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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Giveaway & Event Announcement: Food for 7 Stages of Life - Food for Ailments & Old Age

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Good health is a precious gift. Without it all other gifts taste insipid. When a man gets old he realizes that he has been running around all his life behind wealth and fame and never stopped to savor the good food he was offered. He repents for his mistakes after losing his fourth sense.

This is the last event in the Food for 7 Stages of Life Series. This event might end, but the recipes you have been sending across will remain eternal in our blogs. Thanks to each one of you who contributed your recipes and to all my fellow bloggers who diligently commented on the roundups.

Rules of this event are pretty simple

1. Post any Home remedies (all ages) or recipes for old age people between now and May 25th 2010.

2. You can use any ingredient and send me as many entries you want.

3. Link to My Event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.

4. No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.

5. Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.

6. Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘Food for Ailments and Old Age’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com

Your Name:

Recipe Name:

URL of the recipe:

It would be nice if you can display the logo of the event.

Winner and Giveaway

**** The winner will be chosen through Random.org

* 12 of you will enter a mega raffle that would be conducted at the end of this series, of which 7 will be the winner of each month and 5 will be randomly picked up.

* The Winner of the previous editions are Sandhya Hariharan of (twice) and Sadhana and Muskaan of A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine, Nisha of Nisha's Kitchen, Adukalavishesham and PJ of Seduce your Tastebuds. Also I have randomly picked up 3 random winners from the entries I have received so far. They are Priya of Priya's Easy n Tasty Recipes, Ruchika Cooks and Suma of Veggie Platter.

* At the end of this event I will pick up 2 random winners who will enter the raffle along with other winners of this event.

* There is no more surprise as I have a beautiful gift to share. I have picked up two more books for giveaway and the Winner of this event series can choose one of these books -

1. The BloggerAid Cookbook or

2. Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or

3. Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child

It will be shipped across the world.

* Winner will be announced on May 26th 2010.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Event Annoucement: Cooking with Seeds - Coriander Seeds

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Thursday, March 04, 2010

Who in this blogosphere not know Priya of Priya's Easy and Tasty Recipes. She is truly a super chef and fascinates me every time I visit her blog. Just look at her recipe index, you will know what I am talking about. She flawlessly mixes and matches the ingredients to create a truly unique and tasty recipe. Hats off Priya.

When she announced a new event series in her blog and invited guest hosts, I quickly ;-) wrote back to her and said hey I want to host this interesting event in my blog. At least one time I quickly reacted to something :) Thanks a bunch Priya, it is a honor to host this event.

My dad and My husband both says this when you have less clothes in your wardrobe it is easy to pick what you want to wear. Initially picking the seed wasn't that easy when I had zillion of choices in front of me. But I had to pin down and chose CORIANDER Seeds. Ain't it exciting to cook with this such a flavorful seed in your kitchen. Come on dream about it. YUMM YUMM. I am already thinking about a rich and creamy hot curry, a flavorful rice, a cuppa hot chai and maybe even a dessert. OK, let us wear our apron, get those kitchen gears and start cooking something really nice for this event.

Guidelines:

Post any dish cooked with Coriander Seeds between now and 4th April 2010.

You can cook both Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian and send me as many entries you want.

Link to My Event announcement and Priya’s Event Announcement page.

No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my post and Priya's post.

Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.

Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘CWS - Coriander Seeds’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com / foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

Recipe Name:

URL of the recipe:

Picture of your recipe (Optional)

It would be nice if you can display the logo of the event.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Event Announcement: Food for 7 Stages of Life -

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Wednesday, February 10, 2010

(Disclaimer: Some or Most modern men wouldn't fit in to these lines.)

"And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part."

How beautifully Shakespeare has written about the middle aged men. In this stages of life man tends to have a round belly but still they appear neat with formals and trimmed beard :) They are full of ego, feel superior and assume they are knowledgeable. This is what the poet wrote :) Now, think about a man between 35-55 years and read the above lines again.

