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le Soleil nutella puff pastry

Posted on July 20, 2016 | Leave a comment

A gooey sun, made of two ingredients and thousand feelings of bliss. Each ray takes you to a different world full of light and warmth especially when shared with a family. One of the best things during summer vacation, i get to share my recipes with my family, not just for appreciation but for the pleasure of sharing. I believe, the best family gatherings are over food!

It’s a very simple and easy dessert prepared in no time and served in less than half an hour. All you need is 2 sheets of puff pastries, thawed and rolled into 2 same size circles, and 1 1/2 cup of Nutella.

Place one of the puff pastry sheets on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Spread the Nutella avoiding 2cm from the edge. Brush this left 2cm with water and place the other puff pastry sheet on top and press them well together.

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Place the lid of Nutella jar in the middle and cut into 4 rays starting from the lid. Then cut each quarter in half, then each eighth also in half. You will get a total of 16 rays.

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Remove the lid and start twisting each ray by putting your finger near the center and gently make 3-4 turns. Repeat with each ray.

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Preheat oven to 200°C. Brush with egg wash (one egg + 1tsp cold water) and bake for 20 mins or until nicely golden. Let it barely cool done before all get their hands on it.

Do i even need to say that the end result was heavenly? Nothing was left after 10 minutes! Only the trace of “once upon a time there was a sunny flaky Nutella pie on this parchment paper…” it’s always a happy ending when there is chocolate!

See you in the next fairy tale…

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A summer addiction: Watermelon and Bulgarian salad

Posted on July 18, 2016 | 1 comment

I believe that salads promoting fruits are always a hit especially for summers days. Watermelon and Bulgarian cheese is a perfect refreshing salad, celebrating summer at its best. If you wish to impress your guests, this is one incredible salad that deserves a big applause.

Everything about this salad is amazing, from the watermelon to the Bulgarian cheese, rocket leaves, fresh mint leaves and roasted almonds. And I decided to top it off with a sweet balsamic and olive oil dressing. It was the perfect finishing touch to this salad.

There is no precise amount for the ingredients, you will need pieces of watermelon cut in square shapes and slices of Bulgarian cheese, same size, to insert between. You decide how many piece you need, depending on the amount of guests you have. Top each watermelon and cheese square with rocket leaves and few fresh mint leaves. A handful roast almonds to give it some crunchiness. Drizzle a little of olive oil and sweet balsamic glaze.

Isn’t that screaming summer?! If you give it a try give me your comments. Happy Lebanese summer days 🙂

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Achtalyeh – cream pudding

Posted on June 6, 2016 | Leave a comment

Achtalyeh, Lebanese cream pudding, is one of the most famous homemade dessert. Achta (arabic word) means cream, though its recipe doesn’t call for cream but i assure you it’s so creamy as in texture.

It might look a very simple dessert with ordinary ingredients, but when adding orange blossom water and mastic, the whole thing is taken to another level.

Heavenly texture, flavors and aromas in less than 10 minutes and with only 5 ingredients:

1 L milk
5 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp sugar
mastic, 3 pebbles grounded
2 tbsp orange blossom water

Mix the milk, corn flour and sugar together and place over medium heat and keep stirring until the mixture becomes viscous then add the orange blossom and mastic. Whisk for a minute and take off the heat.

Pour in cups and let it cool to room temperature before putting in the fridge for at least 5 hours, or better for overnight.

Usually it’s served with sugar syrup if you fancy a really sweet dessert. To prepare this syrup you need:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp orange blossom

Combine water, sugar and lemon juice. Place over medium heat to allow the sugar to melt, keep stirring until it starts to thicken. Add the orange blossom and remove from heat.

Sprinkle with crushed pistachio or almond and serve. Usually i prepare this dessert (without syrup) for my kids, they love it! You can skip adding mastic if you’re preparing it for your baby, it will still be so tasty. My 10 months old boy loves it, it’s a wholesome dessert for kids and also can replace the breakfast.

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Magazine flowers & food jar vase – recycling craft

Posted on April 25, 2016 | 2 comments

Like i said before, the earlier you teach good habits to your children, the easier they are incorporated into daily life and routine. Recycling crafts became our routine, Nady is getting more and more aware about waste and more than that he is concerned about preserving natural resources.

For instance, he turns off the water while brushing his teeth because this is a waste for water “c’est du gaspillage maman!”(gaspillage=waste). I can’t but be proud of you Nady ❤

Today we are recycling food jars into a vase and magazine papers into flowers.

First start by peeling off the packaging paper, spray it with white so your little ones can paint later with acrylic colors after completely dry. Better leave it for overnight.

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After the paint is dry, attach the jars together (using the wax gun) to make one center piece vase.

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Now it’s the turn of magazine paper flowers. Follow the scheme for the easy tutorial.

And here is the beautiful flower vase, that can make an awesome gift for a special person or simply decorate your house with it.

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How to prank a 3 years old kid for april fool

Posted on April 1, 2016 | Leave a comment

kids love to laugh and have fun, they have an innate sense of humor and can differentiate what’s fun and what’s not. Some kids show interest for jokes telling even at early age.

Whether you are teaching your kids or encouraging their sense of humor, April fool is a good lesson to find the funny side of a dramatic situation, keeping in your mind the age of your child.

To give them an unforgettable April fool, keep it fun and add the surprise element. if they are too small (like my kid) don’t forget to treat them afterwards.

Nady is obsessed with kinder eggs surprise, he has a daily ritual, opening at least one egg to discover what’s inside. I decided to fool him with empty eggs surprise. I opened the side where there is usually the toy, took it out and glue it again. Then i joined the two parts as if they are intact.

I offered to him the pack of three. Here we go, watch these facial expressions!

And this one is just priceless!!!

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