LAVENDER VANILLA APRICOT BARS with A PECAN CRUMBLE @BAKED

 Its Fathers Day today and somebody asked me the question , what is the best thing ur Dad taught u , without battling an eyelid or thinking , i replied "" Love , to love . And he taught me that by loving me immensely , unconditionally , always .....till i was brimming ...and im till date..."".

Love sure makes the world go round and fills me with a positive energy like nothing else can , its lends a bounce to my step and makes me give my best ...always...

When i think of him today , my heart swells and my eyes fill ...i love when someone see's a lot of him in me .....

I havent seen him in a long time , a very v longgg time and it feels like a longer time.....but i have the hope of seeing him someday soon, in heaven, when we meet again.

I wonder how he would be today , i would have so loved to bake and cook and go for long drives with him today , with me behind the wheel...

Miss u dad, lods n love ya forever...with all my being...

Not jus today , but 365 days , coz dats the real meaning of love the thought behind these special days.

Moving on to these bars , these have nothing to do with dad , infact i never baked these for him , i dont know if u would have loved them ,for besides the fact that i baked them.

I wish i had .....

Never  miss to spread the love by wishing ur pals and family who are dads , a fantastic Fathers day * 365...

They are the most special people for the children for whom they make rocking dads!!

 I want to go thru building these bars step by step ,not to make it seem lengthy or difficult which they are surely not but coz each layer is pure joy to make as much as fast and easy to put together.

I used Lavender instead of Rosemary coz its not everyday that we find rosemary here and i LOVE lavender with VANILLA...
Add a little zest and u have all my fav flavours in one bar....

INDONESIAN HONEY GINGER CHICKEN AT INA'S GARDEN

I had to add the honey to the tittle of this very flavour full chicken coz it sure plays a wonderfully sweet role in this chicken.
I mean jus 5 ingredients ,including the chicken , and all u need to do is marinate the chicken overnight , and pop it in the oven the next morn for a delicious treat.

This is the chicken i wanted to bake for this weeks theme at Ina's Garden   and it is April ,of 21st Century Housewife who chose a them which revolves around Chicken , ie Comforting and delicious chicken recipes so if u have ever made any of Ina's recipes , be sure to link them below so we can all check them out as well.

And our next posting at Ina's Garden is on July 7th which is Ina's Zucchini Gratin and u will find the recipe here.

The recipe sure calls for quartered pieces of  a whole chicken but i missed that part and had already kept these pieces ready so i went right ahead with the recipe.
The ground ginger and garlic along with the soy work its magic overnight and the honey ....well the honey sure does too....

I think all the glaze is coz of the honey , and the sauce is rich and dark brown.
I used my fav sweet soy sauce but u can use any one u like and a sprinkle of pepper would be great too though we all loved it the way it was.

Ahh, shrimps ...when i say i love sea food , i always mean shrimps (unless its oysters and clams am referring to) , so i went right ahead and marinated some shrimps too.

 
And am sooo glad i did , the marinade mixing with the juicy juices of the shrimps gives u a good lunch with some lettuce and green onion ...
Actually lodsa mixed lettuce and greens of spring onions is more like it..

 
 And then get really soft and tender and absolutely succulent with all the marinating and baking....

Drizzling jus a bit of sesame oil atop a few of these gives them a nice twist too...

ORANGE ALMOND CRUNCH CARAMEL CAKE @ CAKE SLICE

When there are good times , there got to be cake ...and real good cake ...
Two months into our new move and its been so beautiful , oh yeah there were hiccups and a sad incident but now its beautiful , very....

Moving has u looking forward to a new life and this has been one , in every way and so abundantly good too.
If there is so much of good news coming thru in ur personal life and family as well , u have nothing but to be excited and jump with glee...
Its got busier but with a schedule i'm in love with, beautiful early morns , a little nap that works wonders on the skin sometimes at noon and more...

And then u bake along , specially a cake like this , it gets yummy luscious...

WARM ,HUGGY & GOOEY QUINTIPLE BROWNIES @ BWD

If you are looking for gooey , seriously chocolaty (though i dont think i know what that really means) brownies your in the right place , at the right page , on the right blog , at the right time....

I also so wish i could send u all some of these , but since we cant really do that , lets do the next best thing , talk all about the brownies so u can bake them right in ur kitchens and have the fantastically warm , heart tugging (cant decide if taste bud tugging sounded better ) soonnnn all to urself.