I don't want to get into a debate now if this is true or not. Let me come back to this month's event. When I was trying to associate this stage with the event of the month(Lunch box Ideas), I had a hard time in deciding the title. So I started listing the props that these men would use, and this is what first came in my mind 'TIFFIN BOX or LUNCH BOX'. My imagination was only limited to this.. lol. This is why I posted a Guess game in my blog, to know what you all think these Middle aged men would use. And Thanks for the interesting answers each one of you gave.

According to wiki:

"Tiffin is lunch, or any light meal. It originated in British India, and is today found primarily in Indian English.The word originated when Indian custom superseded the British practice of an afternoon dinner, leading to a new word for the afternoon meal"

Lunch box is usually referred as Tiffin box in India.

The rules of this event are fairly simple.

Rules:

Post any lunch box recipe between now and 5th March 2009 11.59 pm EST.

It could be a simple meal or an eloborate 4 course meal (Ideal for the 4 tier tiffin box :) ).

It would be nice if you can make them healthy.

You can use any ingredient and send me as many entries you want.

Link to My Event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong (co-host of this event) page.

No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.

Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.

Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘Food for 7 stages of Life – Tiffin Box(35-55 yrs)’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com / foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

Recipe Name:

URL of the recipe:

Picture of your recipe (Optional)

It would be nice if you can

Display the logo of the event.

Winner & Giveaways**** Going forward the winner will be chosen by Raffle method or through Random.org, this is applicable from Kids Special Event. This decision was made due to some bad experience with the polling method.

12 of you will enter a mega raffle that would be conducted at the end of the series, of which 7 will be the winner of each month and 5 will be randomly picked up. The winner will receive a surprise gift. It will be shipped across the world. The Winner of the previous editions are Sandhya Hariharan of Sandhya's Kitchen and Sadhana & Muskaan of A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine, Nisha of Nisha's Kitchen .

There is no more surprise as I have a beautiful gift to share. The Winner of this event series will receive "The BloggerAid Cookbook" and it will be shipped across the world.

It is not done yet. Sudeshna came up with a wonderful idea that we should compile the event series into an e-book. So your recipes will feature in this e-book which will be available for free download at the end of this event. The e-book will have a short write up on each author and a special article on the winner of the series. Ofcourse we need your consent to publish your recipe in our e-book.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Event Announcement: Food for 7 Stages of Life - Healthy Fast Food

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Thursday, January 07, 2010

I am still experiencing the post-holiday blues. Are you experiencing the same? Are you still thinking about the time spent with your family, friends or kids at a skiing resort or a theme park or even at home sweet home? Does it make your heart feel heavy? These are the symptoms when holidays come to an end and we enter into the fast paced part of our life. In this part of our life everything needs to be done so quickly and squeezed into our daily routine. There is no time to hug or cook an elaborate meal for our loved one. On the 7 stages of life perspective man enters this stage as soon he turns 25. This continues until he turns 34 when he is tired of running around for wealth and fame. In this stage of life (s)he hardly finds any time to cook or even eat a proper meal and eventually switches to fast foods. As per wiki and other sources, fast food is considered to be really unhealthy as they are prepared with cheap and high fat ingredients. So let us BREAK THE RULES and cook something healthy. So this edition of FF7SL event is dedicated to 'HEALTHY FAST FOOD'. The rules are very simple:

Rules:

Post any fast food recipe between now and 5th February 2009 11.59 pm EST.
Preparation and Cooking time should NOT exceed 30 minutes. The preparation of fast food chutneys, soaking and cooking legumes can be excused.
Prepare an healthier version of your favorite fast food.
You can use any ingredient and send me as many entries you want.
Link to My Event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.
No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.
Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.
Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘Food for 7 stages of Life – Healthy Fast Food(25-34 yrs)’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com / foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

Preparation Time:

Recipe Name:

URL of the recipe:

Picture of your recipe (Optional)

It would be nice if you can

Display the logo of the event.

