Stuffed Capsicum and Green Apple Fish Rolls

Hello, you!

Today I'd like to share one of the most successful ways to transform a simple, common fish fillet dish in a super delicious dinner option!

Stuffed Capsicum and Green Apple Fish Rolls

With a not expected but surprising combination of yellow capsicum, green apple and spices filling, plus a leek sauce you can have a great meal option!

Ingredients

12 fillets of any fish (I used red cod);

1/2 Onion in cubes(I used red onion)

1 Medium capsicum in cubes (I used yellow);

1 Large Green Apple grated;
1 tbs of butter (I used Ghee);
1 Small Leek in cubes;
1 Lemon;
Salt and black pepper to taste;
Vegetable oil (I used Olive oil);
2 tbs grated parmesan.

How to do

The filling must to be cold, then start for it.

1. In a fry pan add the butter till melt, then onion. When is light brown mix the capsicum, green apple grated and spices (as much and which you like it). In a medium low heat let to cook, when there's no more liquids on the pan, it's done. Set aside to be cold;

2. In a bowl add the fillets, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix all and set aside for 5 to 10 minutes;

3. In a baking dish add oil and spread. Cover with leeks and set aside. Preheat the oven to 200ºC;

4. When the filling is cold (at least room temperature), take the fillets and fill up the center with the filling (about 1 or 2 tablespoons, depends of your fillet) and roll. Use a toothpick to prevent it'll not open when is in the oven;

5. Set the fillets one next to another over the leeks, cover with Parmesan cheese and a bit of olive oil;

6. Bring to oven for 20 minutes or till the cheese is golden brown and a beautiful sauce "show up":

And it's done!!!

I'd served with white rice and homemade coleslaw. I highly recommend!

I have to confess... it's not the most beautiful presentation of a dish, but the taste is better than most part of seafood restaurants I ever tried. Just do it. You'll not regret!

If you make this recipe or have some question about it, send me an email (danicorrado@gmail.com) and let's talk!

Ohhh and if you liked this post please give it your thumbs up,  leave a comment below, subscribe my blog, share in your Facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better and better !!!

Warm regards,

Dani

Blueberry Pancake mini muffins

Hello!

I think you realize that my son is crazy for blueberries... lol... it's true. This is the only flavor he wants to eat. Then here goes the mom to vary the muffin types (which he loves too)! So today I bring you an option of breakfast, the afternoon snack that can be frozen and it gives a super help on the day-to-day rush without leaving aside the flavor and health!

Blueberry Pancake mini muffins

Here is a suggestion of how I served the muffins: natural yogurt with homemade jelly of strawberries and sliced apples

What now? Do you want to learn how to make this delicious muffin and make that quick snack a little different and very healthy? Have a look:

Ingredients

1 cup wheat flour;

1/2 cup oatmeal;

1/2 tablespoon baking powder;

1/2 tablespoon brown sugar;

A bit of salt;

1 cup of milk;

1/2 tablespoon of vinegar;

1 large egg;

1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract (preferably homemade);

2 tablespoons coconut oil (or butter melted);

Blueberries (2 to 4 each mold)

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC;

2. Mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Set aside;

3. Add the milk and vinegar, stir and let stand for about 5 minutes;

4. In the same bowl of milk and vinegar mix the egg, oil and vanilla;

5. Combine the dry and wet ingredients, if the dough is too thick add half a cup of milk;

6. Grease the molds of mini muffins with butter/oil and flour and fill them with the dough slightly more than half the mold. I did not need to grease because I use silicone mold, it's easier to unmold the muffins and wash;

7. Add the blueberries to the dough with 2 to 4 "balls" per dough and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

8. Allow to cool down a little (about 5 minutes) before unmolding, serve hot! Hummmmmmm

COMMENTS:

* This is my version of this recipe;

* Although it contains just a little bit of sugar, this recipe is recommended only for over 12 months babies because of cow milk and white flour. Unfortunately you have to put it to keep the muffins fluffy and light...

Blueberry Muffins

Hello!

Today I've come to share a very tasty, healthy and nutritious alternative for kids lunchbox, workers who enjoys a nice snacks option:

Blueberry Muffin !!!

This picture is an example of how I served the muffins (made mini version) with half cream cheese and Edam cheese sandwich, fruit salad of banana, apple and papaya cubes. Totally rocks !!!

So, would you like to try baking too? Grab the recipe:

Ingredients

*** Makes around 10 muffins standard size or 20 to 22 minimuffins

2 cups almond flour (or ground almonds)

1/2 cup tapioca flour (or not genetically modified corn starch)

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup sugar (I used brown)

1/4 cup melted butter

1 vanilla bean (or 1 and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract)

3 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 cup milk (I used whole cow milk, but can be others 'milks' such as almond or oat is super yummy!)

