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Crepes and early childhood memories.
I’ve been thinking about a motherhood a lot lately. So many crazy things are happening in the world and that’s why I’ve been trying to imagine how my little girl’s life will look like in the future. The honest truth is that I have no idea. Not at all. I remember my early childhood. My parents were the first one in the building to have a black and white tv. All the neighbours used to come over to watch a Brazilian telenovela. There were only a few hours per day when you could watch something. Can you imagine it today? I also remember when we got the first phone number at home. None of my friends had it, nor family. So I had this amazing piece of equipment and I could not use it. I remember choosing a random number and few times someone has answered, but I was too scared and I disconnected straight away. But what I mostly remember is spending most of my time outside with friends. We had a lot of games, there was a forest next to my house, so we used to run there. No video games, no movies, no iPhones, just nature and friends. I am quite sure that Mia’s early childhood will be much different. I can hardly imagine how her adult years will look. Most probably we will have a flying car by then, hahaha. But there’s one thing I can do. I can create her memories, take pictures of the early ones, she won’t remember and create her flavour memories.
We’ve just come back from Thailand, where I made so many video and pictures, that she may think that camera is permanently attached to mama’s face. Can you remember the first time you drank coconut water from a coconut? Mia was so surprised, but also so happy about the taste.
She loves new flavours. What I want to give her are beautiful mornings, memories, how we had breakfast together, how we spend time talking, or just being together. And I want to make delicious meals, so she feels like experimenting with food later on.
I always had breakfast at home. My mom made it. It were usually sandwiches, but always with fresh bread, good butter and fresh veggies. This is a nice memory. I hope that in 30 years Mia will sit and think about our mornings when she was a child. Would be nice.
The Recipe
YOU WILL NEED FOR CREPES:
- 2 eggs
- ½ millet flakes
- ½ cup wholewheat flour
- 1 tbsp agave syrup
- 2/3 cup rice milk
- pinch of salt
- zest of i lemon
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
YOU WILL NEED FOR FILLING:
- 300g cream cheese
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- squeeze of lemon juice
- 2 tbsp roasted coconuts
- handful hazelnut, cut and roasted
- 1 tbsp honey
- white currants
Combine all the ingredients for crepes and fry them on a medium heat. I usually fry 2 tbsp of dough, but it depends on a size of your pan. You want your crepes to be pretty thin.
In a bowl combine all the ingredients for filling
Spread the filling in each crepe and fold it as you usually do. I like to fold them in half and then again in half, so I have triangles.
Serve them and enjoy each one 🙂
Enjoy, Marta
In a bowl combine all the ingredients for filling
Spread the filling in each crepe and fold it as you usually do. I like to fold them in half and then again in half, so I have triangles.
Serve them and enjoy each one 🙂
Enjoy, Marta
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Yeah, it’s a tough world at the moment. Always is somewhere, but worse than usual. Anyway, fun dish — thanks.
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kto wie, co czeka nasze dzieci – z pewnością zupełnie inna przyszłość niż nas. Naleśniki koniecznie do zrobienia! 🙂
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I love these words, and these scrumptious-looking crepes. I have no doubt that these are exactly the kind of beautiful memories that Mia will cherish–even more precious with everything else going on in the world these days. Thank you for sharing your equally moving thoughts and food, Marta.
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So beautiful, Marta! Your crepes look heavenly!
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This is lovely. Your writing, your photographs, everything. I don’t know what else to say… my heart has been breaking so often lately. But I am confident that Mia’s childhood will be a beautiful one.
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I’m sure Mia will have amazing memories of her childhood! But I totally agree, even my childhood was different than now – I had my first mobile phone at 12, when the sms were 120 characters long, black and white screen. I used to spend the time between dinner and 9pm with my friends in the neighborhood or at the playground. Such a simpler way of life.
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Lovely crepes and heavenly filling! I can’t wait to see your pictures of Thailand.Yes, sad and uncertain times… Hopefully, things will change for the better.Cheers,Rosa
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I know I sound like an old person when I say this (and I’m not that old, yet), but things were so different when I was growing up. Like you I remember that going outside and playing, running around and discovering things in our neighbourhood where what my friends and I did.I think what you are doing is a great idea and your baby will truly appreciate that you did, create all those things for her — like the amazing food you cook.