Dear New York City, I love your mix of chic and street. XOXO, Tribeca Yummy Mummy
(little M’s outfit sewn from these super chic Oliver + S patterns)
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Yesterday, in a flurry, I finished Cinderella’s and Harry the Dirty Dog‘s costumes, and we headed out to meet up with the Cupcake Sisters and do a little trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. In New York one of the best ways to trick-or-treat is to be invited to a big building, and the Cupcake Sisters lived up to their name. They sweetly invited us to knock on their neighbors doors.Hope that your day was as creepy and spooky yesterday as ours. Harry loved the trick-or-treating, but the coming home and taking a bath? Not so much. And as you can see, being a princess is hard work! Now maybe we can all put our feet up and chillax… well, some of us. There is the pan de muerto to bake today.
Huge congrats to Barbara of the Moveable Feasts blog who is the winner of The Good Home Cookbook. Cannot wait to see what she cooks up for us on her blog.
Happy Halloween, Little Goblins and Ghouls!
We wanted to share this easy crafty quesadilla recipe that we did in cooking class the other day. This is not so much of a recipe as an inspiration.
For our quesadillas, we used sweet potato puree (though, in a pinch, canned pumpkin puree would work, too), shredded Monterey Jack cheese, and black beans cooked with a little onion, garlic and shredded carrots. All of these filled the inside of our quesadillas and added color to play with.
The cutting out of the shapes might be a project for a child at least four years old, but, assisted, a two-year-old could certainly cut a spooky shape with you. We had ghosts, princesses, a bat, and even a cupcake-shaped quesadilla.
We all made a round of jack-o-lanterns and talked about the different emotions a jack-o-lantern might have. There were a lot of mad (!) and mean (!) pumpkins around. It is fun to act out these more unsavory emotions. You can see my teaching technique above, but, as always, the Yummies ended up teaching me a thing or two.
A protein-packed quesadilla might be just the thing to at least partially stave off the sugar rush tonight. Happy Halloween!
These vegan brownie bites are a clear example of how the way in which you describe a food affecting the way a food is received. Some of you maybe thinking, “Vegan brownies?” Yick. Go further: Raw brownies? How does that sound? Maybe yum, maybe not so much.
If you tell your kids that these are mostly dates and nuts, they might think, “Grrr-ross!”
They are, however you describe them, surprisingly addicting and popular even with picky eaters, big and small. And, if you add in the Halloween gross-out factor and call them hairy eyeballs, your Yummy will probably be super excited to make them with you.
Don’t worry. You can revamp them come Winter and call them snowball brownies. Mmm.
Vegan Chocolate Brownie Bites
*3 c. dates (Medjool are luscious)
*2 c. pecans halves
*1 1/2- 2 c. cocoa powder
*1 t. vanilla
*1 c. shredded unsweetened dried coconut
*macadamia nuts, etc. for the center
* a bowl of water to wet your hands
Measure the dates, pecans, cocoa powder, and vanilla with your mini-chef. Big Person can place the mixture into a food processor. Secure the lid well, and have your mini-chef turn on the processor. Let it run till the mixture forms a paste that starts to stick to the blade and come away from the sides.
Big Person: Transfer the cocoa-date mixture to a large bowl. Place a bit of the coconut onto a large plate and have a platter waiting for the finished brownie bites. Fill a wide, shallow bowl with water.
Together Again: Wet your hands well, pick up a big glob of the date mixture and roll it into a ball with your hands. Roll the ball in the coconut. Press a macadamia nut into the center of each ball. Re-wet your hands. Roll out all of the mixture in this way.
Leave the brownie bites out on the serving platter for a few hours or overnight to dry out. Serve.
Look who I found in Tribeca this weekend. OOOOOOOh. It’s starting to get spooky around here. Maybe it’s something in the water….
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