Teatime Today: Brothers' Day

With Thermomix, I weighed, milled and mixed this crustless egg bake using up the last of this week's farmers market veggies. I rinsed the Thermomix bowl and weighed and mixed the cake batter.  It's fun and easy to cook with Thermomix, and we eat really well too.  Little Brother has outgrown his egg allergy.  I occasionally make him eggs.  I have reasons to limit the amount of egg he eats.  When I do give him eggs, they are fresh from the farmers market.  

So easy to pack egg bake in bento box for lunch

At home, best enjoyed with a salad composed fully of farmers market freshness.  Great with kraut too. Goat feta is from Blue Heron.  I love the vibration of having a real connection with what we eat. 

Leftovers kept in fridge with fabric cover from Mighty Nest

So many of our favorite treats come from feastingonfruit.com.  Recipe here.  Thermomix makes it so much easier to make these treats by weighing, milling an mixing.

Boys decorate their Brothers' Day cake together

Ready to dig in

Reality is that Boys dose every afternoon as part as oral immunothearpy.  Big Brother has come very far over past 7 months, reaching his present daily dose of 1/16 teaspoon.  We have special measuring spoons for dosing. The better the teatime treat, the easier it is to dose. Boys are desensitizing together and this year's Brothers' Day treat highlights this journey together.

Tradition is to use their money to buy a gift together.  Thank you, Boys, for teaching me how to care for your sweet relationship. 

Hands-On Houston Museum of Contemporary Craft (we love this place!) happened to be cardboard food.  So we made another chocolate cake this weekend to celebrate. 

A Favorite Thermomix Chocolate Cake

raspberries are the perfect flavor compliment

I love my cake transporter

Thermomix weighs and mills the chocolate and almonds

Thermomix mixes the batter perfectly

tea time couldn't get better

Birthday set up

next to our favorite top-allergen free classic cookie pie

ready for the simplest 2-ingredient ganache

ingredient list: gluten free and refined sugar-free

Chocolate Covered Dates for our New Year Dessert

Together, with my Boys, we dipped dates in melted dark chocolate.
We then agreed to sprinkle on some cinnamon and salt

We stuffed half with pecans we had picked up together from farmers market on Saturday

We use this allergy-friendly 100% cacao. The dates pair well with unsweetened chocolate 

With some Teaism tumeric lemongrass tea for me while we read Roald Dahl together

Birthday Celebrations with Thermomix: Chocolate Pie

Every year for my Birthday my family makes me a requested pie. I usually leave them all alone for a few hours while they bake for me.  Thermomix chops the nuts, seeds and coconut for the crust, heats the chocolate with coconut cream for the filling and whips the coconut cream into the whipped topping.  Don't you just love how everything happens in the Thermomix bowl?  The ease of preparation pairs with the ease of clean-up. Just add soap and water and mix to clean-up all the chocolate.  Better yet, go for no waste: add some milk for a latte or smoothie beforehand. My boys have grown up with Thermomix and homemade food.  I feel that the Thermomix stimulates their interest and participation in the kitchen. This chocolate pie recipe has been adapted to fit the Thermomix. This pie is a family favorite.  It's so simple to make, try it for your next celebration!

Teatime Today: Date fudge

We are invited to a seder tonight for the first night of Passover.  We are bringing this simple to make date fudge.  This fudge has just a few ingredients and is free of dairy, gluten and egg.  If you cannot eat almonds, perhaps try with some sunflower seed butter.  If you have a Thermomix, nut and seed butters can be made prior to the fudge and then you wouldn't have to clean up as the residue would just be part of fudge.  *The next time I make I will weigh out with the Thermomix scale so that I don't have to measure. Original recipe found here

What you need:
1 cup pitted Medjool dates, soaked in warm water for 30 minutes to softnen
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup roasted almond butter (I use half TJ's roasted almond butter which is free of peanut contamination)
1/4 cup unsweetened raw cacao powder.
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of pink salt
*a bit of honey or maple syrup if you want sweeter

What to do:
melt coconut oil if needed in Thermomix, 37 degrees for about 1 minute

add in soaked dates and blend on speed 4-6 for about a minute until softened into a paste

add in the almond butter, vanilla extract, cacao and salt

press mixture in brownie pan lined with parchment paper

top with nuts and/or Enjoy Life chocolate chips 

place in freezer for at least an hour

cut and serve

leftovers must be stored in freezer as it gets gooey at room temperature

Laughng Giraffe vegan Snakaroons and our date fudge along with our friend's most delicious and moist flourless chocolate cake

Taking dessert out with us: mini allergen-friendly chcolate cups

Today we went out for brunch since Abuela is visiting us.  Little Brother had 3 lamb chops and some steamed cauliflower at Harvest Grill.  He loves his Harvest Grill meal.  We took these cute little chocolates along with us.  He had never had them before.  He was delighted to have 3 lamb chops and 3 baby chocolates afterwards.  We ordered them from Vitacost.  Perhaps we will order another bag to keep in our pantry, but better to wait until the weather cools off as they will melt along the way to Houston.

Teatime today: a very simple chocolate pudding

We enjoy this favorite chocolate pudding in little glass cups.  These are the same cups we use for making our coconut yogurt.
What you need:
2 cups of full-fat coconut milk
100 grams of dark chocolate (we use Enjoy Life Chips)
1 tablespoon gelatin (we use Great Lakes)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 

What to do:
1. Heat the coconut milk to 60 degrees in TM Bowl
2. Take out a little coconut milk, place in small bowl and whisk in the gelatin
3. Add the Chocolate to the TM Bowl. Mix on speed 3 until smooth
4. Add the gelatin mixture back to the bowl
5. Add in the vanilla and mix for 10 seconds, speed 3
6. Pour into little glass yogurt containers an place in fridge to set.

original recipe found here

Valentine's Day 2017

organic allergen-free dark chocolate bars for Boys

sofa arrived same week: living space to set up gifts :)

our family amor banner goes great with Cheetah-Go banner

weekend before: chocolate heart cookie sandwiches with whipped coconut cream

Valentine meal includes family faves: our foccaccia topped sauteed kale, lox, jamon, almond cheese, carmalized onion

found this smoked salmon from Chile

awesome card from good buddy

from classmate

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Looking back to last year's valentine cake.  Papi surprised us with this delight from Jody Cakes baked according to our allergic needs.  Little Brother had never had a cake like this one before. If you are in Houston and need a special occasion cake for someone with dietary needs, check out Jody Cakes.