DAY 21:AVOCADO TOAST

Woke up a little late today and made pancakes for breakfast, and was wondering what to make for lunch..
Meanwhile i went shopping and found lovely ripe avocado's that were begging me to pick them up...
By the time i got back after bargaining for my veggies and fruits , i was really ravenous and wanted to have a nice wholesome snack, so this is what i did..

1 ripe avocado
2 Cherie tomatoes
1 green chili
very little coriander cut into smithereens
little mint
salt
a pinch jeera
2 pods garlic smashed
a pinch of chili powder
a little squeeze of lime
olive oil
2 slices wholewheat bread

I put the whole wheat bread in the toaster...
and in the meantime, scooped out the avocado in a bowl, added all the above ingredients to it and mashed it together , i actually like it spicier but did not make it too spicy as i thought the kids would have a bite...
Well i was wrong ,they ran away like they just saw the green monster on toast ha ha ha,
before you put all the mashed ingredients onto your bread , add a drizzle of olive oil, then just lay it out thick on the toast and bite into it, scrumptious and gooey is what it feels like ,and fresh and yummy and very very tasty , and takes less than 5 minutes..

So a bite of freshness straight from "Maria's Kitchen"

DAY 15: CHOCOLATE SPACESHIP COOKIES

Looks like i am just going the chocolate route, woke up this morning and was wondering what to make in this blistering heat , and since i was feeling really really lazy , i decided to make something fresh for tea , and so chocolate chip cookies it is.
This recipe is from "Nigella express " , i love her , how she cooks, how she talks about food, she has brought "sexy" back into the kitchen , and i love it, its never about how you look but how you feel ,if you don't feel good about yourself inside , you will not be able to put that zingy feeling into what you make, frankly its not what you wear but how you wear it...
But the fact is i am not someone who has to make every meal every day so ya i am the "Queen of my pantry" and the ingredients have to do my bidding or they get chucked into the "dreaded " dust bin ha ha ha ha ..
So now whizzing around , before my troublesome twosome wake up from their afternoon nap, btw they had chocolate mousse for breakfast too...

Chocolate Chip Cookies
125 g dark chocolate
150 g flour
30 g cocoa sieved
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
125 g soft butter
75 g brown sugar
50 g white sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
1 cold egg
350 g chocolate to be broken into chips

Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees.
Melt the dark chocolate over a double boiler
Mix flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl.
Cream the butter and sugars in another bowl, then add the melted chocolate and mix together.
Beat the vanilla extract and cold egg, then mix in the dry ingredients, mix this with the butter , sugar , chocolate mix and finally add the chocolate chips.
Scoop out equal sized mounds onto a lined baking sheet and bake for 18 minutes, testing with a cake tester to see it comes out clean.
Leave to cool on a baking tray for 4-5 minutes, and let them cool so that they can harden.

So i did all that is mentioned above and seriously wanted to put the dough in the muffin moulds but did not do that , put them on baking paper as instructed...
The Cadbury chocolate completely melted in the oven , the mounds of cookie dough, flattened out and began to resemble "chocolate space ships" any moment now little chocolate smeared creatures would walk out of my oven and take my ingredients hostage and probably kidnap me as a gift to their "bald 1 eyed king", ok ok im stopping this stupid story...
Back to the cookies , they took 25 minute to cook and flattened out..
But the good part is they still tasted fine, so if you are not someone who judges people by how they look but what they are on the inside, the cookies i made are for you..

Fresh "CHOCOLATE SPACE SHIPS" straight from ''Maria's Kitchen" ....
P.S. My net was down the entire day

ZEKE 'S FRENCH TOAST

And Zeke decided to make French Toast for Tea , and so he did...

SHOOTING STAR FRENCH TOAST
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
3 tsp of milkmaid
2 slices sweet fruity bread

Break an egg into a bowl , add the milk and the milkmaid and whip it...
Drown a slice of the bread in the mix and after it is nice and heavy , fry it in a non stick pan with a little butter, serve it with a little hersheys chocolate syrup.
(If you want to add a little more sin to the recipe, put in a spoonful of cream cheese.....
But dont blame me for the consequences ha ha ha )

This is Zeke's way of making it , i also have a video of him making it , but will release it when he turns 18 and if he decides to go the "Jamie Oliver" way......
Introducing my little chef Zeke only in "Maria's kitchen"
P.S. Hand model's are Zeke and Zene.