Baking with Merry

A rich and filling milkshake, which can be enjoyed once in a while. To make it more nutritious, I added a teaspoon of flax seed. And if you want to indulge, then add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or cream. Ingredients: Recipe Source: My own Milk, chilled - 1 1/2 cups Peanut butter - 1 -2 tbsp Banana - 1 Sugar - 1 tbsp Flax seed - 1 tsp Method: Blend all the ingredients in a blender until smooth. Serve the milkshake either chilled or with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or a dollop of cream. Notes: Though flax seeds have a sharp taste, adding them makes it more nutritious. So, this is completely optional depending on your taste buds.  

Milkshakes have proven to be the best hunger supressing food in my home. They are always ready by the time my son comes home from school. Lately, I have been trying out various combinations and most of them are quite fruitful!! One such is this Choco-Banana Milkshake.  Ingredients: Source: My very own Banana, large variety - 1 Bournvita - 1 tbsp Sugar - 1 tbsp Chocolate sauce - 1 tbsp Milk, chilled - 1 cup Method: Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and frothy. Transfer to a serving glass and serve with love *winks*.  

Ever since the summers have begun, milkshakes, smoothies and fresh juices have become a part of our diet.   I make them with whatever ingredients I have at home. These days I also have a bottle of chilled milk and a few cups of yogurt ready in the fridge. The other day I had few ripened bananas and dates, so decided to combine those with the chilled milk and there I got yet another milkshake *winks*........ Ingredients: Recipe Source: My Own Banana - 4, small Dates - 5-6, seed removed Milk- 2 cups, chilled Method: Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until all the ingredients are blended well. Transfer to a glass and serve immediately. Notes: You could the milkshake with a few ice-cubes. You could add sugar or honey accordingly.   

Before I begin this post I would like to wish all the readers of Cakes and Tales a belated "Happy Easter" ....Hope you had a scrumptious feast.....I had plans of making some desserts for the Easter but nothing happened, as usual!! It's mango season once again and I love this season coz mangoes are my favorite, be it ripe or raw....Last year, I had tried out few recipes with mangoes like the Mango Loaf Cake  and the Mango Vanilla Verrines .... I was going through the recipe index of Cakes and Tales, when I found out that I haven't posted a Mango Milkshake though I had made it many times..... Ingredients: Recipe Source: My Own Mango - 1, big Milk - 2 cups, chilled Sugar - 2 tsps (optional, depending on the sweetness of the mango) Method: Peel the mango and cut them into small cubes. Put the mango cubes, chilled milk and sugar in a blender and blend them until smooth. Transfer it to a serving glass and serve immediately. A...

I have noticed that my son follows a cycle when it comes to drinking milk.....He would gulp down his milk with no fuss for few days; next few days with a litle fuss but still would manage with cornflakes or chocos along with it and finally he would totally refuse it!!! This is when milkshakes come to rescue....I had few home-grown chikkoos with me, which I had brought down when I had gone for holidays.....So, this time the chikkos saved me.....   Moreover, chikko milkshake reminds me of a famous restaurant in Bangalore...I think it was known as Kebab Corner. They were famous for their shawarmas and chikko milkshakes. They had a shop in Jaynagar, which was quite close to our college. We used to go there once in a while to have dinner....They used to serve ice-cold chikko milkshake and it was quite filling tooo!! Ohhhh...how I miss those days....   Ingredients: Recipe Source: My own Chikku/sapota - 2 nos Milk - 2 cups Sugar - 2-3 tsp Method: Combine all the ...

What would you do if you  have excess fruits at home?? No, no…let me put the question in another way…What will you do if your hubby gets tonnes of fruits and nobody at home, including hubby dear , touch them??? Now it’s our duty to finish those off somehow…So, we start digging for recipes or innovate something of our own!! This milkshake is one such innovation…. Had few Ooty apples at home and these have a low shelf-life…So had to finish it off asap….Made this milkshake one evening for the kids and it was delicious…..The taste of cardamom in the milkshake added more flavour…. Again a milkshake in a wine glass!! Well, you know who's idea it is....*smiles* Ingredients: Recipe Source: My Own Apples - 4 Cardamom - 3 pods Sugar - 4 tsp (depending on your taste) Milk - 1 cup Method: Peel the apples and cut it into cubes. Add the chilled milk, apples, cardamoms   and sugar in a blender and blend until smooth and frothy. Transfer to a serving glass...

Strawberry milk, especially the store-brought ones always awaken nostalgic feelings in me… I was a fussy-eater during my childhood and I just hated drinking hot milk with malt-based products!!…So, my dad used to get me packets of Digdaga or Al-Rawabi’s plain or flavored cold milk….Among the flavored ones, I loved strawberry...yum yum....  The taste of that strawberry milk still lingers in my mouth…it was truly delicious!! (memories are coming back, so I better stop the tale here) Even now, I would go for a strawberry milkshake (if it’s available) every time we dine out…And if ever I buy strawberries at home, a milkshake with those is definite since even my kids too love it!!! I know it is ridiculous to have a milkshake in a wine glass…Well, it was my son’s weird idea….*smiles* Ingredients: Recipe Source: CJ Strawberry - 10-12 Chilled Milk - 1/2 cup Strawberry essence - 1 tsp (optional) Sugar - 4 tsp Method: Add the chilled milk, strawberries, essenc...

My kids just hate drinking milk....It's an ordeal for me each morning to make them drink milk before they leave for school...That's when I decided to try out milkshakes! And, they just loved it.....But, that doesn't mean I serve them milkshakes everyday (c'mon it's not practical to serve toddlers with this sweet and cold beverage everyday) ....just once in a while they do get a little treat from their mommy *smiles*.... Now, I have tried many milkshakes, mostly with fruits like strawberries, mangoes, bananas, chikoos and so on...I was looking for different recipes on milkshake, when I found this Nutella Milkshake on Sharmis Passion...That sounded quite interesting and so I decided to make it and believe me it was superb!!! Ingredients: Recipe Source: Sharmis Passion Chilled Milk - 1 cup Nutella - 2 tbsps Cornflakes - 1 tbsp Coco powder - 1 tsp Sugar - 1/2 tsp Method: Add the chilled milk, nutella, cornflakes, coco powder and sugar in a blende...