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June 27, 2013
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Sep 18

Easy Lunch: flour tortillas (piadina) with spinach

Easy Lunch: flour tortillas (piadina) with spinach, cheese, tomatoes. You can fold them in half and cut them in triangles or roll them tight and slice into sushi style rolls. I warm them up open in the toaster to let the cheese melt.
Virtual learning also means quick 20min lunches. It's a totally new story, a kind of hybrid between lunchboxed and family lunches. I learned during this past month that planning is the winning factor. I'm working on a list of easy weekdays lunches during school time ready in 10minutes and kids approved to share with you. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile..what's your lunch strategy during virtual learning?

XOXO
B

#lunch #kidslunch #lunchtime #schoollunch #virtualschool #easylunch #quicklunch #kidsfood #kidsmeal

Easy Lunch: flour tortillas (piadina) with spinach, cheese, tomatoes. You can fold them in half and cut them in triangles or roll them tight and slice into sushi style rolls. I warm them up open in the toaster to let the cheese melt.
Virtual learning also means quick 20min lunches. It's a totally new story, a kind of hybrid between lunchboxed and family lunches. I learned during this past month that planning is the winning factor. I'm working on a list of easy weekdays lunches during school time ready in 10minutes and kids approved to share with you. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile..what's your lunch strategy during virtual learning?

XOXO
B

#lunch #kidslunch #lunchtime #schoollunch #virtualschool #easylunch #quicklunch #kidsfood #kidsmeal ...

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Sep 17

Italian Carrot Cakes. I tried carrot cakes few tim

Italian Carrot Cakes. I tried carrot cakes few times with the kids, I really like the concept but they always complained about the texture, they didn't like the grated carrots inside.
That's why I wanted to try a different approach with this cake: I wanted a smooth texture and I created a sort of raw carrot puree chopping the carrots in a food processor.
It worked!!! The kids gave thumbs up and I'm sharing with you :-)

Note. I decided to make mega muffins but you can distribute the batter either in a cake mold or regular cupcake mold or mini cupcake mold. The only difference will be the baking time. Regular cake = 45/50min. Regular cupcakes size = 18 min. Mini cupcakes = 15/18min.

Let's make them!

INGREDIENTS:
4 medium carrots, peeled (250gr.)
1 2/3 cups all purpose flour (250gr.)
1 cup almond flour (100gr.)
1/2 cup cane sugar or maple syrup (180gr.)
4 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt (125gr.)
1/2 cup coconut oil (100gr.)
3 medium eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
zest of 4 tangerines or 1 big orange

PROCEDURE:
In a food procedure add the carrots, coconut oil, orange zest, vanilla and yogurt. Pulse to obtain a grainy cream.
In a large bowl whisk together the eggs with the sugar for a few minutes to obtain a pale yellow foamy mix.
Add the carrot mix.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, almond flour).
Fill a mega muffin mix for 3/4 with the batter. Bake in preheated oven to 400F for 20min.
Let it cool down and enjoy!

#carrotcake #carrotmuffins #kidsfood #baking #kidsbreakfast #toddlerfood #toddlerbreakfast #healthysnack #healthysnacks

Italian Carrot Cakes. I tried carrot cakes few times with the kids, I really like the concept but they always complained about the texture, they didn't like the grated carrots inside.
That's why I wanted to try a different approach with this cake: I wanted a smooth texture and I created a sort of raw carrot puree chopping the carrots in a food processor.
It worked!!! The kids gave thumbs up and I'm sharing with you :-)

Note. I decided to make mega muffins but you can distribute the batter either in a cake mold or regular cupcake mold or mini cupcake mold. The only difference will be the baking time. Regular cake = 45/50min. Regular cupcakes size = 18 min. Mini cupcakes = 15/18min.

Let's make them!

INGREDIENTS:
4 medium carrots, peeled (250gr.)
1 2/3 cups all purpose flour (250gr.)
1 cup almond flour (100gr.)
1/2 cup cane sugar or maple syrup (180gr.)
4 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt (125gr.)
1/2 cup coconut oil (100gr.)
3 medium eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
zest of 4 tangerines or 1 big orange

PROCEDURE:
In a food procedure add the carrots, coconut oil, orange zest, vanilla and yogurt. Pulse to obtain a grainy cream.
In a large bowl whisk together the eggs with the sugar for a few minutes to obtain a pale yellow foamy mix.
Add the carrot mix.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, almond flour).
Fill a mega muffin mix for 3/4 with the batter. Bake in preheated oven to 400F for 20min.
Let it cool down and enjoy!