Winner & Giveaways
**** Going forward the winner will be chosen by Raffle method or through Random.org, this is applicable from Kids Special Event. This decision was made due to some bad experience with the polling method.

12 of you will enter a mega raffle that would be conducted at the end of the series, of which 7 will be the winner of each month and 5 will be randomly picked up. The winner will receive a surprise gift. It will be shipped across the world. The Winner of the previous editions are Sandhya Hariharan of Sandhya's Kitchen and Sadhana & Muskaan of A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine.
There is no more surprise as I have a beautiful gift to share. The Winner of this event series will receive "The BloggerAid Cookbook" and it will be shipped across the world.
It is not done yet. Sudeshna came up with a wonderful idea that we should compile the event series into an e-book. So your recipes will feature in this e-book which will be available for free download at the end of this event. The e-book will have a short write up on each author and a special article on the winner of the series. Ofcourse we need your consent to publish your recipe in our e-book.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Event Announcement and 'The BloggerAid Cookbook' Giveaway

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Thursday, December 10, 2009

Who does not love Desserts, Pastries and Ice creams. The fourth edition of the 'Food for 7 Stages of Life' event is dedicated to this delectable course of the meal 'Desserts and Ice creams'. Also this being a holiday season, I am sure you will be baking lots of goodies. So do send them across. Wishing you all a Fun Filled Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!!!

(picture courtesy: microsoft clipart)

Rules

    * Post any Dessert,Pastries or Ice cream recipe between now and 5th January 2009 11.59 pm EST.
    * You can use any ingredient and send me as many entries you want.
    * Link to My Event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.
    * No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.
    * Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.
    * Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘Food for 7 stages of Life – In love with DDPI (15-24 yrs)’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com / foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com
   Your Name:
   Your Blog Name:
   Recipe Name:
   URL of the recipe:
   Picture of your recipe:

It would be nice if you can display the logo of the event.

Winner & Giveaways

**** Going forward the winner will be chosen by Raffle method or through Random.org, this is applicable from Kids Special Event. This decision was made due to my bad experience with the polling method.

* 12 of you will enter a mega raffle that would be conducted at the end of the series, of which, 7 will be the winner of each month and 5 will be randomly picked up.
* There is no more surprise as I have a beautiful gift to share. The Winner of this event series will receive "The BloggerAid Cookbook" and it will be shipped across the world.

* It is not done yet. Sudeshna came up with a wonderful idea that we should compile the event series into an e-book. So your recipes will feature in this e-book which will be available for free download at the end of this event. The e-book will have a short write up on each author and a special article on the winner of the series. Ofcourse we need your consent to publish your recipe in our e-book.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Event Announcement: Think Spice Think Poppy Seeds

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Sunita Bhuyan and Think Spice

Do you believe in love at first sight? Visit "Sunita's World" and you will instantly fall in love with her food blog and her artistic and aesthetic photography. Sunita is a renowned blogger in the blogosphere, she is a amazing cook and a self taught photographer. Her blog features Assamese, Indian, International Cuisine and she does lots of Baking too. 'Think Spice' is her brainchild event launched two years ago. So far it has featured 25 different spices and hundreds of recipes under each of them. Click here to read more about Sunita and sneak a peak in to the previous roundups of this event.

Spice of the Month:
Let me introduce the spice of the month. This spice was first cultivated in a Mediterranean region and later it spread to Iran, India, China,Turkey and the rest of the world. Today Canada, Holland and Czhec Republic are the largest producers of this spice. Just like the sun-sign 'Gemini' this spice has dual characters. The unripe ones are narcotic and the ripe ones are edible and they are also available in two different colors 'Blue' and 'White'. Yes, you guessed it right. THE SPICE OF THE MONTH IS POPPY SEEDS.

