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Happy Father's Day to our #1 Papa' and to all the wonderful dads around the world! I love how you sincerely enjoy playing with our kids, I love how you can make them open and laugh when they are mad, I love how you teach and explain them how things work, I love your dedication to all of us...and kudos for becoming a 3rd grade teacher overnight for the past 4 months. Happy father's day my love! #fathersday

Easy lunch idea: avocado and tomato focaccia & egg. Ready in 10min...because not every day I want to cook 🤣🤣 The focaccia bread is from Trader Joe’s 😉, I simply reheated it in the toasted. Cherry tomatoes from the Farmers Market dressed with olive oil, garlic, basil and salt. The avocado has been dressed with a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lemon. I also added some help seeds on top. That’s it! Easy, fast and nutritious. As much as I love cooking, I also love easy and quick recipes 😜😬…

Garlic. One of my favorite ingredients. It can really make a difference in a recipe. Garlic has many health benefits and can be offered to babies starting from 6 months of age. It is a terrific source of Vitamins A and C, potassium and phosphorous. It’s well known for reducing and maintaining healthy levels of cholesterol (good blood circulation and low blood sugar levels). So, double yes to adding garlic into your recipes!! #garlic

Raise your hand if, as a consequence of the pandemic lockdown, you turned your back yard into a green house 🤣🤣 I never indulged myself into a vegetable garden simply because we used to fly back home to Italy for the whole summer (harvest time!). Well, as you can imagine this year is different, sigh. So...welcome to back yard tomatoes!!! We have been babysitting them on a daily basis. 😁 I only have one doubt. Once they will turn red and sweet...will the squirrel eat them before us??…

Eggplant Parmigiana. So Italian and so summery! Parmigiana is like lasagna...every Italian family has its own recipe. 😆 Today I'm sharing my Parmigiana recipe. Not too much tomato sauce, grilled eggplants and tons of fresh flavors. You can find the video recipe in my highlights. Is Parmigiana toddler friendly? Yess!! It's creamy, tasty, the tomato sauce is fresh with a lovely delicate sweet background flavor. Few toddler tips: - Tomato skin. I leave the tomato skin when preparing the…

Mango Blueberry Pineapple Orange Chia purée in the making. When you have some seasonal fruit that is getting a bit too soft...it’s time for a fruit purée!! I mix match what I have available, add some chia seeds, cook for few minutes pending the kind of fruit (apples take 10min, berries,mango can even be enjoyed raw) and check the sweetness. Every fruit has a different taste, even the same fruit positioned in a different spot on the tree has a different taste. The exposure to the sun is what…

Easy Summer Lunch. Leftover pizza (fresh tomatoes and mozzarella from last night) + guacamole boat (kids love the idea to scoop into the avocado skin!!) + iceberg lettuce + cherry tomatoes (in season and super sweet) + tortilla chips. Have fun with the presentation 😉 It doesn’t need to be fancy but sometimes simply placing the food in a different way makes everything more appealing for little ones 😉 Happy Monday 💕💕 #kidsfood #toddlerfood #kidsmeal #toddlermeal #familymeal #kidslunch…

Doesn’t it look like a troll?? 😍😍😍 Stay tuned for baked stuffed zucchini this week 😉 #farmersmarket #organicfood #localproduce

Did you ever watch "InsideOut"? Today I had a golden forever memory ball created in my mind :-) My older one was asked to present to his class in the last Zoom meeting of the year a talent or something he wanted to share with his buddies...and he asked me to bake together a banana bread, his favorite dessert, to share with the class. I melted and my heart filled with joy, pride and happiness. Cooking with my kids is sincerely a pleasure for me, but knowing that it is also a pleasure for…

When the thermometer reaches 97F it’s stime to switch to summer recipe mode 🤣🥵 This is a farro, chickpeas, canned salmon, tomato, zucchini, olives, marjoram salad. I served it room temperature but cold is lovely too! Double approved by the kids, it’s a lovely toddler idea or baby led weaning one. For babies just few changes: chop the tomatoes at least in quarts, same thing with the olives. Steam the zucchini 5 min to make them more tender and mash the chickpeas roughly with a fork. The…