Nutrition Talk by Chef Vikas Khanna at #QuakerBowl indiblogger meet, and a Giveaway!!!

Food has always been a major challenge. Be it the malnutrition among the lesser income families or the fuzzy eater kids and the changing food pattern and lifestyle in the upper incomes. Half war is won just by substituting refined grains with whole grains. Whole grains which are rich in fibre, multiple vitamins and iron work better on digestive tract and help convert the consumed food into energy rather to bad fats.

#QuakerBowl @Indiblogger Meet

Nutrition, this was the topic of discussion at the #QuakerBowl @indiblogger meet last Sunday at J W Marriot Mumbai, when celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna joined bloggers from Mumbai. The style icon and celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna who is known for the twists he creates in tastes was revealed as the Nutrition Ambassador of Quaker India at the meet. Chef shared about the goodness of whole grains and Oats in particular. Through a Q&A session he introduced us to interesting food and India facts. There were other challenges for bloggers like guessing the ingredients and also a mini Master chef contest, where we bloggers in groups tried cooking awesomelicious recipes with Quaker Oats. 

Chef tasting our recipes

Quaker Health Challenge

Dinner has always been a challenge for me, I always prefer having dinner by 7 in the evening. But by the time I come home from office and cook my dinner its 9 in the night and that has made me put on since last few months. As suggested by one of blogger friends Reshmi Kurup, I have started having Oats for dinner(by 7:30). This makes me feel light by the time I go to bed by 10, just with in a week of trying oats for dinner, I can make out the difference in myself.

Giveaway!!!

Its a real misconception that healthy food cannot be tasty. You can make your food healthier without compromising on taste by including more of whole grains like wheat and brown rice. You can improve the nutrition by including Quaker Oats.

Watch the #QuickQuaker recipes at https://www.quaker.co.in/recipe/all-videos/all and share the link to the video of the recipe you liked, in the comment section below along with your email address. You can also shall your own recipes you tried using oats. One lucky winner will win "Do more with Quaker!" Cookbook by Quaker.

Thank you all for participating in the contest, the contest is now closed. Winner is,

SAMANTHA SURESH

Samantha, congratulations.

Contest Terms and Condition:

• Contest is open till 5th May 2016, 11:59PM and winner will be announced on 6th May 2016. The Organizer may in its absolute discretion curtail or extend the Contest Period, as it deems necessary without any liability whatsoever; and no communication in this regard will be entertained. 
• No purchase or consumption of products is necessary to participate in the Contest. 
•  Prize can be sent to address only with-in India.
• Winners will be contacted on their email id as provided while participating. The Winner shall provide his/her details i.e. valid contact no and postal address. Such information shall be provided within 3 days from the declaration of the Winner. The Winners would be contacted thrice over a period of 48 hrs. In case the Winner does not respond with the required details or is not reachable we reserve the right to pass on the Prize to another Participant, as per the criteria mentioned above, without any further notice to such Winner. The new Winner in such a case will be contacted and verified via telephone and/or email, as per this Clause.

Skywatch Friday - Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, Mysore

At the northen gate of Amba Vilas Palace, stands the Dodda Gadiayara(meaning the Big Clock). When I heard one of my friends asking me about Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, I wondered where it was, only to find out the clock tower or Dodda Gadiyara at Chamaraja Circle was called Silver Jubilee Clock Tower. 

Standing near the Town Hall, the clock is said to be built by palace staff in 1927 to commemorate Silver Jubilee of rule of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the 75feet tall tower has 4 clocks on its four sides with the numbers embed in Kannada. All clocks are functional even after 90 years from their construction.

 

Statue of Chamaraja Wodeyar, with the Palace North gate at the back

Chamaraja Circle has great architectural treasure with Amba Vilas Palace, Town Hall, Silver Jubilee Clock tower and the statue of Chamaraja Wodeyar at the round about of the circle.

St. Philomena's Church Mysore..

Been studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, we always had odd vacation pattern. Our summer vacation would start half way till our cousins would have finished their vacation and would end after their schools would be long re-opened. I used to spend most of my vacations in Mysore or Bangalore at cousin's places. My cousin at Mysore studied at St Mary's school at the campus of St Philomena Church and I visited the church almost everyday with my aunt during the visit to his school. As kids the church was well liked by us for the narrow tunnel which connected the church's underground to the playground outside.
 

St Philomena church is a well known land mark in Mysore and can be sighted from anywhere around Mysore for its 187ft tall twin spires. Built between 1933-1941 under the patronage of His Highness Sri Nalvadi Krishanaraja Wodeyar, the Maharaja of Mysore and Dr. Rene Feuga, the first Bishop of Mysore. Built in Gothic style of architecture, the church is 187ft high and 165ft long. The spires and the outer walls have beautiful carvings, with stained glass windows.

 

Many new structures have been added recently in the campus. This white statue of St Philomena with the backdrop of the stunning church makes a great view.

Travel Info: 

St Philomena's Church is in Lashkar Mohalla, on Ashoka Road, Mysore. Its around 1km from Suburban bus stand, and 1.5km from City Bus stand. Around 2.5km from Railway station and 12km from Mysore airport.

Happy to Share...

Last few weeks have been busy for me. For, I had interior works going on at home whole of last month. And even before that, I took up running few months back. Just on the go I came across Pinkathon last November and me along with one of my friends registered for the run. I so loved running and it made me so refreshing that I ran 6 marathons and participated in one walkathon in two months. I have started with 4km and 5km runs, hope to go for 10km by this year end. Best of all was Devil's Circuit, an obstacle run with military type hurdles. It was real fun and thoroughly enjoyed with hubby and a colleague of mine. Meanwhile kiddo also took part in two of kid's Marathons, Little Heart's Marathon and Causathon.

My Finisher Medals

Last month I also received this framed Certificate from Indiblogger as part of their BNLF, the Blogging conference.

 Happy to share with you all.