses and garnish with chocolate chips