Event Guidelines

1. Post any kind of recipe(s) cooked with White or Blue Poppy Seeds between now and Dec 31st 2009.
2. Provide a link back to my post and Sunita's post (http://sunitabhuyan.com/?page_id=341)
You can send me archived entries as well. Update/Repost and provide a link to our posts. Please feel free to use the logo.
3. Mail me your entries to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com with below details:

Mail Subject: Think Spice Think Poppy Seeds

Your Name:
Blog Name:

Recipe Name and URL:

4. Non bloggers can send me your recipe(s) and picture to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com

Nutrition and Medicinal Values of Poppy Seeds:

(source:www.nutritiondata.com, www.herbal-home-remedies.com)

Poppy Seeds are rich in Thiamin, Dietary Fiber, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Copper, Calcium and Manganese and low in Cholesterol and Sodium.

Unripe version of Poppy Seeds contains opium/narcotic substances. They are constructively used to prepare medicines to treat various illness at the same time some crooks use it to make illegal drugs as well.
      1. The oil of this spice is used to treat breast cancer as it is a good source of Oleic acid.
      2. Poppy seeds helps in digestion of food.
   3. Poppy seeds contains linoleic acid which helps human body to fight heart attack and other heart disorders.

Home Remedies:
Poppy Seeds can be used to treat blemishes, improve skin tone, diarrhea, dark circles, abdominal pain, joint pain etc., Click here to read more.

What can I cook with Poppy Seeds
You can use this spice to prepare any course of a meal. Indians use it in curry preparations, desserts, Western world uses it in breads, buns, pastries etc. and the rest of the world uses it in soup, candies, pasta, noodles, sauces etc.,

Poppy Seeds and its Synonyms

Hindi	Khas Khas
Tamil	Kasa Kasa
Sourashtra	Gesa Gesa
Telugu	Gasagasaalu
Kannada	Gasagase
Bengali	Posto
Marathi	Khus khus
French	Pavot somnifre, Oeillette
Italian	Papavero
German	Mohn (samen)
Spanish	Adormidera, amapola (Poppy)
Malayalam	Kashakasha
Chinese	Ying Shu

For other language click here.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Food for 7 Stages of Life - Kids Special Event Announcement

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Friday, November 06, 2009

Children paint our lives with various (autumn) colors and make our life more meaningful. Moms or Mom to be will definitely second my thought. They know how great it feels to have them and cater each and every small needs of their adorable children. Even those who don't have children would definitely cherish the moments they spend with their niece, nephew or neighbor's kids.

Cooking for children between 4 and 14 yrs is truly an intriguing experience. So this month's event @ Food for 7 Stages of Life is 'Kids Special'. Cook anything and everything that you would serve your kids, open your inbox, fill in the below requested details and hit the send button. I will be eagerly awaiting to read your recipes and stories. Please leave your terrific comments and questions and I will be glad to reply them back.

Rules:

Post a recipe for Kids between now and 5th December 2009 11.59 pm EST.

You can post any course of a meal. BAKING IS NOT ALLOWED, you can reserve those recipes for the next event ;-)

You can use any ingredients that would be suitable for Kids. Meat is allowed.

Provide a link to My Event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong (http://bengalicuisine.net) page.

No worries if you have the recipes in your archives. You can repost or update the post with a link to my event announcement and Sudeshna’s Cook like a bong page.

Do not have a blog, you can still participate in this event. All you need to do is send me your recipe in the Word (doc,docx,rtf) format with a picture of your dish.

Send me your entries with the subject line as ‘Food for 7 stages of Life – Kids (4-14 yrs)’ with the below details to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com / foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

Recipe Name:

URL of the recipe:

Key Ingredients:

Picture of your recipe:

It would be nice if you can

Explain the benefits of the recipe.

Share home remedies, general tips appropriate for Kids. You can also post any shlokas that you would teach your loved ones.

Display the logo of the event.

