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Wednesday Lunch/brunch: Apricot Indian Saffron Rice. ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ๐ŸŒบ

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope your day is joyful so far! ๐Ÿค—

What I am creating today is a unique touch of Basmati rice. ๐Ÿ˜‹

I love Saffron for its beauty, powerful antioxidant, mood lifting, and cancer fighting properties. So I incorporate into basmati rice with Garam Masala Indian spice along with bay leaves, mint leaves, diced apricots, onions, pumpkin nuts, and tiny bit of celery salt and olive oil (no butter).

Iโ€™m very pleased how it turned out with the aromas from all herbs. ๐Ÿ˜‡โค๏ธ

Dessert: Mixed berries and chrysanthemum ice tea.

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ

Hereโ€™s the article about saffron health benefits:

healthline.com/nutrition/sa...

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Kainan

Wow that looks like the best rice I've ever seen! Much better than the ones I get out of a box lol ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… And those are some fancy herbs ands spices you're using. Everything looks so well integrated and combined into one delectable and pleasing rice dish. Way to go girl! ๐Ÿ‘โœจ

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Awe thank you Kainan for saying that! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

If we are going to do rice dish, we shall kick it up a notch ๐Ÿ™ƒ

All spices play harmoniously together which Iโ€™m so happy how it turned out! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Hope you managed your lunch already. ๐Ÿ˜

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Haha yeah they are certainly in harmony with one another. I had leftover noodles and frozen chicken dumplings for lunch

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The kitchen smells so good right now. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Iโ€™m glad you got your lunch figured out.

Enjoy the rest of your day! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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I bet it does :) Thanks you too

Hi Koko looks really nice I or should I say we had this ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ™‹hoping for more black rice recipies if you have any so i don't think.im.eaging insects ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ™„

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Hi Mandy,

You always have a great sense of humor and I love that about you! ๐Ÿค—โค๏ธ

What did you cook as you know I just started cooking more and Iโ€™m not aware of many things in foodie world. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Pixiebob is sooo handsome and acting just like Sonya, one spoon for me, one spoon for her as we share many things. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ˜ป

You see black rice sold in a very small bag and I donโ€™t usually cook just by itself. You can mix just a bit with your current rice and it gives the purple color as you saw my past post Chilli lunch.

I will post more of this rice thing in the future for sure. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Hope you had a peaceful day so far! ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ฝโค๏ธ

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Hi Koko I'm resting as had strange leg experience in supermarket lol cramp in calf then numb foot and toes like I needed to move it think.nerve trapped as did some unusual moves past couple days ๐Ÿ˜not in the way your thinking ๐Ÿ˜‚pixie babe has gone out hope not out late again just about every food photo I have has him on ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿงก

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Awe Iโ€™m so sorry to hear that and what you can do is wiggling your toes. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ Hope you got many goodies from your supermarket trip today. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Pixiebob is a perfect food model and I canโ€™t wait to see more your food posts. ๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ

Hope pixie keep you nice and comfy for a restful night with many sweet dreams. ๐Ÿ˜‡๐ŸŒบ

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Thanks yes I'll play footsie with prince pixiebob ๐Ÿ˜‚he likes going under cover ๐Ÿ˜ปif he ever comes in ๐Ÿ™€night night ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ™‹

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How cute! Please send my big kiss and Sonya kisses to Pixie for working hard all day as Food model and foot massager for mommy now. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜˜โค๏ธ 99 ๐Ÿ˜‡๐ŸŒบ

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Pixie will be very pleased I'm.sure for your kisses and would send them to you and Sonya too ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜‚

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๐Ÿค“I meant that ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™‹

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๐Ÿฅธ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜ฝ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜˜โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‹TTYL ๐Ÿ˜

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No show without Prince Pixie!

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Yes I'm hoping he can make the odd guest appearance ๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™‹

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Quiet day for me today after having had a hectic few days as thankfully today I haven't got any of those wretched video interviews to do so it's a free day here today.

The weekend here is going to be a quiet self care weekend which we are looking forward to to take a step back from life.

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Bingo88

Thanks for the information. Looks lovely

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Thank you Brian! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™My pleasure. Hope you have a restful night! ๐Ÿ˜‡๐ŸŒบ

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Thank you Lovely. Nearly time for sleep here in the uk. Take care of yourself xx

I had pasta and sauce for tonight's dinner and sweet potato cottage pie for lunch along with mushy peas.

Baby is well and getting spoilt!

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Hi Catgirl,

Iโ€™m very pleased to hear Baby is well and well deserved spoilt by her mommy! ๐Ÿ˜ปโค๏ธ

Your dinner sounds so wholesome and tasty. I bet you enjoyed it very much. ๐Ÿ˜‹

Thank you for sharing your dinner with me! ๐Ÿค—

Hi Happyman4,

Thank you very much for saying that! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™

Chicken masala was one of my favorites when I still ate meat. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

I love yogurt with mints and cucumber as for sauce too.

I tried yellow Thai rice (yellow jasmine rice with turmeric instead of saffron) and it is very delicious also. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

You got all the necessities of spices in your kitchen and all it takes is for you to get your creation on your stove. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Perfect! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ You know I very often make plain yogurt with mint and Persian cucumber but no garlic ๐Ÿค” for my veggies dip. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

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ZazenRiver345

This looks phenomenal. You are really on your A game๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜. Saffron really does have some amazing benefits that I would much enjoy. Very healthy addition to your meal๐Ÿ‘Œ. The pumpkin seed is another healthy choice for it's high magnesium level and also a rich source of other B vitamins. It's also a great source of vitamin K. The apricots also pack a nutritional punch, providing lots of vitamins A, C and E. Lots of trace elements are in this meal. So overall this is an outstanding meal for health and also looks very beautiful. Definitely top marks from me๐Ÿ˜. Have a good night.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿค—

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Thank you very much Zazen for saying that!

As always you captured the gist of many of my posts which I greatly appreciated. ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

Yes all healthy ingredients. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Today Iโ€™m thinking, Iโ€™m going to make something mild, no rice or much carbs but packed with wonderful health benefits. ๐Ÿค”

Youโ€™ll see ๐Ÿ˜‚ Have a good day ahead! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan star

More healthy deliciousness - it looks wonderful

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Awe thank you Debs very much for your kindness and encouragement for me to cook more healthy stuffs. ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™โค๏ธIโ€™m learning from you. ๐Ÿ˜‡

Hope you have a wonderful day so far! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒบ

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Your stuff looks great, I don't think you need to learn from anyone else, you are already there ๐Ÿ˜

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Awe Debs you are too kind and it means a lot to me coming from a Vegan star yourself! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

Iโ€™m cooking something thatโ€™s perfect for Low FODMAP diet (except for the mushroom ๐Ÿ˜…) and I think you will like this one, packed with nutrients and vitamins. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Hope you managed your dinner and have a joyful day so far! ๐Ÿ˜

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Excellent, I will look out for that ๐Ÿ˜

Hi Lynne thanks I'm ok now ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ™‹

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