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California Walnuts Redefines Healthy Eats into Lip smacking snacks
We all know healthy food can be unappealing. Especially, we Indians have grown up 
with moms feeding us healthy food and those protein shots in the form of nuts, almonds and the most dreaded, walnuts were enough to send us to untraceable hideouts. For any layman, walnuts feel dry, drab and tasteless with a after taste of oily bitterness. Though I never enjoyed having them, the nuts provide many health benefits and it is essential to make it part of our diet for balanced nutrition. Acceptance is essentially how we package it. So, taking this as a cue, an US company has proved that with the right ingredients, walnuts can be made into snacks that excite children and adults alike.
Following Tea Trails in Chennai – Let us Eat and Drink Tea
Chennai known more for its affinity to Coffee or kaapi is now getting its share of tea tasting experience with exclusive outlets for getting that Tea experience. Tea is no more limited to the hot beverage you get in roadside shops with a huge bag like filter and served in glasses. Tea Trails located in Ashok Nagar near the police station serves 80 different types of tea categorized as black, white, green, Oolong and herbal teas. Known as Chai, it is served without milk and there are 12 types of tea with milk.
The most interesting part of having the tea is the setup placed on the table along with instructions on brewing the specific tea. The tea we had was Kashmiri Kahwa. Expecting a glass of dark brown tea (we had without milk), we were surprised to see an apparatus placed on the table with an instruction card specifying 1 to 2 minutes to brew the tea. So we waited for 2 minutes and pressed the button and lo!, we had 150 ml of filtered brewed tea. We were told we can brew the tea 4 times with the same ingredients making for 4 cups of tea when you buy one. Certainly an interesting concept and we were surprised at the cup of aromatic yellow tea. It is not over yet; we were served with Almond bits which we were told is sprinkled as an add on to the Kashmiri Kahwa tea.
McCain Made My Life Lot Easy
Okay, let us be honest. McCain products are ready to be deep fried food items available in freezers in most of the super markets. Deep fried? Yes. So what? I am getting allergic to the fact that the moment ‘deep fried’ is mentioned I can hear the awws and ohhhs and question marks over the eligibility of the item to be consumed. Let us get this straight. We are consuming deep fried food as part of meals, when we eat out, and also when we socialize in various forms. Ask nutritionists and they will tell you fat is not totally bad. It is the temptation to eat more which creates trouble. Now with so many options for healthy deep frying with olive oil and various reports about the goodness of gingelly oil, groundnut oil, indulgence once in a while is not a crime. This is for the kids and people without diseases that abhor deep fried goodness.
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