Button Buns for many reason

When we think of fresh healthy and light starter or snacks between meals, Soups and salads pops up in our mind. But tell me honestly how many of us really go for them. Not many times because a spicy samosa or some chips would easily burst the bubble. Especially if you have a guest coming over or planning a special dinner soups and salads are not considered fancy enough to grab our attention to do more around it. 

So I have a trick out of my kitty to add some zing to plane jane soup/salad. Beside making an interesting dressing adding homemade Button Buns is an easy, simple and healthy idea. These buns not only add texture and look but makes the salads bit filling too. You can serve them with some hot soup with a chiplet of butter or a scoop of cheese spread (fancy severing options, you see. Some butter and cheese is allowed.)

As these are made of whole wheat flour and no butter, it’s very good as tea time (Yet again..Yeah!!)  nibbles or small snacks for the kids.

½ Cup Whole Wheat Flour

½ Cup Plain Flour

½ Cup Cheese (shredded)

2 Tps Baking Powder

1 Tps Salt

1 Cup Milk

Preheat your oven to 200°C, line your baking tray with parchment paper.

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl

Add milk gradually and make the dough

Roll the dough lightly to flatten it out 1 cm think. Cut circles using 2 cm cutter or small bottle cap to make button bun. Please make sure the shape is small and good for one bite.

Place the buns in baking tray and bake for 15 min on 250°C.

Cool and store in air tight container.

Philosophy of Smiles - Food for thought

It was like any other dusk when I just took out a pack of ready to fry snack “Potato Smiles” to accompany my cup of hot tea. I heated the oil and slide couple of Smiles in hot oil. Round, plump and frosty Smiles with a big smile on its face.A minute before they were shivering in cold. Now swimming happily after they have dived in hot oil. The splutter drew my attention to them again. The comforting frost was dying away in the heat and leaving Smiles all exposed in an unknown territory.  Everything around has changed but one thing, the happy big smile on their faces.

This get me thinking about life. Our life is also a collection of such tiny journeys, like freezer to hot oil and finally on to plate. We keep running into times when our comfort zone is challenged to enter in a unknown testing territory. Always these testing times are for a period and of course how we have dealt with them becomes foundation of something else in life.

But what is most important is how we have been in that time? Do we have the courage and endurance of Smiles. Can we keep smiling even when nothing seems right?

Most of the times the answer is “NO”.

Sipping my cup of tea, I kept hovering in the philosophy of Smiles. Philosophy of keep smiling.







Courtesy - Mccan Smiles Image