Healthy fun pregnancy to keep u smiling always

Pregnancy is most happy , memorable moment of life for most of the parents-to-be couple but may be otherwise when interfered with medical conditions. This life's memorable moment can be that memorable for every mom-to-be when you are well informed. So knowing about pregnancy, delivery and all related informations can help guide yourself to be more energetic & stress free. There is few websites which will really do the trick for you are being listed here so i don't need to duplicate them while you just need to click the link below.
http://www.pregnancy.org/article/preconception-checklist

This is the article regarding various medical examinations on the first hand to be done to make sure how healthy are you for a 10 month journey.

So what do you wait for... one big disgrace a mom can do to her baby is being ignorant.

Carrot Rice

This is an easy to make dish often takes 10 min to prepare thus making it eligible for this column of recipes.

Ingredients

Carrots - scrapped - 2 cups
Onions r shallots - 1/2 cup
green onions - 2 twigs
leeks - 2 tbsp
chillies - scoured - 2
salt - to taste
garlic - minced - 1 sp
ginger - grated - 1 sp
oil - 2 sp
mustard, urad dhall, channa dhall, curry leaves for seasoning
cumin powder - 1/2 sp
fenugreek powder - 1/4 sp
cooked rice - 1 cup
cilantro, parsley - garnish

Method :

Heat the oil in a pan on medium flame splutter with all seasonings. Add chillies, ginger, garlic, onions one by one to pan fry till golden brown. Now let the carrot in & allow to cook for 5 mins. Sprinkle with salt, cumin, fenugreek powder give a stir to let the spices blend in. Finally add cooked rice & combine well. Garnish the dish with cilantro or parsley.

Tip:
green onions & leeks are optional yet healthy combines to add more flavor & nutrition to the dish should be fried along with onions.

Servings: serves 1 person for lunch & can be served with raitha or chips r pappad.

Garden in pots

Gardening is a hobby for many of us, while I in herited this quality from my grand mom. My granny who had stayed in Zambia for a longer time had her own garden full of flower plants & foliage. I have seen some of her treasured photos of beautiful gardens in full bloom. Even now in my native house in a small village the garden thrives on elegantly. She is 80+ years young & strives to work on her garden to make the plants healthy. She inspired me in lots of things liking gardening, handworks, organizing, etc.

I tried a lot to create a colorful container gardening in my home back in chennai but not very successful many a times. My hubby gave me a surprise this summer by creating this container gardening for me. A bunch of thanks to him because for people who enjoy the nature will know to appreciate as well. A tiny garden can really soothe your inner senses & free you from stress. For me its a heaven in my home when i see my plants flower in bright colors with full of fresh fragrance. As of now i have 5 small & 5 tiny pots of indoor plants all of my favorite collections.

It takes a bit of your time to know well what you want from your garden. Doing some learning about the variety of plants that are available & how to take care of them is the initial bit of investment to do. Growing plants with care & love is an art every human should possess inorder to cherish our mother nature. Indoor planting is one way of bringing mother nature in to your house. My tiny garden on the big window sil is my sons favorite place to play and gaze through. He would love to see his dads car covered with snow but the plants fresh inside makes him really happy. I wanted my tiny garden should be filled with vivid colors, fragrance, texture more than that to please the senses and to sooth my family when they are feeling down or tired and relish with joy when every one are joyful. I see my garden as a stress buster that relieves the pain.

Most of the knowledge about the art of gardening is acquired from the create tv. Couple of shows on gardening with intricate details actually inspires most of the viewers to create a garden according to their preferences with out hurting the budget, eco-friendly like conserving water, soil etc are good ideas that ensures "you can do it" attitude.

