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Want to treat you little ones to something nice and cold but the freezer is empty and the cubbies don’t look promising either?

Here is a way to make your sunny summer afternoon a little cooler!

All you need is:

-blender

-ice cubs

-concentrated juice

-a glass

Step one:

Put a whole bunch of ice cubes in a blender and shave it until it’s all the cubes have turned into a pile of white snow.

Step two:

Put the shaved ice in a glass and poor some juice over it.

Step three:

Sit in the shade and enjoy your drink.

Ciao!!

Thamar

Peanut Butter Squares are one of my old standbys as far as quick and easy plus being a total crowd pleaser.  I used to live on Salt Spring Island and there was a little cafe that served these and I loved them, as did my kids.  Eventually the cafe closed.  I was super sad that I wouldn’t be able to get the squares anymore.  Anyways, I was at a party complaining about my plight (lol) and my friend said that she had the recipe.  Since that day it has been a staple for my family.  The squares are great for lunches, potlucks and road trips.  They have that quality of being a treat but also a pretty filling snack.  Enjoy!!

I’ve been spending my time the last week harvesting nettle. Such a delicious gift of the season. My first mug of fresh nettle tea always seems to awaken me from my winter hibernation.

Here’s one of my favorite ways to incorporate nettle into my weekly menu.

Rice Crusted Nettle Quiche

preheat oven to 400F

Hi everyone,

I don’t want to call myself a kitchen princess and I have been always a little anxious to share anything that comes out of my kitchen, but brave as I was, I brought over some energy balls to the Bamboletta studio and guess what, Christina took one bite and she was hooked! Luckily everybody here at Bamboletta enjoyed the treat and since that first time I’ve made them more often. They are a hit (as long as you don’t eat 5 at the time, makes you feel a little nauseous, I had to try 😉

So have fun making them, it is a nice kids project, no oven needed and a lot of sticky and dirty little hands at the end.

O’ and don’t worry if you feel like adding different ingredients, as long as you have enough peanut butter and honey sticking it all together you are good to go…

Have fun creating!

Thamar

Recipe:

¾ cup Chopped up pure chocolate (chocolate chips work quick and easy but I was out of them)

¾ cup peanut butter

¼ cup honey

¼ cup sesame seeds

2tbsp flex seeds

¼ cup sunflower seeds

¼ coconut shavings

1 ½ cup oats (old fashioned oats)

Mix all the ingredients together and start rolling 😉

The recipe makes about 20 balls with a height of 4/4.5 cm. 😉