When only 1 day left for New year and when everyone is getting ready to welcome the New year, I thought I might as well look back and cherish the moments I had in 2009…

Well, my 2009 started with a skiing accident, oh ya that was one heck of a start. I was fortunate enough to not to break my neck or head and after a couple of weeks of complete rest, bruises on my face and aches I had vanished completely.

Another memorable event that happened in 2009 was my sister’s wedding and now I have a sweet, loving, friendly and down to earth brother-in-law. Even though I couldn’t be a part of the wedding, my mind and soul was with my sister each and every moment on her big day. It’s sad, in fact the most painful thing to miss these kind of happy and special occasions of our dearest ones. Again, sometimes we need to sacrifice some happiness to achieve others. Everything cannot be achieved at the same time. If that was possible there wouldn’t be any sorrows or worries in this world. And the amazing thing about humans is that as days passes by the pain we have also fades away. I believe God has blessed us with the ability to forget things. Anyway, my sister is leading a happy life with her husband, and this makes me happy too.

One of the best of the best things that happened to me in 2009 was that I finally found the answer to my question, what is my real passion? I was quite confused and couldn’t find an answer to this question for so long. I am a person who believe that each person is born for doing something and there is some kind of talent in everyone: some people discover it, some even after discovering it, they just ignore it and for some it will always be hidden. It took me a while to discover my passion as I am the kind of person who find interest in many things and my interest keeps changing and I will be seen indulged in different activities; for instance, I love glass painting, crafts, sports and adventures. But I wasn’t consistent in any of these activities, all these were just temporary interests for me. I was desperate enough to find my real passion, finally I got my answer, cooking is my passion and I find real pleasure doing this. As soon as I found my passion, I started pursuing it. Initially, I made few cooking videos, after that I found blogging is the best way to share and explore the food world. Hence, I started this blog. I must say, at first I was quite overwhelmed and inspired to see the amazing food blogs out there , the dedication and the passion with which the foodies blogged truly motivated me. Now, I do this for the sake of my passion and I love doing this.

What I’ve realized over the years: Even if you do the best of the best, there will be still people better than you and there will be still people who ignore you or who will never accept you. What I feel is, keep doing what you love to do with all your heart and passion and never get disappointed by those people trying to pull you down. Have faith in you and believe in yourself, success will be yours.

This year my husband and I had attended many live concerts. We had attended the Britney Spears and Pussy cat dolls concert. We went to Green Day concert, this was an amazing and ever memorable experience, Green Day being my all time favorite band, I went crazy seeing the Green Day live. We even went for Bulls-celtics basketball game. Not to miss the Blue man show and few action sports that we had attended.

Then summer came along, we travelled around, explored few new places and restaurants, had a a fun beach and barbecue time with friends.

In november we moved out of Chicago and had a fresh start in Nebraska. I was so fond of Chicago that I  felt it would take a lot of time to adjust to the new place. To my surprise, I easily fell in love with NE and loving it here ever since we moved here. Unless you go to a different place, you will never know what that place has to offer you.

New place, New friends, New neighbors, New start, New hope and a New year around the corner…

I indeed had a wonderful 2009, and hoping for a wonderful 2010 as well.

I would also like to list few people, without them my 2009 would have been unworthy and boring.

My husband, without him nothing would have been possible. He is really an unique person with a stunning personality and with a totally different perceptive for life and everything. He is packed with positive feelings for everything and a person who lives life to the fullest and who’s motto is: as long as you live, live happily, forgive and accept others and do the things you love to do. At times, I wish if I could think and act like him. I am blessed to have him as my husband, who is also my mentor, supporter, critic, motivator and my life.

My mom, without her obviously I wouldn’t be in this world. She is a gem of a person, her unconditional love, caring and affection has moulded me to the kind of person I am today. She is the one who walked me to the incredible world of food with her delicious food and cooking. The dedication she had showed in raising me and my sister and giving us the best she could, truly deserve a standing ovation. I am fortunate and proud to be her child.

My dad, who believes in simplicity and honesty. A real hard working person, his dedication to work made him successful in his career. He never over promises anything, and also never failed in fulfilling any of my needs when I was young. He is the kind of person, who looks everything from a distance and finds happiness when his children are happy.

My sister, I don’t know how many times we would have fought for silly things and had said I hate you, a million times after each fights. But, at the end we are still best friends. Those were the moments, when we were young, carefree, irresponsible and when we laughed together, played together, gossiped together, wept together, hugged together and stood together no matter what. A person to whom I can share anything and who is always all ears to all my stupid talks.

My friends, without them 2009 would have been boring. They are fun to be with and gives a different meaning to my life. With friends I forget all worries and always had the best of the times.

Finally, each and everyone out there who constantly inspire me and motivate me through all their good deeds. Without these people it’s definitely hard to live in this world.

It’s been 8 months since I’ve started blogging. This blog has given a new meaning to my life and a good exposure in the blogging world. I’ve made many friends through blogging who appreciate my food and who find time to read my blog and to leave their lovely comments. Thanks to all my readers and blogger friends, you guys are the real inspiration to me.

I love all kinds of cuisine hence I had blogged about all kinds of food which caught my interest. I am still experimenting and searching for different and easy recipes, I think I have a long way to go. Stay tuned for more food from my kitchen.

Glimpses of Food From my kitchen 2009:

Appetizers:

Side dishes:

Chicken:

Kerala Cuisine:

Sadya:

Rice:

Cookies:

Baked Snacks:

Desserts:

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2010. Hope 2010 brings happiness and peace to everyone. Let’s make this world a better place to live in!