Tricks and tips for Tomato plants

Every one says growing tomatoes is pretty easy even in pots and in bedding but some how i don't have much luck with these plants ......But i am trying below things to improve my gardening in growing  tomato plants ::

1) Started sprinkling Epsom salt every  alternate week Specially before the rain comes or once it starts drizzling i go and sprinkle salt and that Rain water truly helps my plants
2) Every 2-weeks  i use Miracle gro garden feeder you can check from below 
3) Since my soil has more nitrogen content and the plants are growing big but nor producing enough fruit then....i started adding Banana peel + water Blended Juice and shaking tomato plants each day 2 times for about a week and while shaking them asking for please give me more tomatoes !!!!!LOL it helps believe me plants can listen to us...they are living things.

Epsom Salt works best for Pepper plants too. This year i used seed from Redchillies in my pantry and seed sprouted as a plant !!!!!hurray !!!!. harvested couple of peppers so far just regular Green chilies.

4) Remove the yellow and brown leaves and anything touching the ground. Spray entire plant with a fungicides. Or use baking soda , epsome salt, and a little dishsoap mixed with water. Spray entire plant in the evening
4th point suggested by some one but i did not try as my Tomato plants are all healthy so far !!!. 
You  can watch my Gradening part -3 video from below attached link for more helpful information !!!!::

Planning and Time management

I always feel if there is good planning in our lives then by default we use our time in productive way. The key to manage our chores, pending works is putting things in a paper....Its good habit to keep a book next to our bed in night stand and note the things we need to implement for the next day so that we don't miss important works and also prioritizing is very important too.
Below i am going to attach a video and also all the information that i noted in my life to implement - i am going to attach all of those pictures too in it please be patient to check out all the pictures info and the video info.

Coming to the pictures ::

Meal Planning Part - 2

If you want to check meal planning part -1 please click on below link.
http://everydayliving893.blogspot.com/2017/06/weekly-monthly-meal-plannings.html

Coming to Part-2.
1) I keep Food binders its just like Recipe books those are the foods that i tried and my family members liked them.
2) Keep a Grocery check list ready Indian store, Any other Stores like Walmart Where we get Zucchini, squash kind of veggies

3) Keep Nuts packet handy for through out the week ( Helps for Snack time ) All mixed nuts packets or you can mix all of them and keep them ready in Ziploc's.
4) I also Use Instant Pot 1 hour before i sleep i try to keep some dal/ any beans in it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa-203XEzOX3g5EGeIOf_qP6VzDNrttow
Instant pot and Slow cooker both really helps us to cook fresh food without much effort.

4) Prepare chepati dough for the week and refrigerate i use Bread man Bread maker machine which gives us very soft dough and i have been using it since 2009 still its working well you can watch the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mg-nVzpReI

Please find the attached pictures to see the way i plan my foods.

Weekly - Monthly - meal plannings

Hello friends .....I always wanted to plan ahead for my week but due to different demands from kid and husband and sometimes my preferences changes so...it was not quiet easy for my family to plan meals ahead of time as we love to eat fresh food, different varieties as per the weather changes in a week. When its raining we feel like having something hot for that day dinner ..like wise it always varies  ......Lets get into the topic :: From Below youtube video you can get more ideas for a busy mom weekly planning not just food but everything 
Breakfast :: Its standard for through out the week Except week-ends i try to make some breakfast like Poha, Mysore bonda,Idli , Dosa. Semya Upma. Upma. Something which takes little effort and time to cook.... Other wise below is my BF menu:

ON empty stomach try to drink over night soaked 2TBSP of Methi seeds in 1.5 cups of water that gives tremendous results helps pre - diabetic people. Also over night soak some almonds, peanuts  and have them next day morning as raw-food.
1) Raagi-Malt , && Some Peanut butter jelly sandwich.
2) Pancakes ( Wheat pancakes )
3) Sometimes Smoothies (Vegetable and Fruit , Protein powder mix )
4) Cereal + Flax seed powder  && Green moong Sprouts as you see below pic.

Lunch Menu :

1) Dal ( MUST Item ) Any vegetable dal
2) Curry ( MUST Item)
3) Home made Chutney  (Optional ) Most of the time 80% ill make but not all the time.

With Rice and Chepati.

Dinner Menu ::

Sometimes - Just Idli
Chepati/Roti -  and some rice with above dals and curries. But ill try to finish very early dinners that helps our body parts to take good rest through out the night and keeps us healthy.

Coming to Getting every week grocery plan - Will try to buy veggies that we haven't used last week but coming to
1)Green chilies,
2) Onions -         They remain the same in list every week.

Some alternate weeks i try to include beans -
1) Kala chana
 2) Chick peace / Garbanzo beans
3) Red kidney beans
4) Black eye beans

I try to keep some restaurant menus with me to get some food ideas also i try to join in catering whats app groups so that their menus helps me a lot to plan my food for the day.

