A Recipe a Day

I wanted to cook something different today. Well after a long time, I came back home quite early and now had the time to actually eat "cooked, home-made" food.

In my search, I came across this wonderful blog A recipe a day, where the blogger has provided recipes for a variety of spicy Indian dishes. What makes the blog all the more unique, is the blogger's effort to post a snap of each dish for which the recipe has been provided. Even if you are not hungry, visit this blog. Who knows, you might just feel there is room in your stomach for one(or more) of those mouth-watering recipes listed on this site!!

Labor Stats

An informational site on employment statistics and wage trends in US. This one looks good for Washington state.

Medicinal value of Grapes

Medicinal value of Grapes
After a long time, I purchased Red seedless grapes from a Safeway store. Out of curiosity, I looked up the web for benefits of eating grapes and here is a compilation of the same.

• Eating Red Grapes cuts the risk of cancer.
  
• Red grapes are rich in flavonoids – a group of organic compounds made of water-soluble plant pigments.
  
• Chemicals in grapes can help thin the blood, preventing clots that provoke heart attacks and strokes.
  
• Antioxidants in red grapes help prevent bad Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from oxidizing and clogging arteries.
  
• Chemicals in red grapes also seem to dilate and relax blood vessels and aid in controlling blood pressure.
  
• Disease-fighting antioxidants are concentrated in a grape's skin and seeds. Deeper pigments have more antioxidants. Hence red grapes are more oxidant rich than green ones.

Sources:
USA Weekend
Rediff

The story of a Butterfly.

Change is inevitable. But transformation is the key to survival, growth and regeneration. Here is a beautiful story describing a caterpillar's transformation to a butterfly.