1 cup blueberries (I used frozen, if using fresh can put 1 and 1/2 cup)

Preparation

1. If you have the habit of keeping eggs and / or butter in the fridge (like me) the first step is to remove them and put in a dry and cool place a few hours before preparing these yummy sweets;

2. When starting to make the recipe, begin preheating the oven to 180 ° C, prepare the muffin cups (or mini-muffins in my case), if you're using those paper layers or need greasing ... now is the time!

3. In a bowl, combine the almond flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well with a fork or whisk and see if there was any lump of flour;

4. In a separate bowl, mix the melted butter (cold) and the eggs until very smooth (it takes about 5 minutes hand beating);

5. Add the vanilla bean (or extract) on this egg mixture mixing well;

6. Add the "dry" (flour) into "wet" (eggs, butter and vanilla), stir only enough to be combined, add the milk and mix until get a cream consistency;

7. Add the blueberries, make gentle and light movements to mix them to the dough, if you do it too quickly will break the fruits peel and your muffins will be purple, which is not the intention. So, go easy with in this mix!

8. With a spoon fill the muffin molds with the dough and to bake for 25 to 30 minutes (or more or less than that, it depends on your oven). When they are beautiful, golden and with a very good smell it'll be ready !!!

This is my 'mission controller' with his mouth full of blueberry muffins that he asked so much !!!

COMMENTS:

* This is my version of the recipe here from the Alyssa's website (American) Everyday Maven !

* In the original recipe, she puts some almonds slices I did not put because I forgot it but feel free to use it or what else you want as chopped nuts, chia seeds that will give a special crunchy!

* This recipe although not contain gluten, is made with nuts base and this can be very allergenic to babies, then the recommendation is to offer from 18 months + . It was when I offered to David and was very well accepted!

And now that's it!

I hope you enjoyed this recipe, give some work to find the ingredients (cause "do it" properly is super simple) but when it's done super worth it!

If you make this recipe or have some doubt, send me an email (danicorrado@gmail.com) and let's talk!

Ohhh and if you liked this post please give your like, comment, subscribe my blog, share on your facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better and better !!!

Warm regards,

Dani

Weekly menu

Hello!

Today brought the next week menu with a small adjustments:

Click on the image to enlarge

Ctrl + P to print

In time to time I try to observe our routine and see what needs to be modified, adjusted, suited. Sometimes it takes some change ... sometimes not!

This week I've been noticing that "the feast" or "the special dishes" always happen on dinner time because it's when we 3 (Tadashi, David and I) have a meal together, so normally I like to bring different things, tasty and special for these moments. Besides, I always saw my grandma eating this way (actually she continuous doing this today) :D.

Anyway, I realize that I've been cooking these meals much more because of the momentary wish to eat something than in fact by a plan. Now I thought it might further optimize our shopping list (and costs) establishing in fact a rule in these meals to keep at least one balanced meal with all the food groups: lunch.

Look David eating the traditional, everyday and health brazilian food

Rice, beans, meat and salad

As a typical Brazilian family, we really like the combination between rice with beans and this habit from now it's official! It will be with us in all our weekday lunches! Another thing that I introduced a few weeks ago was the fish and it's being great! So plus to rice and beans, we'll have some of seafood at least twice a week!

This pic came from a post  that I made in 2013 when I share how I cook fish but is in portuguese. But it's basically coconut oil and rosemary to seasoning, put on a steam pan, fry pan or oven until golden and serve! (Ok, I'll do a post here in English :D )

And this way we're adjusting, modifying and adapting our meals to our daily routines while we always have in mind the quality, variety, taste and pharmacy far away of our lives!!!

And that's it!

Love,

Dani

If you liked this post, please, click on like button right below in this post, leave a comment, share on your facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important to me, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better more and more!!!

Tapioca Roll

Hello!

A few afternoons ago I had a will to eat a salty snack, that was fast and very light (I'm doing nutritional re-education, I've lost over 12kg, it's not a good idea to have a super fat chocolate cake just because it was a rainy afternoon and I was on a moving to eat something...).

Then I opened my cupboard and the fridge, grabbed a few things, mixed in a bowl and the result was a super lightweight roll, soft and very, very tasty!!!

My... Tapioca Roll!!! 

And the Ingredients are...

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon of chia seeds

2 tablespoons cream cheese

(Can change for cottage cheese)

4 tablespoons tapioca gum

(If you don't find this kind of gum, just hydrate tapioca flour)

1 cup of tapioca flour

That's all, folks! This was my Method:

It really didn't need a step-by-step, after all it's just mix it all the ingredients, but I like very much my job, then follows:

1. In a bowl place the eggs and mix until blended;

2. Add the chia seeds, let stand for about 5 minutes;

(So ​​the seeds will hydrate and sustain the roll)

3. Add the cream cheese and mix until smooth;

(My cream cheese wasn't "that cream" then I needed a few extra minutes stirring to dissolve and incorporate well with the other ingredients. If this happens to you don't give up, keep stirring that all will be fine!)

