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A Focaccia made with Sourdough Discard out of the oven golden and airy, it’s dimples filled with caramelized onions, juicy tomatoes, rich olive oil and a delicate crackle of flaky salt that makes every bite warm and deeply satisfying. It’s the kind of bread that perfumes the whole kitchen and tastes like comfort and indulgence in the same mouthful

A Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Filling and a Peanut Butter Buttercream frosting and decorated with fresh Raspberries. Made for a potluck with friends

Here's the first in my series of articles to reduce food waste. There will (hopefully) be more. I had to create a blog post since I could not figure out how to add an attachment to my Facebook post

Please do leave your tips, thought and comments.

Thank you and have a wonderful day!

https://littledropsintheocean.blogspot.com/2022/01/reducing-food-waste-vol-i-avoid-buying.html

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It's been a while since I posted. I shall intermittently post food photos, but also wanted to start a series on reducing food waste. Maybe this can be the new year resolution for a lot of us.

As per the Food Waste Index Report 2021, a staggering 50 kg of food is thrown away per person per year in Indian homes. This excess food waste usually ends up in landfills, creating potent greenhouse gases which have dire environmental implications. Meanwhile, we continue to be greenwashed into amassing more "organic" and "sustainable" products than we really need

Source :

India has a food wastage problem. Here’s how individuals can make a difference According to the Food Waste Index Report 2021 published by the United Nations Environment Programme, 50 kg of food is thrown away per person every year in Indian homes.

Mocha Brownies topped with Dark Chocolate Ganache and sprinkled with Roasted Hazelnuts.

Made for a get together with friends I was meeting after the longest time, thanks to the pandemic situation.

What happened to the piece on the left top corner? A bird flew in and took it. Um... A cat came in and took a bite. No, uh... Someone left the door open and a RACCOON came and...

Mickey Mouse? Noooo! This is a Lemon Tart made with a nice crispy Pastry base and tangy and sweet Lemon Curd. Decorated with little dollops of whipped Fresh Cream to cut the tartness

A special cake for a special occasion. This was a cake for a 20th Wedding Anniversary celebration.

A Chocolate Cake with dark chocolate Mousse and Caramel filling. Frosted with dark Chocolate Ganache. Decorated with Rice Paper "Kalgi", Edible Fabric "Lehenga" and Edible Lace on the Lehenga

Hot Chocolate Bombs (Video also added)

These are currently trending on social media and I really wanted to try them out. When you have children of the age where they easily get excited by theatrics, there's added motivation :-) I'm not a fan of chocolate drinks, so I didn't taste this, but from the reaction of my own children and customers, they turned out good

Made them in the following flavors :
Regular vanilla
Pumpkin Spice
Hot Chilli
Cookies and Cream (both, in shells of white chocolate and dark chocolate)

Tempered the chocolate, and used homemade Hot Chocolate Mix and homemade Marshmallows

FocacciArt!

Dahi Mirch Achar

This is one of the simple pickles I remember from my childhood. It is something my grandmother used to make and my mother learnt from her. I don't know if it is a traditional Rajasthani recipe, or it's a family recipe

Ingredients
- Fresh Green Chillies (don't bother if some are red like mine)
- Plain Yogurt
- Freshly Coarsely ground Black Mustard Seeds
- Salt to taste

Method
- Cut and clean the Chillies. Cut them into inch long pieces or a size of your choice.
- Boil enough water to blanch the chillies. Once the water is boiing, drop in the chillies and boil for a couple of minutes. This also helps reduce their heat
- Drain and cool.
- Whisk the yogurt and add salt and crushed mustard seeds (Approx. 1 tbsp for 1.5 cups yogurt)
- Refrigerate or leave at room temperature for a day before consuming, to let the pickle sour a little. The mustard helps with that. Keep refrigerated after a day
- Can be eaten over a period of 8-10 days. It gets more sour as it ages and the heat from the chillies gets mellower

NOTES
- Alternatively to boiling, you may mix the mustard and salt with the cleaned and dried chillies and keep in the sun for a day before adding the yogurt.
- Cut chillies to any desired size. You may also deseed them if you don't like too much heat. I deseeded a few
- Use the chilli of choice, again depending on the amount of heat you can handle
- Just add more yogurt if it runs out before chillies are finished

Let me know if you make it! :-)