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Behold the cassoulet - a dish that would send most 6-year-olds running for the hills. But it’s about seasonsing with kid-friendly ingredients. In the end of the day, it’s beans, bacon, duck. My daughter ate hers and stole my duck leg!

Pizza today, bread tomorrow. Totally kid-oriented weekend.

The kid-friendly macarons. Green for St. Patrick’s Day (chocolate ganache for the kid and Bailey’s cream ganache for the grown ups).

The “picky kid poke bowl”.

Lamb lollipops over polenta - mint sauce on the side.

Twenty minutes from start to finish. The word “lollipop” was key to make my girl eat with no complaints.

What’s better than a Dutch baby? A Dutch baby with caramel apples! It looks fancy but it’s super simple if you have an ovenproof skillet. Better yet if you have a cast-iron skillet.

- heat your oven to 400F

- when the oven is hot, put half a stick of butter in the skillet and place the skillet in the oven for about 5 minutes - until the butter melts

- meanwhile, quickly beat 3 eggs with 2/3 cup of flour, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 3tbsp of sugar, 1/2 a cup of milk, 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon

- when the butter is melted in the skillet, pour the egg mixture in the skillet and return to the oven for 20 minutes.

- while the eggs bake, place 1/2 a cup of brown sugar and 2 tbsp of butter in another pan under medium heat.

- peel and slice an apple into thick slices

- place the apples in the sugar and butter, add 1/4 cup of heavy cream and cook until you havebantick sauce and the apples are softer. About 8-10 minutes.

There you have it!

When your 5-year old asks for everything to be shaped like a turkey for Thanksgiving, you go the extra mile. I admit I didn’t have the wits to think about it myself, but that’s what the internet is for!

These were so easy! You’ll need:

- pretzel sticks

- mini marshmallows

- chocolate chips

- strawberries

1- Melt 1 cup of chocolate chips (about 1 minute in the microwave)

2- Cut up the corners of the mini marshmallows and break the pretzel sticks in half. Stick a half pretzel stick through the narrower part of the marshmallow. Those are your turkey legs.

3- Use a bit of the melted chocolate to glue both legs on each side of a strawberry. Repeat. Put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes to set.

4- Then, using a skewer, dunk each strawberry into the melted chocolate. Gently hold it up so the excess chocolate drips. This is the most boring part because it takes a while for the excess to drip. I probably was less patient than I needed to be...

5 - Back in the fridge to settle, and you’re done!

Just a note that I’m finally trying to make it back to blogging about food after years of a “forced sabbatical” to start raising another human being.

Now that I’m starting to feel like one myself, the focus of the blog changed, but not the desire to help others like me navigate busy lives as working moms and dads.

I hope you find A Mom’s Kitchen useful and fun. But most of all, I hope you relate to the stories and try the recipes!

Out of more than 200 recipes, my eggplant salad is one of the 20 finalists in the Hungry Harvest Recipe Contest. Please vote for it and spread as widely as possible. This is an "ugly produce" program, which means less food waste too!

#Eggplant #vegan #healthy

Every year around this time we do this very typical Brazilian meal of squash and shrimp. It’s indulgent, rich, and so right for this kind of weather. We had some very special friends to share them with; one just passed the bar and other is moving away to Singapore.

This was our way of saying “congratulations” and “we’ll miss you”. Fabulous time with great people and yummy food. That’s all I ask for.

Cheers!

Wanna save calories and time? This super simple, low carb dinner took me 20 minutes to put together!

1 yellow bell pepper (cut into strips)

1 orange bell pepper (cut into strips)

1 bunch of kale (chopped)

2 thick pork loin steaks (slide in half for 4 1/2 inch steaks) or 4 thin pork chops (center cut)

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Lime juice to taste

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a non-stick skillet and saute the kale for about 6 minutes under medium heat. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper and reserve.

In a large skillet, heat the other tbsp of olive oil. Cook the bell pepper strips until tender (five minutes). Put it in the same skillet as the kale.

Season the pork loin with salt and pepper and pan-fry it for about 2 minutes on each side under medium-high heat (for medium). If you like them a little more done, cook them for an extra minute on each side.

Squeeze some lime juice over the pork and you're done!

Enjoy!

#food #low carb #low sugar #healthy cooking #healthy eating

Was it a cheese and wine kind of night? You bet!

All these came from Valley Shepherd Creamery in NJ. http://valleyshepherd.com/

I couldn't decide which was my favorite. All raw milk, all delicious.

#food #cheese #indulgence

Healthy, low carb dinner for friends coming from far lands (Brazil, to be precise).

Planning a visit there during Christmas, so you'll see a lot more healthier food coming out of the blog. Got get in shape in the next two months!

Pan fried scallops and arugula salad

4-5 sea scallops per person

2 cups of baby arugula per person

7-9 grape tomatoes per person

Olive oil to fry

Garlic infused extra virgin olive oil to drizzle

Salt and black pepper to taste

In a large skillet, heat about 2 tbsp of olive oil.

Pat the scallops dry and season them with salt and pepper.

Pan-fry the scallops for about 3 minutes on each side, under medium heat. Watch it so they don't overcook. They should be soft, but warm inside.

For the salad, just mix the greens and the tomatoes and drizzle the garlic oil on top. I finished the salad with some red salt (just a sprinkle), but you can finish it with shaved Parmesan or just a pinch of salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

#food #seafood #healthy cooking #low carb #low sugar

It's still grilling weather around here, and the heirloom tomatoes are still coming, so why not cook a simple, healthy and delicious meal this evening.

The chicken drumsticks were seasoned with ginger powder, ground cumin, black pepper and salt, and just drizzled with olive oil so that the skin is crispy (remove the skin for an even healthier version). Ten minutes on medium-high heat over the grill (closed lid), turn them, ten more minutes and you'll be done!

Cheers!

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