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Oct 23

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Vanilla Ricotta Chocolate Chips Cake with Orange Z

Vanilla Ricotta Chocolate Chips Cake with Orange Zest. This is an Italian classic, ciambella, with my favorite combination of flavors: chocolate and orange.
This is a cake my grandma would bake for us and it made me feel good to bake it yesterday for my kids. I know many of you might relate, but baking is such a relaxing and distressing activity for me. And the fun thing is that 99% of the time I do not eat what I bake. Yes, that's true. I simply enjoy preparing it.
It's my pleasure to share with you this recipe today.

INGREDIENTS:
4 medium eggs
11 oz ricotta cheese (300gr)
3 cups + 2 Tbsp all purpose flour (500gr)
1 cup coconut oil or butter (220ml)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp vanilla paste
1 cup milk of your choice (200ml)
3/4 cup sugar (180gr)

handful chocolate chips
zest 2 medium oranges

PROCEDURE:
In a bowl mix together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
In a larger bowl whisk together the eggs with the sugar into a pale yellow foamy mix.
Add the milk and mix. Add the coconut oil and mix. Add the ricotta and mix. Slowly add the dry ingredients, one tablespoon at the time. Mix.
Add the chocolate chips and orange zest. Mix.
Transfer the batter into a greased round tube cake pan. Bake in a preheated oven to 350F for 60 min. Check if the cake is done inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it comes out dry, it's ready!
Let the cake cool down for 10 min and enjoy. Store the cake on the countertop covered in a cake dome. You need to cover it to keep it moist.

Enjoy every single bite!
Happy weekend! ...

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Oct 23

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Halloween Crayon Pumpkin. Believe me or not, but t

Halloween Crayon Pumpkin. Believe me or not, but this project is food related!
I'm working on a new (long!) video on How to offer more vegetables to your toddlers/kids and one of the tips I will share is to play with veggies. Yep! I know we have been raised hearing "Don't play with your food!" but reality is that playing with food is an important part of accepting a new food.
If your little one doesn't eat a vegetable you can really start letting them play with it. And decorating can be a lovely way to start appreciating, accepting...and eating pumpkins! 🎃

That being said, this project was:
- Super Fun
- A bit messy (DO IT OUTSIDE!!!)
- Teached the boys about state of matter
- Gave the boys a nice example of reusing materials for a more environmental friendly word
- Gave me a new decor piece for the entrance

How to do it?
- Go in your crayon box and take all the broken pieces
- Take a pumpkin (the white ones will make the crayon colors pop up more), small or large, you decide.
- With a hot glue gun, glue the crayons in a radial circle around the top. I was holding the glue gun and my helpers placed the crayons. (safer)
- Go outside and place the pumpkin on the grass or a plastic bag (the melted crayons will spray color all around).
- Using a hair dryer, melt the crayons. I let the kids take turns. The closer you get to the crayon, the faster it will melt but also the air will spray away the color from the pumpkin. We decided that staying a bit away gave a better result.
The crayon will solidify in one minute and your pumpkin decoration will be done!

Have Fun! ...

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Oct 22

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No way, the fake fly always delivers 🤣🤣 Our

No way, the fake fly always delivers 🤣🤣
Our neighbor tree has awesome dragon fruits.
Thank you neighbor!

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Oct 19

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Brioche sandwich are way softer than regular sandw

Brioche sandwich are way softer than regular sandwich bread. Also cutting them in pieces easy to grab helps too. The scones bites have orange and chocolate inside.
Happy Tuesday!!

Are you warm lunchbox or cold lunchbox team for the cold months?

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Oct 19

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Ghost potato chips with zucchini and mushrooms pas

Ghost potato chips with zucchini and mushrooms pasta today and super sweet grapes.

Happy Monday!!

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