Polls and Giveaways

A poll will be conducted to choose the recipe of the month. The picture of the recipe will feature in my facebook page with the winner’s name and blog name. (My facebook friend’s list is growing day by day J ). It includes recipes from non-bloggers as well.

12 of you will enter a mega poll that would be conducted at the end of the series, of which 7 will be the winner of each month and 5 will be randomly picked up. The winner will receive a surprise gift. It will be shipped across the world.

Recipe Ideas

Fusion Pasta

Corn & Peas Sandwich

Spicy Tangy Sweet Corn

Sundal

Boiled egg sandwich
Egg potato sandwich
Pan cake
Scrambled egg
Egg chowmein
Egg roll
Potato in poppy seed paste
Coconut laddoo
Rasgulla pudding
Banana fritter with choco chips
Semolina pudding

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Recipe of the Month: Sandhya Hariharan's Dal Tiranga (Winner of the Food for 7 stages of life - Pregnancy event)

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Saturday, October 24, 2009

The polling was a huge success where 96 readers voted for their favorite recipe of which 79 votes went for the top 3 recipes. Aruna Manikandan's Murungai Keerai Poriyal stood 3rd with 10 votes, Prasu's Sesame Laddoo stood 2nd with 33 votes and with a slight difference Sandhya Hariharan's Dal Tiranga grabbed the 'Recipe of the Month' title with 36 votes. Congratulations Sandhya! and Congratulations to each one of you for participating in this event. As I said earlier, the winner needs to get a nice reward for putting in so much of hardwork. So my FB page will feature the picture of her recipe with her name and blog name. It doesn't end here. I wanted you all to know little more about Sandhya, so lets hear from her now. Over to Sandhya.

Sandhya Says:

A West - Indian ( Mumbai) upbringing in a South Indian gal .There is diversity in Taste , Language, Culture,Style and eagerness to learn more anytime. An IT - HR professional , now a SAH Mum running a Tom n Jerry Time with my lil one (Vedant) all the while.

My basic cooking skills has been drilled into me by my Mum .I have never read a cookbook before in my lifetime. Just love to cook what I taste n see . I have been collecting traditional southindian recipes from my Grand- Ma , Ma , MIL ever since I got married and they are my best critic. More variety recipes come from my friends , my passion & youtube.

My Culinary Guru is Gordon Ramsay. I am so thoroughly inspired by him . "He would always mention in his programs , do it with passion , use fresh produce , present it the way you would love treat your pallete ".

Sandhya had sent in 8 delicious and healthy entry for this event

Meet me @ Sandhya's Kitchen :

My Love & Passion for Cooking grew after meeting this handsome Hunk Hari who would never tire of praising & appreciating everything I cook. No matter how disasterous it could be. By Product of this Passion is Sandhya's Kitchen.

Sandhya's Kitchen is a very passionate culinary corner where I ponder & experiment Cooking. .Looking forward to make it a onestop location for any kind of Vegetarian Breaks in years to come.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

First Blog Anniversary: 'Cook for yourself' Event and Giveaway Annoucement

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Wednesday, October 21, 2009

picture source:kidsbirthdays.co.uk

Wonder why am I so jubilant? I am celebrating my first blog anniversary. Yes, I stepped into the blogosphere an year ago on the same day. I attribute my success to my dear husband. But for his motivation and support I wouldn't be writing this post now. I would like to thank all my friends/readers for supporting and encouraging me with your gentle comments. To share my happiness I would like to host 'Cook for yourself' event and to share my gratitude I would like to giveaway a $25 worth gift certificate from 'Fashion Deals for Less' to the winner (US & Canada only) of this event. Fashion deals for less offers a wonderful collection of jewellery and clothes designed by Trupti More. She offers beautiful ornaments to pamper yourself (Fashiondealsforless.com) and mouthwatering recipes to treat your tummy(recipecenterforall.blogspot.com).

