Author: Dolphia Nandi Arnstein

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Easy Toddler Food Ideas – Version 1

Now that Anouk is ‘one,’ she has upgraded from mashed baby food to toddler food. Truth be told, I was never into the idea of baby-led weaning, but one fine day, she wanted to pick up food by herself, and we let her. Although it all sounds very romantic and […]

First Birthday for a girl
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Someone here turned ONE!!!!!

The past week my one and only daughter Anouk has turned one. I started planning her birthday party in late December of 2020 as I knew I would need four months to arrange this. I worked a few days picking a color palette. We looked into a few places such […]

Desserts

Olive Oil Carrot Cake (Eggless)

When Filippo Berio reached out to me to create a spring baking recipe, I wanted to bake a carrot cake. I was very excited to bake a cake with Olive Oil. But as some of you already know, Anouk and Mum are allergic to eggs. While I was too tempted […]

My Thoughts

Baby Food 101 -what we are doing

Every other day I get a DM on Instagram asking me what and how Anouk eats. Finally, I decided to pen down what we are doing for her. First, Anouk was never fully breast-fed. We did a mix of formula and BM. Around five months, she started getting curious about […]

Holi Drink
Drinks

Thandai – a Holi special drink

Sonia Chopra recently said it does not feel like spring until it’s Holi. While that was true for me back in India, the concept of Holi slowly faded away when I migrated to the states. It does not feel like holi or spring in North East. Those memories came back […]

Drinks

Strawberry Lemonade Mocktail

I am beyond proud to collaborate with Spindrift – a Boston-based famous sparkling water. Before, during my pregnancy, and even now, I live on spindrift waters. There are a few simple steps to make a fantastic fruit cocktail. I am attaching a super simple recipe below. Make a fruit pulp Add a […]