Some weeks when i have very busy schedule with Doctor appointments and out side works or inside commitments like paying bills friends coming to spend some time like play dates and stuff,,,Then i try to use Frozen veggies as its easy and time saving as the veggies already are chopped and ready to cook -
 1) Chopped Paneer
2) Kantola packets
3) Methi Cubes chopped packet i use it for making Methi parathas and Methi dal
4) Sambar mix veggie packet.

Some ready to eat Frozen snacks for any emergencies - Ready to eat Foods that we can just heat and eat it Like curries, dals, Parathas.

___________________Weekly hacks to Do _________________

1) keep Tamarind paste ready for through out the week - I am getting the paste from Indian store as i have baby and can't do it right now with my busy schedule but before ...i used to prepare and keep it ready in the Fridge.
2) All powders like _ Sambar powder, chutney powder, Curry powder, Rasam powder all home made powders stay fresh for about year in the refrigerator.
3) Yogurt if you make it at home.
4) You can prepare Papad and keep them in air tight containers they stay fresh through out the week too.
5) Keep Veggies chopped and ready also Green chillies take out the stem and save them in airtight containers also cilantro,mint  or any green leafy veggies they saty fresh if you store like below shown picture

All about Beans and its nature

This is my very first time planting Beans and i am enjoying each bean harvest. They are very fresh and very tasty !!!. In-fact the reason i chose beans is we always skip beans from our grocery list and my family hardly eats beans - Now i have a baby and i wanted to feed my baby fresh Bean puree as much as possible. and i heard just 4 bean plants can help a single family by producing good amount of beans but this year i planted almost 15- Bean plants and guess what we have sooooo many beans in my house !!!
after the video the plants grow like below pics you see....

One thing with bean is :: Don not allow it to stay on the plant for long time - if you do that the beans won't be tender and don't taste that yummy too. 

Beginners Gardening

Hello friends ....I love Gardening but you know i have no clue how to start and how to take care of plants ( living things) as i have no knowledge about gardening even during my childhood i never tried any or taken care of anything such that ....But now i am very proud that i am able to take good care of my garden. Lets start with what i did this year and the things helped me very much.
If anyone is interested in learning about growing plants from seeds then please watch below video
If you live in US then - in this below video i shared how to save money in Gardening you can watch it.


Lets discuss about Herbs first : Spinach, Mint, Fenugreek (Methi), Cilantro are very easy to grow :
Coming to Spinach since couple of years I am starting it from seeds and in the month of April first week ( March ending ) according to US- East Coast weather.....I plan to start with seed starting kit for Spinach seeds ( In-fact before 2017 yr i only used Potting soil to grow Spinach seeds but if there is Seed starter soil then the seeds will sprout very fast !!!( Its Magic believe me )
Spinach will start during early Spring and it will stay only end of May Month. Spinach doesn't need too much Sunlight. If it is too hot then spinach plant won't survive. So its good to start early every year.

The Straight row you see is all Spinach ( I poured all seeds and it grow sooo good ) remaining plants are beans ( You can read about bean from attached link 
Coming to Fenugreek Its super easy we can grow it in Aluminium foil or any containers that we have in our pantry like you see in below pic (I Used Spinach plastic container we get it from Costco to grow Methi)

Coming to Mint :: Try not to plant mint in the ground close to your house Wall b/c the roots will spread a lot and that's not advisable. So I prefer to do it in a container and its perennial it grows all by its-self once the winter season is over. But The Tip that worked for me is :: Second year - In the beginning the mint that came all by itself was not healthy so
1) First i cut all the stems that they grew
2) added some potting soil
3) Added Banan peal and water in a blender and the Juice i added to the mint container that really helped to harvest very healthy Mint from my containers as you can see in the pic.

Coming to Cilantro......................................................................................................................................

If you have Dhaniya Seeds then break it into two and plant those broken seeds otherwise putiing direct dhaniya seeds won't help us to grow plants. For - Me - I prefer to buy Cilantro seeds from store.

This year fresh Cilantro from my backyard.

Kids Lunch Box Ideas

Its not easy for our kids to pack lunch until and UN-less if the kid eats most of the foods. My daughter gave me so much tough time ever since i started solids to her and still its hard for me to make her happy but i try my best to do it. So i thought :: why not i share all my ideas with other mothers so that who ever is in the same boat will get benefit.

For most of the Lunch box ideas you can click on below link....&& i will share some ideas here and ill attach the recipe link too. 

Its Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bread Omelet :: We are vegetarians but my daughter loves just Egg, boiled egg / Omelet So i only Use Egg While liquid to make Bread Omelet then i put some cheese between two bread slices ...Kids will love Cheese !!!!. Side box contains Banana chips,

Through out the summer i prefer to give some Cool Smoothies to kids so the bottle is Yogurt Smoothie.

for more kids Lunch box ideas please click on below link you will find more ::