Award For You !!!

A big thank you to Elizabeth,http://foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com/ I love her for taking the time & the effort for bringing this wonderful cheer in our food blogger community:) I want everyone on my followers list to please collect this award and paste it on your blog and enjoy it and show it off to all and sundry :) And finally a big hug to my dear friend Elizabeth-You are such a wonderful person and I love all your thrift finds and all the pictures from Florida and the warmth they bring to this part of cold land.I enjoy reading about your grand children and the things they do and most of all I enjoy the food you prepare and the ideas behind your preparation.Thanks Elizabeth :)!!!

Awards And Some More Pictures On Popular Demand :)

I genuinely want to express how Lucky and Happy I feel on receiving these awards by my dear  blogger friends,who have accepted me right from the word Go and have always been very very encouraging at every step with their constant flow of  wonderful comments and appreciation. I love you all and want to wish everyone here a ,Happy Everything :)!!!!

The first award is by Nancy of http://kitchengypsies.blogspot.com/
The second one is by Gayathri of http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.com/
The third one is by Suja of  http://kichencorner.blogspot.com/

Please do walk yourself  through their creative space,and discover  their amazing and finger licking recipes. It would be an understatement to say they are amazing cooks-Please do check out their blogs . Thanks and Best,Kavita



This award was given  by Nancy & Gayathri & Suja



Fire place mantle with snow flakes

Small Santa on the corner table

Sideboard with all the Christmas & new year greetings

Kitchen Window overlooking the deck

I wanted the maple to look festive

The small tree in the family room

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Manasi wanted every corner to have a Christmassy flavor,the regular things went in the basement and the Christmassy stuff took their spots:)

Award Time !!!

I am thrilled to have recieved these awards from my dear blogger friends. Please do visit their exceptional blogs with many versatile recipes. I bet you ,you will never run out of ideas,they keep inventing and reinventing recipes:) I am never running out of ideas for meals now, since I beacme a part of this wonderful blogosphere community.

The first one is from Kurinji of http://kurinjikathabam.blogspot.com/
She is extremely talented and does amazing Kolams along with equally amazing recipes. I always love to see her page,it brightens up my day with all the festive Kolams and exudes very positive vibes :)

The second award is from Priya Sreeram of http://bonappetit.blogspot.com/
She is an amazing blogger and the fact that she has been awarded with most awards since last night says it all:) I  love the heading  on her blog it is so apt and reads ,"Cooking is like love,it should be entered into with abandon or not atall". Please do visit her blog for some wonderful,mouthwatering recipes.

I will share these awards  again around New Year ,so long keep cooking and keep posting fun recipes :)

Award Time !!!

I was given the Sunshine Blog award by Sujatha of http://epicureansdelight.blogspot.com/  please do visit her blog for some very interesting recipes. It is now time for me to share this award and another award given by Elizabeth of http://foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com/  Please do visit Elizabeth's blog for some true gems.
I am now sharing these two awards with my blogger friends and request them to come & pick up their award & show this award on their blog and further share this award with their blogger friends :)
Jay :  http://tastyappetite.blogspot.com/
Shanthi : http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.com/
Jan: http://cookingbachelors.blogspot.com/
Malar: http://www.kitchentantra.com/
Prathima: http://pratscorner.blogspot.com/
Priya: http://bonappetit.blogspot.com/
Kuriniji: http://kurinjikathambam.blogspot.com/
Kairali sisters:  http://cookingwithkairalisisters.blogspot.com/
Sangeeta: http://banaraskakhana.blogspot.com/
Suja: http://kitchencornertryit.blogspot.com/
Anukampa: http://apinchofsaltmakeitall.blogspot.com/

No it is not over yet,I am sharing One Lovely Blog award with more blogger friends :)
Manasi G : http://cookingwithmoi.blogspot.com/
santosh: http://santoshbangar.blogspot.com/
Aipi: http://usmasala.blogspot.com/
http://cookingfoodie.blogspot.com/
http://cookerybits.blogspot.com/
Nitha: http://amateurperceptions.blogspot.com/
Nisa: http://cookingiseasy.blogspot.com/
http://darjeelingdreams.blogspot.com/
http://hgourmetfoodie.blogspot.com/
lavi: http://homecooksrecipes.blogspot.com/

I have enjoyed my time spent on all the blogs mentioned above and have come across some very unique cooking styles along with very interesting recipes. So I urge everyone to visit these special blogs.

 Have fun cooking & sharing the wonderful recipes :)

One lovely Blog,Award !!!

Thank you so much, Elizabeth for sharing back the award with me. I am thrilled and my earnest urge to everyone around here in food blogosphere and otherwise also to visit my friend Elizabeth's blog http://foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com  to go through some amazing recipes . I have found her recipes to be very healthy  and I have to admit they are on the TOP when it comes to flavors-she has a flair of incorporating Indian spices along with Hungarian paprika in her recipes.

I am keeping 2 awards with me till the end of this month before I share them with my other blogger friends. One  is by Elizabeth  which I just posted and my very first award by Sujatha of http://gourmetskitchenette.blogspot.com I cannot thank Sujatha enough for being so helpful at a point when I  had just embarked on this blogging journey. She kept the flow of comments constant and also gave some useful tips on  the do' s & don'ts of Blogging:) Sujatha has two amazing twin boys(2 year old) and is a programmer and full time working mother and yet finds the time to blog such innovative recipes.Please do visit her blog.

One lovely Blog,Award !!!

What bettter than ,"One Lovely Blog" award to celebrate exactly one month of my  blogging I have to thank Shalini for giving me this award. Shalini has a super blog with fantastic recipes so please everyone check out http://currysecrets.blogspot.com/  trust me you will find some hidden gems there :) I am passing this award to  some wonderful  fellow bloggers , please accept the award and put this on your blog & link it to me. Please do pass on this happiness to your fellow bloggers.Keep this going !!!

Elizabeth http://foodandthriftfinds.blogspot.com/

Nancy  http://kitchengypsies.blogspot.com/

sarah http://vazhayila.blogspot.com/

Sabby http://foodfunfreak.blogspot.com/

Pushpa http://tasteasyoucook.blogspot.com/

Shoba http://foodmazaa.blogspot.com/

pavithra http://bingeonveg.blogspot.com/

Suhaina http://mysingaporekitchen.blogspot.com/

torview http://torview.blogspot.com/

cookery bits http://cookerybits.blogspot.com/

treat & trick http://treat&trick.blogspot.com/

amateurperceptions http://amateurperceptions.blogspot.com/

I am a huge fan of their blogs and everyone has some very unique and special recipes to offfer on their blogs. I look forward to  their new posts and try and read most and sometimes also try their recipes :)

My First award !!!

My morning started on such a wonderful note today,after I visited my blog to find this most amazing appreciation award waiting  for me on my blog:)   from http://epicureansdelight.blogspot.com/
Thanks to my dear blogger friend Cool Blogger,I am truly honored and hope to keep posting more interesting and innovative recipes for my dear readers and blogger friends & followers. I will be sharing this  award with my other blogger friends by the end of November . This is a terrific  bloggers community and I want it to thrive on inspiration and motivation by other  bloggers who share the same space and yet come up with so many different ideas :) Kudos to us all !!!

Three Cheers for dear coolblogger who bestowed this award upon me (my blog) -Hip Hip Hurray !!!