#carrotcake #carrotmuffins #kidsfood #baking #kidsbreakfast #toddlerfood #toddlerbreakfast #healthysnack #healthysnacks ...

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Sep 16

Zucchini Fish Balls #eggfree #dairyfree #nutfree #

Zucchini Fish Balls #eggfree #dairyfree #nutfree #glutenfree A very allergy friendly recipe, great for little ones and the whole family.
Once I've been asked how I come up with new recipes. Well, many of them just come to life from trying to put together a meal with what is left in the fridge/freezer like for this recipe.
The kids asked for meatballs..but I ran out of ground meat. I only had some MahiMahi frozen fish and tons of summer zucchini. I'm glad I tried this recipe as it came out so good that I will add it to the "YouTube filming" list.
So, that's a preview for you today.

INGREDIENTS:
2lb. white fish fillet
5 small zucchini, grated and squeezed
5 small potatoes, peeled and boiled
2 cloves garlic, small
1 Tbsp ground flax seeds
2 Tbsp hemp seeds
1 tsp salt (skip for babies under 12 months)
1 Tbsp minced parsley
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 cans tomatoes (only tomatoes, no other ingredients) or 7/8 fresh tomatoes pureed in the blender for 30sec.

PROCEDURE:
In a food processor add the garlic and the fish chopped in pieces. Pulse for 30 sec to get a fish paste texture.
Transfer in a large bowl and add the squeezed grated zucchini, boiled potatoes mashed with a fork, flax seeds, hemp seeds, salt, and parsley. Combine well.
Create small balls with 1 Tablespoon of mix.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet for 30 sec at medium and add the fish balls, one next to the other.
Sear them for 2 minutes, flip them to sear every side. Cook for a total of 5 min.
Add the tomatoes, reduce the heat to simmer, adjust with a pinch of salt (skip for babies) and cook for additional 8/10 min.
Check the acidity of the tomatoes. If it's too high you might want to add one tablespoon or two of milk (coconut or almond works too).
Enjoy!!

If you end up with more fish balls than needed for the meal, freeze them before cooking them.They will save you in crazy dinner nights :-)

Also, if you are following the baby led weaning method you might want to skip the tomato sauce and transform the fish balls in finger food :-)

#fishballs #kidsmeal #kidsfood #toddlerfood #toddlermeal #babyfood #blw #babyledweaning #familymeal

Zucchini Fish Balls #eggfree #dairyfree #nutfree #glutenfree A very allergy friendly recipe, great for little ones and the whole family.
Once I've been asked how I come up with new recipes. Well, many of them just come to life from trying to put together a meal with what is left in the fridge/freezer like for this recipe.
The kids asked for meatballs..but I ran out of ground meat. I only had some MahiMahi frozen fish and tons of summer zucchini. I'm glad I tried this recipe as it came out so good that I will add it to the "YouTube filming" list.
So, that's a preview for you today.

INGREDIENTS:
2lb. white fish fillet
5 small zucchini, grated and squeezed
5 small potatoes, peeled and boiled
2 cloves garlic, small
1 Tbsp ground flax seeds
2 Tbsp hemp seeds
1 tsp salt (skip for babies under 12 months)
1 Tbsp minced parsley
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 cans tomatoes (only tomatoes, no other ingredients) or 7/8 fresh tomatoes pureed in the blender for 30sec.

PROCEDURE:
In a food processor add the garlic and the fish chopped in pieces. Pulse for 30 sec to get a fish paste texture.
Transfer in a large bowl and add the squeezed grated zucchini, boiled potatoes mashed with a fork, flax seeds, hemp seeds, salt, and parsley. Combine well.
Create small balls with 1 Tablespoon of mix.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet for 30 sec at medium and add the fish balls, one next to the other.
Sear them for 2 minutes, flip them to sear every side. Cook for a total of 5 min.
Add the tomatoes, reduce the heat to simmer, adjust with a pinch of salt (skip for babies) and cook for additional 8/10 min.
Check the acidity of the tomatoes. If it's too high you might want to add one tablespoon or two of milk (coconut or almond works too).
Enjoy!!