Types of garden:
Many types of garden are now being created by people in various ways. Some of them that suits a small area & apartment homes especially are container gardening, hanging gardens & vertical gardening.
As you know container gardening is potted plants of various sizes. Hanging gardens are those decorative pots hung on the patio wall with fragile flowers etc. They have two advantages one kept away from the reach of pets & children; two attracts lot of butterfly, bees, bugs & birds. Quiet a group of houses we could see both potted garden & hanging garden together while vertical gardening is a newly developed phenomena by landscapers to grow more plants in a very small area. This idea is a boon for people who suffered out of space to create lovely garden that produces an unusual effect.

http://lancaster.unl.edu/hort/Articles/2002/Vertical.shtml

Moreover gardening need not mean to be outside of the house. Indoor plants are a good fit for winters to clean the air you breathe by removing hazardous toxins. But to keep a watch over pets that are curious about plants is a good deal of exercise too. A bunch of flowering plants & foliage are available for indoors where some extra effort on temperature control, insecticides, and decor are needed to create an elegance out of it.

herbs (not) for breast feeding

Mothers milk is a wholesome food for the baby to nurture with a well built immune system. Herbs come handy to mothers both in support & oppose the purpose. That means few herbs will be extremely beneficial while others may stop the production of milk. Therefore knowing about the herbs properly is a new moms duty to protect oneself. Here are the list of herbs that has to be avoided through out your nursing period while this same list of herbs will come handy to you after baby's first birthday or when you intend to wean milking (stop).

1.alder buck thorn
2.aloe vera
3. black cohosh
4. buck thorn
5.barberry
6.bugle weed
7.basil
8.bladder wrack
9.borage -
10.cascara sagrada
11.coltsfoot
12.comfrey
13.cocoa
14.elecampane
15.ephedra
16. fenugreek - contains nicotine & coumarin affects heart rate & blood pressure for both mom & baby.
17. foxglove
18.ginseng
19.golden seal
20.green tea
21.guarana
22. imitation vanilla
23.kola nut
24.licorice
25.mint
26.mahuang
27.male fern
28..nightshade
29.parsley
30.purging buck thorn
31.rhubarb
32.sage
33.senna
34.wormwood
35.yerba mate

salads

Salads must be a part of everybody's diet and should be served at both meals throughout the year. In India, salads are not so popular and are restricted only to a few vegetables eaten raw, with or without dressing.

Salads should be made popular as they make an invaluable contribution of vitamins and minerals in ones diet. Also, they provide fiber and add color to the meal. Salads are of advantage to the numerous dieters who look out for low fat dishes. Eating good amount of salad (with low calorie dressings) avoids the danger of overeating and decreases the desire for a dessert.

What comprises a salad?

Salads are made up of vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, pulses, meat, poultry, fish, eggs or even cereals (in the form of macaroni or spaghetti). They are normally served cold but can be served hot or frozen. Usually they accompany the main course, but can be a meal by itself.
There are four basic parts to a salad:

1. The base or the underliner: These include greens, which are either shredded or in large pieces.
2. The body or heart of the salad: This forms the major component and can be a single ingredient or a combination of ingredients.
3. The dressing: Dressings make the salad more flavorful. It includes ingredients like lemon juice, vinegar, mayonnaise, salad oil, olive oil etc.
4. The garnish: Garnish enhances eye appeal. It should be carefully selected such that it is contrast in color with the dressing

How to toss a salad?
There are certain rules to follow when tossing a salad. There are sound nutritional reasons for each of these rules.

1. Make sure the ingredients are free from clinging drops of moisture. This prevents the nutrients and flavors from passing into the water clinging to the surface.
2. The salad oil must be added first.
3. The leaves must be so well tossed that each surface glistens with oil before lemon juice or vinegar and seasonings are added.

The purpose of the second and the third step is to allow the oil to seal the surfaces from oxygen, which can destroy vitamins, and from moisture, which can soak out vitamins, minerals and flavor. The oil coating also distributes and holds seasonings and prevents salt from drawing moisture out of the ingredient.
So make the perfect tossed salad by applying these simple rules. 

Salad with a caution:

After such a carefully prepared salad there is some more to note about: The salad dressing...While lemon juice, olive oil,vinegar in moderation are good source of salad dressing, mayonnaise; salad oils; labelled salad dressing    are sure to avoid sources as it contains more calories than the salad itself.

The biggest pitfall with a salad is ruining a veggie-filled meal with hundreds of calories in dressing. Check the label, Oftentimes the dressing with a salad at a restaurant has more calories than a candy bar. Order dressing on the side, You should not be putting more than 60 calories of dressing on a salad.