Print How to Make Buttermilk Prep time:  10 mins Total time:  10 mins   Once you see how easy it is to make buttermilk, you’ll want to make your own everytime. Here’s how: Ingredients Heavy cream (avoid ultra-pasteurized) Instructions Fill a jar halfway with heavy cream. Then, screw the lid on firmly (a canning jar [...]

You could lose over 40 pounds per year making these simple changes to your diet. Swap your soup Instead of dishing up a cup of cream of broccoli soup, which has 180 calories and 7 grams of fat, choose a bowl of chicken vegetable soup instead. You get just 75 calories and under 3 grams of [...]

Print Banoffee Pie Author: Shafia Agha Recipe type: Dessert Prep time:  30 mins Cook time:  5 mins Total time:  35 mins Serves: 6   Flawless combination of bananas and homemade toffee — absolutely delicious! Ingredients Ingredients for the biscuit base Butter melted 100 gms Digestive biscuits crushed 250 gms Ingredients for the filling Dark brown sugar 100gms Bananas [...]

Print Buttermilk Substitute Prep time:  5 mins Total time:  5 mins   Making a recipe that calls for buttermilk? Use this simple substitute, and you won’t need to buy any: Ingredients Milk (just under one cup) 1 Tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice Instructions Place a Tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice in a [...]

In the midst of plethora of multitude of brands such as Ayesha Hasan, SanaSafinaz, Maheen Karim, Ali Xeeshan showcasing their collection in an aura of effervescence at PFDC, one could not miss out on Magnum Bar setup, which added a jovial element to the magnificent event. Magnum’s Brand ambassador was the iconic Ayaan. Magnum introduced [...]

Pakistanis generally 7 Karachites specially know how to celebrate even elections. Many food joints in city of lights are offering free goodies if you have voted on 11th May in Pakistan general elections 2013. Here is a list of places with their exciting offers. Go show your inked thumb as a proof that you’ve voted [...]

Print Mango coconut chutney Author: Sobha Muraly Recipe type: Side Prep time:  10 mins Total time:  10 mins Serves: 6   A nice and tangy side dish that can be relished with rice. Ingredients ½ cup of mangoes (raw) cut into small pieces 1 cup grated coconut 4 Smoked red chillies (roasted on direct fire) 1 tsp cumin [...]

Print Cold Coffee Recipe Author: Mehvish Abubakr Recipe type: Drink   For all the coffee lovers out there, here is a simple cold coffee recipe to beat the summer heat. Ingredients Milk 2 cups Instant coffee 1 tbsp, heaped Sugar 3-4 tbsp Water ¼ cup Tetra Pak cream Ice cubes Instructions Dissolve the coffee and sugar in [...]

Engro Food’s hosted the launch of Olper’s stylish new packaging and look in Karachi recently. The packaging is smart & eco friendly. New pouch of olpers comes with an air handle, resealable cap & easy tear features. Interestingly the pack is microwave safe, probably the first tetra pack that comes with the idea of reheating [...]

Older adults who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, a new research review suggests. Researchers found that older adults who were given vitamin D and calcium supplements were 9 percent less likely to die over three years than those given placebo pills. Vitamin D on its own, however, [...]