Rules for this event:
1. Post any recipe that you would love to cook for yourself between now and Nov 21st 2009 EST.
2. Provide a link back to my event announcement.
3. You can send in your archived entries but please do remember to link it back to this event announcement.
4. Non bloggers can send your recipes with the picture of the dish in a word/rtf format.
5. Send me your entries to foodfor7stagesoflife(at)gmail(dot)com or foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com with the below details
   Subject: Cook for yourself
   Your Blog Name:
   Country of Residence:
   Recipe Name:
   URL of the recipe:
   Picture of your recipe:
6. Please feel free to use the logo.
7. The winner will be chosen by me on a random basis (drawing lots or similar technique). The drawing will be held for U.S and Canada participants only.
8. Participants from other countries please excuse me for this time. But do send in your delicious entries. Your participation is much appreciated.

Monday, September 7, 2009

My Events

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Monday, September 07, 2009

Ongoing Events

Cooking with Seeds - Coriander Seeds (until Apr 4 2010)

Roundups

Food for 7 Stages of Life

Food for 7 Stages of Life - Healthy Fast Food (January)
Food for 7 Stages of Life - In love with Delectable Desserts(December)
Food for 7 Stages of Life - Kids Special (November)
Food for 7 Stages of Life - Cooking for Infants & Toddlers (October)
Food for 7 stages of Life - Pregnancy(Zero hour) (September)

Anniversary Event

Cook for yourself - first blog anniversary event (Oct 21st - Nov 21st 2009)

Guest Hosted Events

Think Spice Think Poppy Seeds

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Theme of the month(Sep '09): Pregnancy

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Theme of this month is Food for 7 stages of life - Pregnancy (Zero hour). Please send in your entries between now and 11.59 pm September 30 2009.

Rules:

A woman has too many restrictions on food during pregnancy and post pregnancy. Submit any healthy recipes that would help the mom to be or lactating mom.
Please post recipes that have been used by you or passed to you by your elders. There is an exception. I know some of you wouldn’t have crossed this stage (like me), it is ok for them to ask their mother (in-law) or friends who have passed this stage.
No Microwave please.
No deep frying
You can use any ingredients that will be suitable for a woman in this stage. Meat is allowed. It could be as simple as dhal palak, mutton bone soup or as complicated you could think of.
Would appreciate if you can explain the benefits of the recipe.
Please share any home remedies, health or general tips used by you at this stage. Also you can post any shlokas/slokams that you recited during pregnancy. This is not mandatory.
Would appreciate if you can post detailed recipe(s) with elaborate pictures of each dish.
You must display the logo of "Food for Seven Stages of Life" in your post and link it back to My Event Announcement and Sudeshna's 'Cook like a bong'. This is Mandatory :-)
All this hardword needs to be rewarded. A poll will be conducted to choose the recipe of the month. The recipe of the month will be published in my facebook page and the photo of the dish will appear in profile photos with the winner's name and blog for the entire month.
No worries if you have those recipes in your archives or if you had already submitted it for another event. If you think those recipes are relevant to our theme, you can still repost and link it back to this event.
You don’t have a blog; still you are most welcome to participate in this event. You can mail me your recipe(s), tips and a picture of the dish to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com Please send it in MS word or a RTF format. Your recipe will feature in my blog with your name.
Post your recipes between today and 11.59 pm September 30 2009 and email your entries to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com / foodfor7stagesoflife at gmail dot com with below details

Subject: Food for 7 Stages of Life - Pregnancy

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

Recipe Name:

URL of the Recipe:

Picture of your recipe(jpeg format):

Food for 7 Stages of Life - My first blog event

Posted by RV @ Food for 7 Stages on Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I am glad to host my first blog event and many thanks to Sudeshna of ‘Cook like a Bong’ who agreed to co-host with me. The concept of this event is “Food for Seven Stages of Life”. This will be a series of event from Sep 2009 until March 2010, 1 stage per month. It might sound similar to Shakespeare’s poetry but I have tweaked it little bit so that it could be more interesting and relevant for us to cook. Here we go with 7 Stages.

