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honey pots – Salma and Roy wedding favors

Posted on July 1, 2014 | 2 comments

Finally the awaiting big day of Salma’s (my sister in law) and Roy is here. What a wonderful day, filled with cherished moments we will always remember.

Salma you make a beautiful bride, sister in law, sister and god mother. Antoun, Nady and I are so proud of you and we love you.

Roy welcome to the warmth of the family, may your love to Salma grow and be without end, just like your wedding ring!

Mabrouk to the gorgeous bride and awesome groom, you are beautiful together, your happiness is ours, may you always find in each other the love, laughter and joy.

Honey pots favors as sweet as your love! Easy to do.

Click honey tags to print a high resolution file. All you need is a ribbon of your choice and glue.

You can change the message and turn it easily to a new born or baby shower favor.

Salma and Roy are “meant to bee”

Just “bee happy” and “bee loved” because “love is buzzing” and “love is sweet”

May your honeymoon never ends and your love remains as sweet as honey. Congrats!

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wholesome salade fermiere

Posted on June 23, 2014 | Leave a comment

There is always a salubrious option that you can take when trying to eat healthy. La salade fermiere is a full meal salad, not just health-giving but also delectable.

Very easy and suitable when you want your meal to be on your table in less than 20 minutes.

To make this salad you need: (4 persons)

400g grilled chicken
1 medium iceberg lettuce
1 big green apple cut in slices
60g dried raisin (washed and soaked in water for 10 minutes)
80g walnut (washed and soaked in water for 10 minutes)
150g shredded gruyere

Dressing:

juice of one big lemon
1 tbsp moutarde a l’ancienne
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp brown sugar
2 tbsp olive oil

A salutary salad that you will be making at least once a week! Personally i love the different tastes that blends perfectly together, especially with the heavenly dressing! Healthy salad doesn’t mean boring salad! Enjoy.

colored pasta frame to Nady’s best papa tuto in the world – Happy father’s day!

Posted on June 20, 2014 | 2 comments

Papa Tuto (Antoun) we miss you a lot, can’t wait one more week to join us! Nady’s is in a hurry to see you to offer you his handmade frame, made with love.

If you want to make similar frame, all you need is colored pasta and a frame of your choice.

Color different type of pasta, with food coloring. Let it dry completely for at least 5 hours before using.

Choose a white frame (for a better contrast with the colors) with big borders to have a space to stick the colored pasta.

Tuto as Nady calls Antoun! You can write anything you wish, maybe a message!

Brush the frame with glue (we used UHU) give your child the pasta and let him be creative.

This beautiful frame is 100% made by Nady 🙂

He kept on sticking and removing the pasta for a long time! He really enjoyed this craft play! Even after he is done with the frame he played with the remaining pasta for some time!

It’s the second father’s day for you, and it happens for the second time we are not celebrating in the same country. I collected your happy moments with Nady over these two years, i know each picture says hundred words, thousand stories and infinite feelings.

Happy father’s day tuto, am sure Nady will grow up loving you and being proud of you!

Happy father’s day to all the fathers in the world, especially those who lost a kid, those who raised one they didn’t give birth to and those who takes care of their kid with special needs.

Happy father’s day to my father in law William, may you live long and god grants you health.

Finally happy father’s day to the one who put me on his shoulders to reach the stars.

تعاليمك صلاتي وصدرك سمائي وحبك سرمدي كيسوعي أزلي.

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tiramisu oh tiramisu! Warning: it’s addictive!

Posted on June 16, 2014 | 6 comments

It’s always thrilling to get involved in food preparation, especially in family gatherings. I believe it adds warmth and fun. Meeting over food is a no fail plan, always!

Tiramisu, an italian bliss suitable for your cravings, so addictive you will be coming for more!

You will need:

500g mascarpone cheese
20 lady finger
half cup confectioner’s sugar
4 tbsp rum
2 tbsp instant coffee
1 1/2 cup of warm water
cocoa for topping
cherry or strawberry for decoration

Mix mascarpone, sugar and 2 tbsp of the rum. Add 1-2 tbsp water to make it more diluted.

In a bowl mix the warm water, coffee and remaining rum.

In a cup put some of the cheese mixture and insert 3-4 lady finger (depending on your cups size) after dipping in the coffee rum mix.

Cover with mascarpone and sprinkle some cocoa. Decorate with cherry or strawberry. This quantity yields 8-10 portions depending on the size of your cups.

Serve it to your loved ones and give them the pleasure to enjoy a dessert and a smile!

Buon appetito!

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la miche de Nana

Posted on June 12, 2014 | 10 comments

Miche or country bread, is typically a large round loaf made from either natural leavening or bakers yeast. Most traditional versions of this bread are made with a combination of white flour, water, leavening and salt.

La miche de nana (Nadra my mother in law) is the sweet version of this traditional bread, tastes like brioche and even more delicious!

Spending time with the family, cooking together, chatting and laughing is a treasure! Preparing this miche was so fun over 3 stages to get this golden braid!

It’s a very simple recipe made with love. The secret is patience. For 4 braids of 35cm each you need:

1 1/2 cup butter melted
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup milk
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of mahaleb (aka St Lucie cherry or prunus mahaleb)
flour to knead the dough

Mix butter and sugar. Add milk, eggs, vanilla, yeast, baking powder and mahaleb. Add flour little by little and knead the dough until it’s not sticky anymore. Let it rest for at least 6 hours, or overnight for a better leavened dough.

Divide it into four parts and each part to three equal parts to make the braids. You can always reduce the recipe in half if you don’t want to make the whole quantity. But trust me it’s so delicious you will regret not to!

Again you have to keep it to rest for ten hours before baking. That’s why i said patience is the key to a successful miche.

Brush the surface with egg yolk and bake for 20-25 minutes on 200ºC.

The irresistible aroma filling the house will kill your patience. I am sure you will not let it cool to try your first piece that will drag many more!

You can shape it other than braids, for instance teta prepared these small parts for nady! He was so excited and participating in the whole process!

Family cast for this yummy yummy miche:

Teta nana: “the loving baker”, who prepared everything
Aunty Salma: “the great observer,” taking notes of the recipe, promising to bake it after her wedding which is so soon yeyyy!!
Uncle Hani: “the miche taster” and Nady’s football buddy
My precious Nady: “The energy sucker”, who made the process longer, we were all running after him, and we ended up by dancing in a circle 🙂
Antoun: “long distance killer” kept updated on whatsapp and facetime until he joins in two weeks
And me behind the cam!