Recipe for Raspberry and Hazelnut Roll.

Ì Raspberry and Hazelnut Roll...

2 Cups Hazelnuts 13/4 cup Whipping cream 2 1/4 cup Raspberries 5 eggs (separate egg whites and yolk) 1/2 cup superfine sugar Mint leaves for Garnish (if desired) Preheat oven to 350F (180C) Line a Jelly roll pan with double layer of aluminum foil and oil thoroughly In a food processor , process the hazelnuts until finely ground In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks and superfine sugar until thick and creamy. Add ground hazelnuts to egg yolks and sugar mixture. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until firm, but not dry. Mix it with the nut mixture. Pour the nut mixture onto the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until risen & firm to the touch. Cover with a damp towel, and leave it overnight. Next day , transfer the cake out onto a sheet of aluminum foil thickly dusted with superfine sugar Peel off the foil In a bowl whip 1.1/4 cup of cream until stiff. In a separate bowl lightly crush 1/2 cup of Raspberries, then mix them into whipped cream Spread the Raspberry cream over the cake. For decoration dot the raspberries over raspberry cream. Then roll up the cake with the help of the foil. Thereafter transfer it to a plate. Whip the remaining cream until thick Slice roll and serve with Whipped cream. Garnish individual servings with additional raspberries and mint leaves if desired. Serves : 6

Recipe for Gingerbread Coffee

 ingerbread coffee

INGREDIENTS
  
    * 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
    * 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    * 
    * 2 cups hot brewed coffee
    *1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
   
DIRECTIONS


1. In a small bowl, mix together ginger and cinnamon until well blended.
  
2. Add about a 1/4 cup of coffee to each cup, then stir in about a tablespoon of the spice mixture until dissolved. Fill cup to within an inch of the top with coffee.

3.Add a light dusting of cloves.

 

Recipe for Sugarless Oatmeal raisin cookies

Sugarless Oatmeal raisin cookies...
	3 bananas 1/2 cup raisins 1/3 cup margarine, melted 1 tsp. vanilla 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats 1/4 cup skim milk Preheat oven to 350. Mix together all ingredients in a bowl. Mix really well. Let stand about 5 minutes, until oats become wet. Heap teaspoons with dough and drop dough onto greased or parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes. Let stand 1 minute on cookie sheet. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes 2-1/2 dozen cookies.

Sharing in Mother's work with a sari.

ne day a lady came to Mother Teresa dressed in a very expensive sari. She told Mother Teresa "Mother, I want to share in your work." Mother Teresa prayed for a moment to get the right answer to give her about sharing in her work, and she told her "I would begin with the sari. You start buying a cheaper sari each month, and the money you save, you bring it to me for the poor."

 

So the lady started buying cheaper saris and she told Mother Teresa that it had not only changed her life, but She really understood sharing, and the lady added that she had received much more than she had given.       

An architecture that captures generations of spirituality and history.

The Swaminarayan temple in Chino Hills, California is a place worth visiting.

The architecture of the temple is par excellence. Guided by the ancient scriptures, the architecture captures generations of spirituality and history.

It is constructed with a combination of Indian pink stone and Italian marble. It has:
    2 domes
    5 pinnacles
    4 balconies
    122 pillars
    129 archways.

Each piece of stone is intricately hand carved.


Earthquake safe:

The temple utilizes cutting edge seismic technology to protect itself from earthquakes. The technology, known as base isolation systems, consisting of steel plates stacked together with viscous liquid to allow for lateral movements in the event of an earthquake. The temple is supported by 40 isolators, which allow the upper portion of the temple to remain separate from the lower structure.

Gandhi : Power of non violence

Power of non-violence

Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K.Gandhi Institute for Non-violence, in his June 9 lecture at theUniversity of Puerto Rico, shared the following story as an example of "non-violence in parenting":

"I was 16 years old and living with my parents at the institute my grandfather had founded 18 miles outside of Durban, South Africa, in the middle of the sugar plantations. We were deep in the country

and had no neighbors, so my two sisters and I would always look forward to going to town to visit friends or go to the movies.

One day, my father asked me to drive him to town for an all-day conference, and I jumped at the chance. Since I was going to town, my mother gave me a list of groceries she needed and, since I

had all day in town, my father ask me to take care of several pending chores, such as getting the car serviced. When I dropped my father off that morning, he said, 'I will meet you here at 5:00 p.m., and we will go home together.'

After hurriedly completing my chores, I went straight to the nearest movie theatre. I got so engrossed in a John Wayne double-feature that I forgot the time. It was 5:30 before I remembered. By the time I ran to the garage and got the car and hurried to where my father was waiting for me, it was almost 6:00.

He anxiously asked me, 'Why were you late?' I was so ashamed of telling him I was watching a John Wayne western movie that I said, 'The car wasn't ready, so I had to wait,' not realizing that he had already called the garage. When he caught me in the lie, he said: 'There's something wrong in the way I brought you up that didn't give you the confidence to tell me the truth. In order to figure out
where I went wrong with you, I'm going to walk home 18 miles and think about it.' So, dressed in his suit and dress shoes, he began to walk home in the dark on mostly unpaved, unlit roads. I couldn't leave him, so for five-and-a-half hours I drove behind him, watching my father go through this agony for a stupid lie that I uttered.

I decided then and there that I was never going to lie again. I often think about that episode and wonder, if he had punished me the way we punish our children, whether I would have learned a lesson at all. I don't think so. I would have suffered the punishment and gone on doing the same thing. But this single non-violent action was so powerful that it is still as if it happened yesterday.

That is the power of non-violence."

Recipe for Coffee Bananas

4 Small ripe bananas	2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tbsp Instant coffee granules or coffee powder	1 1/8 cup strained plain Yogurt
1 tbsp hot water	1 tbsp toasted silvered almonds

• Peel and slice one banana and mash the remaining three with a fork
• Dissolve the coffee in the hot water and stir into mashed bananas
• Spoon a little of the mashed banana mixture into 4 serving dishes & sprinkle with sugar.
• Top with a spoonful of yogurt, then repeat until all ingredients are finished.
• Swirl the last layer of yogurt for a marbled effect.
• Complete it with a few banana slices and silvered almonds.
• Serve cold.

Calories per portion about 200. Serves 4. Cooking time About 2 minutes

Variation:
You can sprinkle some cinnamon powder also.
For special occasions you can a tsp of brandy or Rum to the bananas (about 50 calories extra)