4. Add the tapioca gum, mix, the tapioca flour and mix;

5. When everything is smooth like a pancake dough is ready to put in molds (I used mini cupcake but I believe that will worth with any mold) and bake;

6. It takes 30 minutes at 180 degrees, but my oven is very hard to maintain the temperature, so I recommend you to keep an eye out! When they are grown and golden is ready!!!

The chia seeds give texture, the tapioca flour gives this beautiful color and the cream cheese give us a taste that remind the famous brazilian cheese roll (far away, to be clear huh...) Lol

And now really that's all folks!

xoxo

If you liked this post I ask you to like it, comment, share on your facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important to me, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better!!!

Weekly Menu, winter is coming!!!

Hello!

Today I bring (not so) delayed this week menu with meals that makes health and body happy! After all, colder days are just beginning!

 

Click on the image to enlarge

Ctrl + P to print

This week the focus was different kinds of protein. As a Brazilian, I can not avoid the couple "for good" rice-bean as part of our daily routine, because, as we live in a country where there is no such culture or habit (eat rice and beans every day), every time that we ate out is not so easy to find this dish so basic and present in Brazilian homes. David, for example, has lunch and afternoon tea out home, if we don't have even at dinner he would eventually losing not just the nutrients, but our culture.

Changing the subject, for those who follow us on Instagram could see the going down temperature here these past few weeks. Because of this, the daily crazy routine, some extra crochet orders (for those who don't know my work, in the portuguese version here, here and thru my facebook profile here it's possible to see a few examples) this cold weather has not helping me to keep "on the move". Besides, hubby is with a bronchitis crisis that has not helping at all...

Another thing, yesterday David's and Tadashi birthday photos were ready (yay!!!!!!), the theme of the party was Minecraft and I am writing a post with the party details, decoration... it was SO good!!! I used a lot of Pinterest to inspire me, but what made the real difference was the love that we put into each detail. Begining with our friends who kindly offered us their house to celebrate together and ending with my brother-in-law that did all the art and graphics that we use in decoration, through all the nights that me and Tadashi went to bed at 2 am and without to mention, of course, the friends who could to attend, made all the difference and live a little more in our hearts to share these so special moments with us!!!

And I finish this post with a photo that Chris Haddad took on birthday, which conveys our family unity, the love between us... and that makes all, all, all in life make perfect sense:

Love,

Dani

If you liked this post, please, click on like button right below in this post, leave a comment, share on your facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important to me, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better more and more!!!

Weekly Menu, David's 4th Birthday!

Hello!

In today's post I share the menu of this week (which is ending, but if can be used as inspiration in someway already fulfilled your role)!

Click on the image to enlarge

Ctrl + P to print

You can see that this week we had more chicken that usual. This is because the price was specially good, I found a producer of "happy hens" (organic), super conscious about how the cause is important and after all is affordable. I love it!!!

As for David, last week were the birthdays celebrations (day 21/05 with the father and 23/05 on daycare). Were very simple moments but good enough for him to feel how much he is loved and how we are happy to celebrating his birth in our family!

I do not have photos of his birthday with his father, but follow some pics at #ABC Epsom:

Beside the carrot cake that he chose (who follows our Instagram's profile saw when I baked and brought to school), he made the hat that he used at the happy birthday to you, won a tshirt full of lovely messages from teachers, a kit "let's practicing" to school that will starts next year (five years old) and a book that we read almost every night (he loves stories)!

Other thing that happened is that David woke up a few times during the night, about a week (which let me very tired because I have difficult to going back to sleep if awake during the night). He cried, said he was afraid of things that normally we didn't hear about it: fear of ceiling lamp, curtain, door ... finally we bought a lamp and left beside his bed. End of waking up and fright's nights!

The toilet training continues, he goes perfectly to the bathroom to pee, we even don't need remind him to go anymore, there is no more accident about it. But the " number 2"... have been more complicated. He refuses to do the potty/toilet. We have shown, spoke, played, explained... but nothing seems being effective. The good part is that David is no longer requiring nappies to make poo and is not holding until we put it (which gave some concern about he's holding it)... but now it has been all in the undies. I can't denied that all this process of talking and he denying gives a bit of frustration, of course that we do not to show it to him, but that's it. Repeating the mantra "until his 18 he'll stop it" keep going with all love! LOL

And I finish this post with this very cool photo montage (the best part was when we were posing for the camera, hahahaha)!

Love,

Dani

If you liked this post, please, click on like button right below in this post, leave a comment, share on your facebook, twitter and other social media you want. This interaction, this feedback is super important to me, makes all the difference in my work and how I can get better more and more!!!