Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

At Girls get together at my place last Thursday 23rd Aug., I made lots of new friends & caught up with good old ones. It was indeed an evening of laughter, chit - chat, food, games and beauty tips.....

The evening started with Vainy and me trying to fix the soggy crackers :). Had made them in the morning and wrapped it with thin film, but they became soggy by evening!! Thanks to Vainy and Kets, they baked it and fixed it otherwise we would have landed up with soggy creamy crackers!
Vainy also baked a scrumptious coffee cake for us, thank you Vainy! Nikhil is still drooling over it!

By 6:30Pm, most of the gang had arrived and we started with a quick intro game, in which I paired everyone into pairs and the girls had to introduce each other & say one beautiful thing about the other. Got to know great things about all of them in just a few mins! Shruti and Nivedita won the prizes for the best introductions!!!

After this I did skin analysis for all girls one by one , I wish I had the luxury to spend some more time with them.Kets, Shubha and Nivi won prizes for best skin texture as per SAM!!

Next was all chit-chat , food and getting to know each other. I missed Madhu's stories though!!! :)
Lots of gettos and fun activities to come along, window shopping, girls nite out, etc.....

If you are reading this blog and attended the party, thankkkkkkkkkssssss for being there!! You gals ROCK!!! :)

Farfalle Salad

Made the Farfalle Salad last week for a party and the girls loved it so here goes one of my original recipes - ( takes 30 mins to make, incl preparation time)

Ingredients -
Farfalle ( 1/2 packet)
Red Onions (1/4 cut in long stems)
Artichoke (marinated)
Black Olives (sliced)
Spinach (3 - 4 medium sized leaves finely cut)
Olive Oil (I use the Italiano Benissimo)
Canned Corn
Cheery Tomatoes (slice into 2)
Sun dried tomatoes (for garnish)
Cayenne Pepper to taste
Balsammic Basil Vinaigrette
Feta Cheese for garnish as desired
Parmesean Cheese as desired
Salt to taste

Method -
Boil farfalle in warm water with one tsp salt and one tsp olive oil
Strain water once the farfalle are boiled and run cold water to avoid sticking (oil also prevents sticking)
Mix sliced onions , artichoke, cherry tomatoes, spinach, black olives, corn with 1 tsp olive oil in a bowl.
Add boiled Farfalle into the mix. Add 1 tbsp of vinaigrette into this mix.
Add parmesean cheese. Add salt & cayennne pepper to taste. Garnish with sum dried tomatoes.Mix thoroughly and at the end add feta cheese.

Note : You can experiement with some other italian spices as well.

Hope you enjoy!