No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake | Individual Serving

    Strawberry cheesecake -easy dessert ,which doesn't need an oven(no bake).I made individual serving ,to control the amount that go in and also to reduce the wastage.
      I made this cake for the shh cooking secret challenge started by priyasuresh sis,This month my pair is mayuri,she gave me Oreo and strawberry as the secret ingredient.

Granola Bars/KidSnack/Healthy Breakfast/No Bake

Oats bar are called granola bars. Oats is a very healthy option for morning breakfast, oats gives constant energy through out the day .Its fattier than other wholegrains like wheat,barley,quinoa,finger millet etc, but its(oats) varied options as cereals, bars and cookies make oats a very famous whole grain.

There are  many variety of granola  bars in stores, but this home made version is healthier than them. We know our body requirements so accordingly we can change the ingredients. Also we can adjust the ingredients to suit our palates. For people without an oven or microwave this recipe is especially for you. This is a simple no bake recipe . .Your kids will love it for sure .You can pack this in tiffin box or in their snack box.

You can opt for dried grapes instead of cranberries,apricots (as there are no takers at home i included it  ).My husband and daughter finished almost 1/4 of it in 1 day ( its so tasty I guess ). Original recipe has only cranberries and badam/almonds. I added dates,cranberries,apricots because we don't eat them often.

Try my other no bake recipe Cocoa fudge

Recipe source:inspired taste

Preparation time:20-25 min(2 hours set time)
Yields:18 medium size bars

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup badam/almonds
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup pitted dates
• 1/2 cup dried apricots
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• pinch of salt

Method:

• Saute(dry roast) oats for 5 mins in a pan.

• Saute badam/almonds for 5 mins in a dry pan.

• Add butter,sugar,salt,honey,vanilla essence together in a pan.
• Stir until sugar dissolves in butter and all of them comes together .

• Add butter/sugar mixture to oats mixture .
• Mix them together using a wooden spoon or spatula.

• Add dried fruits to oats as well and mix with a spatula or wooden spoon. 

• Press them together in  9 *4 square pan based with aluminium foil /baking sheet.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours covered.
• Cut in to pieces of desired size.
• Store in an airtight container.

Note:

• Choice of dried fruits is unlimited like dry grapes,dates,cranberries,apricots,prunes .So add your choice or add what is available in your hand.
• You can add regular sugar instead of brown sugar .In this case your bars will be white instead of little brown.
• If the bars doesn't stick together add little more oil.
• You can add grated or chopped coconut pieces as well to this bars .
• Adding of butter gives a very good taste to the bars . you can reduce it if adults are interested in these bars.
• If you want to use oven for roasting you can keep the oats in oven safe plate and roast it for 5 minutes or until its little brown.similarly do for badam/almonds also .
• If you want chewy ones you have to keep it at room temperature otherwise keep them refrigerated (in this case bars will be crunchy).

Linking this to parisevent and shruti

Sending these recipe to family foodie event :healthy snack happening at Eatyourveg and bangermash

Cocoa and Coconut fudge

I saw this recipe in ezcookbook and wanted to make this.The recipe called for milkmaid .I prepared milkmaid at home and will share it in my next post.This fudge uses milkmaid ,cocoa powder,rusk and coconut. Its very rich and I took this to my daughters school thanksgiving potluck. Everybody loved it.

Another wonderful  thing is no baking needed for this.Enjoy and do write me about how you enjoyed it.

Check other sweet recipes Apple halwa,Moongdal Ladoo,Kaju Katli,RockCandy Rice

Preparation time:1 hour( Making milkmaid)+half an hour
Yields:30 small fudge.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup milkmaid (homemade)
• 5 packs drinking cocoa.
• 4 milk rusk.
• 1/2 grated coconut.
• Dash of milk.
• 2 1/2 tsp sugar.
• 2 paper wraps

Method:

• Prepare milkmaid and cool it down.
• Crush the rusk in a blender into a coarse powder.
• Mix the rusk,half of milkmaid,coco powder, 1 1/2 tsp sugar well .
• If the mixture is dry add a dash of milk to make them a firm dough.
• Roll it in a ziplock bag using a rolling pin .
• Mix the remaining milkmaid,coconut,1 tsp sugar well and store it in freezer to set.
• After 15-20 min when it is little stiff roll it a another ziplock bag using a rolling pin.
• Remove the rolled cocoa mixture and coconut mixture and set them on top of one another.
• Place the cocoa mixture on the bottom to get a firm fudge.
• Cover it with a plastic wrap again and keep it the fridge .
• Allow them to set for 10-15 min.
• Cut them and serve them .

• Rigid base with chewy top layer and the richness of milkmaid and the home made satistaction makes the fudge divine.

Cocoa Coconut fudge is ready to be devoured

Note:

• The time I stated is approximate as I was in a hurry to prepare the fudge for the party.
• If the fudge does not set allow it to set again by placing it in the freezer again.
• Store them in freezer, otherwise they might go bad.

Linking it to Gayathris event and sahasra page

Soumya and paris page

Lets cook for christmas

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