Meet Chitra

Hello,

A warm welcome from Chitra Jagadish and thank you for taking your time off to visit my blog.  I am the recipe developer for ‘Chitras Healthy Kitchen’, where each recipe is tried with a variation (Replacing with Oats, Muesli, Bulgur, Broken wheat, Flaxseeds, Barley, Fenugreek leaves, Tofu, Honey etc.,).

Past time:

My dad was a Doctor and Mum is retired defense employee. I was my dad’s loving lonely princess and his best friend as well pet. As per his guidance I did my dentistry (B.D.S) in Bangalore, India.

After marriage life changed and we had to shift to UK immediately. Staying away from home, I started my learning on basic dishes. In the beginning just tasty cooking was my intention to impress my hubby later as I  developed interest in cooking started to explore multi-cuisine recipes (Asian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican etc.,). I later started exploring on healthy cooking/baking.

Who am I?

I thought it would be a good idea to start Blogging about my learning’s. I had my hubby (Best Friend) support, who works in IT. He is my backbone, whose support, encouragement and motivation makes me work tirelessly.

I blend my interest in home cooking, housekeeping and healthy life style. I spend most of my time on ‘Browsing – to explore the wonders created by others in cooking/baking’.  I enjoy learning about benefits of ingredients and healthy recipes. I experiment them with my family before sharing on my blog.

What to expect in future?

Continue to learn ‘how to include healthy ingredients to everyday food’. Explore and share as many multi-cuisine healthy dishes possible on my blog. Expand the boundary to add ‘Vegan recipes’ as well.

Look forward to your suggestions and feedback.

You can also connect with me thru:

Facebook – www.facebook.com/drchdietfood
Twitter – https://twitter.com/ChitraJagadish
Pintrest – http://www.pinterest.com/ChitraJagadish/
Instagram – http://instagram.com/chitrajagadish/

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you find some a variations and low calorie recipes to try out =)

  1. Hi there. You have an awesome blog and I really appreciate you following my blog. I would like to nominate you for an award. Congrats x

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  2. Sinfully Tempting's avatar Sinfully Tempting

    You have such a lovely blog, I’m so glad I found it through Fiesta Friday! 🙂

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  3. Hi Chitra, I would love to pass on the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award, Check it in http://malarmuthu.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/more-awards/ 🙂

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  4. Lovely blog 😊thx for the follow Chitra..looking fwd to many more of your recipes.

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  5. Nice Blog Chitra.
    Website looks awesome!!
    Congrats for the awards, Wish you all the success and more awards to follow !! 🙂

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  6. Hi Chitra! Really excited to give this Quintet of Radiance Award to you!
    Here’s the link:

    Passing Some Encouragement On….

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  7. Traditionally Modern Food's avatar Traditionally Modern Food

    Dear Chitra, I have nominated you for Writing Process Blog Tour
    . Here’s the link with instructions if you’d like to accept it.
    Award

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  8. Traditionally Modern Food's avatar Traditionally Modern Food

    Dear Chitra, I have nominated you for Dragon’s Loyalty Award
    . Here’s the link with instructions if you’d like to accept it.
    Award

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  9. PK's KitchenEquations's avatar Kitchenequations

    Hi Chitra,

    I have nominated you to the “Wonderful Team Member Award’. Do accept it if you are interested. The link to the award is given below.
    http://kitchenequations.wordpress.com/awards/

    Regards,
    Poojita Krishna.

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  10. PK's KitchenEquations's avatar Kitchenequations

    Hello Chitra,

    I have nominated you to the ‘Dragon’s Loyalty Award’. Accept it if you are interested. The link to the rules is given below.

    http://kitchenequations.wordpress.com/awards/

    Looking forward to see your blog with the award. Good luck 🙂

    Regards,
    Poojita Krishna.

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  11. Hi Chitra,
    I have nominated you for the
    “I am part of the WordPress family” award
    Please check it out in http://malarmuthu.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/thanks-again/
    I Appreciate you 🙂 my dear friend.

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  12. Thank you for dropping by my blog.

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  13. Great blog, and delicious pics! And thank you for following mine!

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  14. Hi Chitra, Came across your through Indiblogger. Nice to know you. Looking forward for your recipes.

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  15. I like your blog, lovely recipes to try out..;)

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  16. Nice of you Chitra, got a wonderful blog. Keep on rocking :). Thanks for you stopping by in my blog. Stay in touch. Eagerly waiting for your precious comments and likes 😉

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  17. Thank you Chitra for visiting my blog. I am happy to connect with you here, I too am up for healthy eating.

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  18. Thank you for visiting my blog. You have a lovely blog, and I look forward to trying some of your recipes!

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  19. Thanks so much for your visit Chitra…it has led me to your wonderful blog! xox

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  20. Hi Chitra! Thanks a lot for stopping by my blog and for the like. Your page is fab, awesome work! 🙂

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  21. Anything that related to food, how can you not follow. I defend myself pretty good in the kitchen and since my health problems over a year ago, I have to take pretty good care of what I eat and don´t eat.

    Been cooking for a looooong time, and I´m 31, I figured at a younger age that if I didn´t cook myself, the eating in MacDonalds would ruin my budget. Plus not very healthy. I think I follow and check up 3 people who talk about cooking, or maybe 4-5 I lost count now, other´s talk about cooking healthy other´s like a follower of yours and mine Anabalgaitas, who I check up on the Indian type cousine. It´s something I´m interested on. Actually since I´ve discovered this social media-wordpress, or better said been active in it I´ve found some very interesting things that have gotten my attention. I think I try to learn too much, since I follow and viceversa from harcore Literature, poets, out off the top kind of blogs, photography, travael, cooking, healthstyle, you name it I probably follow and try to check on them as much as I can. I always find something new and useful for me. Little tips here and there, and a lot of the times you guys give me ideas to write about, most of the times really. So I´m glad you stopped by my crazy un paid blog.

