Off To A Great Start - Happy 101 Award

Gera of Sweet Foods brightened my January with a Happy 101 Award. Thanks a lot !! I think that was a great start for a new year.

Accepting the award I have added the Happy 101 picture. Further as part of the Award Acceptance, I must do the following too.

List 10 things that make me happy -

1)  Reading novels
2)  Delicious Desserts
3)  Watching movies
4)  Weekend offs
5)  Showing off my culinary skills
6)  Shopping (from clothes to veggies)
7)  Blogging
8)   .................
9)   .................
10) .................

Rest of the rules -

Tagging 10 bloggers who brighten my day.
Giving a link to their blogs
Notify the award receivers (will do sometime today)
Award recipients need to link back to the sender's(my) blog.

In no-particular order, 10 bloggers who can brighten up my day:

1. Lubna of Yummy Food  
2. Parita of Parita's Kitchen  
3. Muskan Sadhna of A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine
4. Freddy of Palachinka       
5. Srivalli of Cooking 4 All Seasons 
6. Deepa of Food Lyrics
7. Anncoo of Anncoo's Hobby
8. Nupur of Randomness
9. ................
10................

Another Tag Another Reason To Smile

The last few days were hectic. Missed making anything. Reason Teej, an occasion of fasting. No food, so no recipes. Lots of work became pending. Here I am back again with all of my energy back. Parita tagged me but could not answer her tag. Thanks a lot dear. Finally I have answered all of them, from A to Z.

The Tag

1. A – Available/Single? I Wish ;)

2. B – Best friend? Ekta

3. C – Cake or Pie? Cake

4. D – Drink of choice? Mocha Shake

5. E – Essential item you use every day? PC, Mobile Phone

6. F – Favorite color? White

7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? Gummy Bear

8. H – Hometown? Allahabad

9. I – Indulgence? Novels, Sweets, Potato Snacks

10. J – January or February? February- Spring Time

11. K – Kids & their names? May be next year

12. L – Life is incomplete without? My Family

13. M – Marriage date? A Memorable Date

14. N – Number of siblings? 1 brother

15. O – Oranges or Apples? Oranges

16. P – Phobias/Fears? Locks- I always feel that I have left the lock open

17. Q – Quote for today? "I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it." (Charles Schulz)

18. R – Reason to smile? When any of my effort gets paid

19. S – Season? Monsoon

20. T – Tag 3 People? 4 Anncoo, Purva, Somoo, MBC

21. U – Unknown fact about me? Someone else will have to discover

22. V – Vegetable you don't like? Bitter Gourd

23. W – Worst habit? To repeat the same mistake time after time
24. X – X-rays you've had? Don't Remember

25. Y – Your favorite food? Alu Paranthas (Indian Potato Bread)

26. Z – Zodiac sign? Pisces

The Rules

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.

Another Award For Cooking Pleasures

Time to celebrate again. My food efforts have won me another award from Parita of Parita's Kitchen. Do check her blog for some of the tastiest treasures. I thank her from the bottom of my heart. Through this food blog, I have made many food friends and a lot of admirers. This gives a great feeling.

Every single appreciation matters a lot. Its just like cooking. Whenever we cook
something special, there is always a feeling of anticipation. Anticipation to be appreciated by others, anticipation to expect rewards for it at times. These rewards in a way are a pat on your back, to encourage you further. Another award has boost up my energy and my love for food. I promise to work harder and make recipes tastier for my food blog lovers.

Find the Answers below for the tag - I have answered all the questions, adding my own question in the end.

1. What is your current obsession?
Blogging

2. What are you wearing today?
Shirt and Trousers

3. What’s for dinner?
Chicken Curry with plain rice

4. What’s the last thing you bought?
Monthly food products

5. What are you listening to right now?
My Inner Voice

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
Parita is one beautiful food blogger with a great love for 2 Bs- baking & blogging


7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
India

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Capri, T shirts, Cotton frocks and suits

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Paris, London, Switzerland, New York

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Oriya

11. Who do you want to meet right now?
My Mom

12. What is your favorite color?
White

13. What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own closet?
My new yellow suit

14. What is your dream job?
Would love to be an Interior Decorator

15. What’s your favorite magazine?
None but I do love to reading magazines

16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Probably, a custom made blog template for my blog

17. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Backless

18. Who are your style icons?
None

19. Describe your personal style?
Something classy and chic

21. What are your favorite movies?
Jab We Met, Love Actually

22. Give us three styling tips that always work for you
Combed open hair, a comfortable dress and light makeup

23. Coffee or tea?
Tea

24. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
Eat chocolates, go for shopping, bake a cake, read a novel, basically try to divert my mind.

25. What is the meaning of your name?
Part of a part

26. Which other blogs you love visiting?
food, photography, traveling and personal blogs

27. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Custard Trifle

28. Favorite Season?
Monsoon

29.Which is your dream destination?
Whole World

30: Which is your favorite international cuisine ?
Chinese

Parita's Question

Your favorite kitchen tool?
A good Knife

My Question

Which kitchen tool or equipment, you have wanted from a long time?

The Rules

Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I want to pass the awards and tags to the below friends. Please accept these awards and pass on!

TracieMoo
Amy Ong
Anncoo
Donna-FFW
A2ZVegetarian Cuisine
Diva

Cooking Pleasures' Very First Recognition

Cooking was never my love nor my passion. I was just a normal cook although a great foodie. So when I started this blog, it was kind of strange for me. But still I did (there was a voice deep down, longing for doing something just for me). And now it has become one of my great motivation factors. When I wake up, I think of recipes and when I sleep, then too the last thing going in mind is recipes only. And just after the hard work of a month, my blog has been appreciated by none other than Food Travel Diva. She comes from Barbados, a beautiful continental island off South America. In her Food Travel blog you will find treasures of the world, the places where she has been and recipes from their delectable cuisines. I am elated that she liked my blog so much and thank her from the bottom of my heart for the beautiful award.

7 things about me, you may not know

* I love to gorge on every chicken recipe.
* In my free time, if I am not cooking, I am reading. I just love to read novels.
* In the weekends I love to watch every movie be it new or old.
* Although I have never been out of India, I would love to travel to new places and
try their delectable cuisines.
* If I would not have been in IT sector by profession, I would surely have been an
Interior Designer
* I met my husband in one month in a unique way and married him in the next.
And after few initial ups and downs are happy together.
* My husband says I am a happy person and can keep the environment happy
regardless of my mood.

Cooking Pleasures Nominations

Indirect Heat
The Cooks Collection
A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine
Parita's Kitchen
Food Gourmand


The rules are as follows

1. Thank the person who has given you the award-goes without saying lol
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog
3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate
7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated