Monday, April 22, 2013

"Happy Earth day" - Bushi wishes you!


Hello! Bushi and me are like "Whoa! Weeeeee! It is Earth day!". Bushi wanna ask you and plead you all to adopt an abandoned animal from shelters today. It is his humble request. Do this today as it is Earth day.





Let us paint the town "green!"




I wanted to share something with you all.

"Earth is our mother, save it" <--- a very old quote.

The real quote is 

"We are Earth, don't harm ourselves".

If we hear any asteroid is hitting Earth, in our country, we are so tensed. As if something is happening to us and of course it is happening to us. 
 We are Earth. Earth is nothing without all the trees,animals,water,rocks,atmosphere etc. We are a part of it. Let us not harm ourselves. Let us stay safe and healthy. 




Bushi, me, Hima, my mom and my dad are planting a sapling near our surroundings. What are you doing this auspicious day?





Let me help you. Here are things which you can do today.




Plant trees.

Make nature crafts at school or home. Get together with your family and build a birdhouse or make a bird feeder to encourage the local bird population, which plays an important role in every ecosystem. 

Learn more about the environment. Earth Day is a good time to make a commitment to learning more about the environment and how you can help to protect it. Borrow some library books and read up on an issue such as pollution, endangered species, water shortages, recycling, and climate change. Or, learn about a region you've never considered before, like the Arctic, the deserts, or the rain forests. Think about the issues that concern you the most and if you haven't done so already, join a local group that undertakes activities to help protect the environment in your area.

Reduce, reuse and recycle all day long. Buy as little as possible and avoid items that come in lots of packaging. Support local growers and producers of food and products - these don't have to travel as far and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Take your drink container with you, and don't use any disposable plates or cutlery. Recycle all the things you do use for the day or find other uses for things that you no longer use. Carry a cloth bag for carrying things in and recycle your plastic bags.

Clean up litter. Rid litter from our roadways. Many groups use the weekend of Earth Day to clear roadways, highways and neighborhood streets of litter that has accumulated since the last clean-up day. Many companies donate gloves and bags for clean-up groups and villages organize bag pick ups. Once the group has collected the trash and placed the recycled bags along the road, get the village public works department to pick the bags up. It's a wonderful community project. Great for scout troops, rotary clubs and the like.




Here are some websites in which you can pledge and contribute to the betterment of us i.e earth <3

http://www.act.earthday.org/

http://www.earthday.org/

http://www.ourgreengoals.org/ 

Have a happy Earth Day!







Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Bushi's cookery classes! Bake an eggless microwave cake.



Have you ever wondered that you could ever bake a sponge cake in a microwave that too egg-less? Okay, whatever, even if you wondered or not, here is that awesome recipe which is made by Bushi and me!




*It is a lot fun to do!*

Microwave sponge cake recipe-

Ingredients-

Baking soda - 2 teaspoons
Baking powder* optional - 2 teaspoons
Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon
All-purpose flour - 4 table spoons
Milk - 1 cup of 200ml
Granulated sugar or powered sugar- 2 table spoons
Oil* optional (only for smooth texture) - 1 teaspoon
Cocoa powder(if baking a chocolate cake) - 2 table spoons
Banana, papaya or any other fruit if baking a fruit cake - 1 fruit
Chocolate ice-cream, vanilla ice-cream, butterscotch ice cream if baking a ice cream flavored cake- 2 table spoons

Steps!!!

Step 1- Add sugar and milk in a bowl and stir well until completely dissolved.
Step 2- Add the cocoa powder (you can add fruits or ice creams here, too), all purpose flour and baking powder.
Step 3- Stir them well until you get a fine paste and it flows down loose. If it is not loose, you can always add a bit of milk.
Step 4- Add the baking soda **VERY IMPORTANT STEP!**
Step 5- Add oil if needed for good texture and stir well.
Step 6- **Another important step** Add lemon juice and mix very well and FAST. You should observe a bit of foam or a bit of batter raising. 
Step 7- Pat the bowl on the surface to raise the air bubbles.
Step 8- Grease a microwave friendly pan with butter and put a wax paper at the sides and bottom.
Step 9- Transfer the batter into the microwave friendly dish. 
Step 10- Microwave for 2-3 minutes under constant observation.
Step 11- Remove the cake after baking and let it sit for 10 minutes on a cooling rack.
Step 12- Add any icing of your choice or leave it plain.

Tip!! Bake two cakes and make a mixture of warm water and sugar and coat it on top of both cakes. On one of the cakes, spread chocolate syrup or anything of your choice(or even an ice cream). Attach both the cakes and you get a bigger and yummier cake!!





You are done baking your cake! Yayy! Time to taste and fill empty tummy :D

Hope it comes out well.

All this recipe is prepared by Bushi and me and is tried.

Came out really spongy and well. Careful while microwaving!

Good luck and until next time!

Bye-bye!



Wednesday, April 3, 2013

I baked a cookie and a cake!!

Bushi and I are so excited! I am so happy. This summer holidays, we are baking things and making up reviews on the things which Bushi uses so it is easy for you guys to buy good cat products! Ha ha!

Ok, I am trying to be random! Here is a random sentence which was generated in the net by bushi!

The additional offender groans.

Look at my pretty cake and cookie!