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    • Very glad to meet you. I will be most happy if my blog can add recipes for healthy living, which is the primary objective of blogging.

      Nice to know more about yourself. Will be visiting your blog..

      Take care and have a good day….

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  22. Hi Chitra,

    it’s a lovely blog you have! Thank you for following my blog too! I look forward to getting to know you better! All the best, Yana 🙂

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  23. Hi Chitra. Thank you so much for stopping by at my blog, it led me to your beautiful and healthy blog. I am definitely going to follow you to learn to cook some healthy food, this is what we need in today’s fast life. My husband will be more happy to see your blog, as he loves cooking too.

    Great blog. and now you have another follower 🙂

    xx
    Aanchal

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  24. Thanks Chitra for visiting my site. Really appreciate it. And all the best with yours. I’m also interested in healthy foods though I haven’t been experimenting as much of late. Blame it on busyness.

    Looking forward to learning more about healthy cooking on your site. Maybe one day I’ll even feature some Jamaican cooking adventures on my personal blog. Take care 🙂

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  25. Hi Chitra!

    Love learning new cuisine and your blog presents it beautifully! Thanks for your hard work and dedication to this delicious topic!

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    • So nice of you to pass such healthy feedback..It means a lot to me..Glad to meet you

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      • I am very pleased to meet you as well and look forward to trying out some of your recipes. You make them look so tempting! Of course, I will steer clear of the hot spicy foods. Do you think if I left out the hot spices in some of these recipes that it would still deliver the taste? Thanks.

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      • Nice to meet you….Spices can be adjusted as per taste..If you are looking for an alternative for a particular ingredient please let me know..I will try my best to provide alternative options

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  26. Thanks for the visit~

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  27. Thanks Sindy for such a great mantra and very peaceful..I am hosting only recipes so unfortunately can’t post this

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  28. Hi Chitra,
    Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and following it. You have a great blog and I look forward to many more posts 🙂
    Linda!

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  29. Hi Chitra… You have so many wonderful things on your blog. Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and liking a few of my posts!

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  30. Hi Chitra! You have great recipes on this blog, glad that I found your blog, following you!
    I have nominated you for Liebster Award.
    Please like and accept this here:

    Liebster Award|My Post

    Hugs! 🙂
    Aditi (Diary of a Cusp)

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  31. Thank you for stopping by my blog…

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  32. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for the “likes”! Your blog looks delightful! It is so pretty and colorful and the recipes sound so delish! I know I will enjoy reading it!

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  33. Hey Chaitra, First of all am Thankful for your time you spent in my blog site and appreciation you did through your likes. So you are also a curious mind experimenting in kitchen, as I do have some interest in cooking here am following you……………….. :)…Very nice to meet you here and know your venture!!!!!!!!!

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  34. Hello Chitra! Thank you so much for visiting my little blog. Healthy cooking is also one of my interests. Glad to meet you..

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  35. It was good to know about you Chitra 🙂 Glad to be here! Looking forward to more easy, tasty and healthy recipes from you… TC! Keep smiling 🙂

    Regards,
    Sindhu
    Tantu
    The Arts & Me

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  36. Gained a huge fan in me! absolutely love youre blog! so glad i came across this! cant wait to try these out x

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  37. Thank you so much for visiting my blog and liking my posts! I really do appreciate you stopping by 😀

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  38. Looking forward to visiting your site from time to time! 🙂

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  39. deliciouslynell's avatar deliciouslynell

    Hi there! I’m nominating you for either the wordpress family blog award, or the very inspiring blogger award, or both! It’s all up to you! If you’re interested in participating please visit this post!
    https://ineedafeed.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/awards-august-2014/

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  40. Hi Chitra…any recipe for comforting kids with cold and cough and blocked nose ….my son perpetually suffers from cold allergy and now hates chicken soup 😦

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  41. Hi Chitra! I am nominating you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award because I really like your blog! If you’re interested in participating, please visit this post! http://hotdish.org/2014/08/04/awards/

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  42. Nice to meet you Chitra. I will love to learn healthy recipes from you. 🙂 Thanks for following my blog. 🙂

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  43. You have a fantastic blog! Just browsing through and my tummy is rumbling. Yum! Thanks for finding my site so I could find yours! Cheers!

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  44. Hi Chitra!

    I just wanted to let you know I nominated you for the ‘One Lovely Blog’ Award because I love your blog and always look forward to your posts 🙂
    You can check out http://memoirsofateenageambivert.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/one-lovely-blog-award/ for more information.
    I hope you decide to accept this award but don’t feel pressured to; I just wanted you to know that I really think you have ‘One Lovely Blog’!

    Chloe

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  45. Chitra, all your recipes look delicious! I love how the healthy ways you make them as well!

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  46. Hello, Chitra! Thanks for liking my posts! I am following your blog. I love your spinach balls recipe and the fact that they are baked. I refuse to deep-fry anything, so I always appreciate a delicious recipe such as this one. Thanks for posting. I look forward to more recipes from you 🙂

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  47. MyKabulKitchen's avatar MyKabulKitchen

    Hi Chitra, Thank you so much for stopping by my blog that means a lot! You have such a great layout and page set up I love iy! And I love finding new healthy recipes that are tasty and unique, looking forward to trying your ideas out 🙂

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