Pregnancy (Zero hour) - September '09: A very crucial stage in a woman’s life. Whatever we eat during those 9 months counts a lot. Woman has to pay so much attention so that she doesn’t have problem at the Zero hour. You can prepare any course of a meal for this stage.
Infancy (0-4 yrs) - October '09: Baby food needs to be prepared with much care. We need to ensure that they get necessary nutrients in the first few years that would help them to be healthy with good immune system. The dishes should be simple, easily digestible, tested and used by you. It could be gruel, soups, steamed vegetables or fruits or just a bowl of mashed bananas.
Childhood / Kids corner (5 -13 yrs) - November '09: Kids are really finicky about food. It is very hard to please them. At the same time the food prepared for them needs to be healthy and presentable. It could be any course of a meal like Salad, main course, soup, juice, snacks except Desserts(includes pastries, ice-cream or any baked food)
Lover / Desserts & Pastries (14-24 yrs) - December '09: You, I and everyone love desserts. So this event goes to Dessert lovers i.e., for each one of us. You can submit any baked food, ice-creams, pastries or any desserts that you could think of.
Soldier / Fast food (25-35 yrs) - January '10: At this stage we enter a fast paced world where everything needs to be done so quickly. Freak out with your imagination and post any fast food recipes. Could be from bhel poori to a burger or anything of your choice.
Justice / Healthy Lunch box meal (36-55 yrs) - February '10: Healthy Lunch box meal for adults. This is one stage where a woman in the family faces lots of challenges. My mom finds hard to cook a proper meal for my father. As men want it to be tasty as well as healthy. You can cook any healthy lunch box meal for this event.
Old Age / Food for Ailments (56-… yrs) - March '10: This is the stage when we fall sick. This event is basically to prepare meal for those who are suffering. Hence attention needs to be paid in detail. You can prepare any course of a meal for those who are old, diabetic, with high/low blood pressure, cholesterol or any other ailments you could think of. I believe at the end of these events we will have a repository of recipes for different stages of life. This could help many who are miles away from family and everyone else.

General Rules

Post 1 or more recipe(s) for each stage. They should be relevant to the theme. Example: for the infancy stage the posts should be related to baby foods like kanji (gruel) etc. Couple of stages requires you to post recipes that are tested and used by you. (MANDATORY)
Our ancestors have passed on the abundant knowledge to us over generations and I think this event should be a platform to share it among us. Post home remedies, health or general tips, shlokas that would be useful for that particular stage. Please ensure that you post tips or remedies that has been applied or used by you. This is OPTIONAL, so please don’t feel compelled :-)
Would appreciate if you can post detailed recipe(s) with elaborate pictures of each dish.
You must display the logo of “Food for Seven Stages of Life” in your post and link it back to My Event Announcement and Sudeshna’s 'Cook like a Bong'. This is MANDATORY :-)
There must be some reward after all this hard work. A poll will be conducted to choose the recipe of the month (round up will be published at the end of each event.). The recipe of the month will be published in my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/foodfor7stagesoflife and the photo of the dish would appear in the profile photo with the winner’s name and blog name.
No worries if you have those recipes in your archives or if you had already submitted it for another event. If you think those recipes are relevant to our theme, you can still repost and link it back to this event.
Rules will be announced separately for each theme.
You don’t have a blog; still you are most welcome to participate in this event. You can mail me your recipe(s), tips and a picture of the dish to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com. Your recipe will feature in my blog along with your name.
You can submit your entries to foodfor7stagesoflife@gmail.com with below details

Subject: Food for 7 Stages of Life -

Your Name:

Your Blog Name:

URL of the recipe

Name of the recipe:

Picture of your recipe (in jpeg format):