Return of the…Mom-i

As you can tell, my attempt at a play on words kind of sucks and Star Wars would be sadly disappointed in me right now. I’m also not a Star Wars fan, I know I know! Please don’t come for me, does my love for baby Yoda count for anything?!

It’s been a tough couple of weeks to be quite honest. I’ve been terribly sick with food poisoning, heat stroke, Iron deficiency and even parasites (YUCK!). Not to mention just within the last few days, my husband and daughter have been pretty sick, we think it’s food poisoning, but not entirely sure. There is definitely something going around this summer. Regardless, it’s been a bit of a struggle.

But I’d like to talk about the more positive points, instead of all the negative ones. Valeria is loving her swimming lessons, we are enjoying the summer heat (when we can and aren’t sick), we are spending plenty of time with family, I’m trying out new recipes (and tweaking as I go) and I’m trying to catch up on reading everything!

Below are the blueberry muffins I made today and I will link the recipe, if you are interested in giving it a go. I didn’t end up doing the topping because I thought it may be too sweet for Valeria. They turned out absolutely delicious! I will tweak this a bit next time and do a bit of experimenting by adding a touch of lemon to it and probably substitute the granulated sugar for brown sugar. I personally think brown sugar just gives a deeper flavour. Here is the original recipe: https://www.culinaryhill.com/blueberry-muffins/

Next recipe on the agenda is a Macaroni salad. If anyone has a recipe suggestion for this, please let me know!

That’s it for today and I’m glad to be back to writing. Hope all you lovely readers are doing well and enjoying your summer wherever you are in the world!

Ciao!!