If you end up with more fish balls than needed for the meal, freeze them before cooking them.They will save you in crazy dinner nights :-)

Also, if you are following the baby led weaning method you might want to skip the tomato sauce and transform the fish balls in finger food :-)

#fishballs #kidsmeal #kidsfood #toddlerfood #toddlermeal #babyfood #blw #babyledweaning #familymeal ...

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Sep 15

This beautiful graphic from @laurajaneillustration

This beautiful graphic from @laurajaneillustrations came at the right time. 😉
Almost one month into virtual learning and here we are still in adjustment mode. Emotionally it's a rollercoaster, one of the scary ones. School, kids adjustment to this new routine, partial lockdown, fires, poor air quality, work deadlines, family meal prep (because at the end kids need to be fed and adults too..), huge question marks on what will happen in the next months. 🤪🤪🤪
Sometimes the head just wants to explode. 🤯
I know I'm not the only one and I know you might feel the same.
That's why I'm sharing. Because it's important to stop when overwhelmed, breath in, breath out, take a break and refocus. It's important to recognize that it's fine if it's not fine and to keep remembering that it will be better. One. Step. At. The. Time.
Just wanted to tell you wonderful mamas (and dads) that you are doing great, that there is no perfect way and that making yourself happy is the very base of making your kids happy.
Sending positive vibes from a smokey L.A.
Share your love with an emoji in the comments
XOXO

#2020 #momlife #itwillbeokay

This beautiful graphic from @laurajaneillustrations came at the right time. 😉
Almost one month into virtual learning and here we are still in adjustment mode. Emotionally it's a rollercoaster, one of the scary ones. School, kids adjustment to this new routine, partial lockdown, fires, poor air quality, work deadlines, family meal prep (because at the end kids need to be fed and adults too..), huge question marks on what will happen in the next months. 🤪🤪🤪
Sometimes the head just wants to explode. 🤯
I know I'm not the only one and I know you might feel the same.
That's why I'm sharing. Because it's important to stop when overwhelmed, breath in, breath out, take a break and refocus. It's important to recognize that it's fine if it's not fine and to keep remembering that it will be better. One. Step. At. The. Time.
Just wanted to tell you wonderful mamas (and dads) that you are doing great, that there is no perfect way and that making yourself happy is the very base of making your kids happy.
Sending positive vibes from a smokey L.A.
Share your love with an emoji in the comments
XOXO

#2020 #momlife #itwillbeokay ...

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Sep 14

Pasta with Roasted Veggies (asparagus + tomatoes +

Pasta with Roasted Veggies (asparagus + tomatoes + onions). This recipe is one of our summer favorites so far. The roasting enhances the flavors of the veggies, caramelizing the natural sugars. It's like giving super powers to the flavors.
Super easy recipe.
In a baking sheet add seasonal chopped veggies. I used asparagus, heirloom tomatoes and onions). Drizzle with olive oil and salt. Add fresh herbs (oregano, thyme, marjoram). Mix and roast in preheated oven to 425F for 25min.
Meanwhile cook the pasta. Drain and combine with the roasted veggies. Top with few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!

#roastedvegetables #veggiepasta #pasta #kidsfood #familymeal #toddlerfood #organicfood

Pasta with Roasted Veggies (asparagus + tomatoes + onions). This recipe is one of our summer favorites so far. The roasting enhances the flavors of the veggies, caramelizing the natural sugars. It's like giving super powers to the flavors.
Super easy recipe.
In a baking sheet add seasonal chopped veggies. I used asparagus, heirloom tomatoes and onions). Drizzle with olive oil and salt. Add fresh herbs (oregano, thyme, marjoram). Mix and roast in preheated oven to 425F for 25min.
Meanwhile cook the pasta. Drain and combine with the roasted veggies. Top with few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!

#roastedvegetables #veggiepasta #pasta #kidsfood #familymeal #toddlerfood #organicfood ...

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