Hello my Dear Wonderful Readers!
It’s Friday and I cannot wait for tomorrow! Weekends have become some thing I treasure so dearly. You would think that wouldn’t make so much of a difference for a stay at home mom right?? But yeah! Weekend = cleaning the place up without going around in circles, making food without worrying if my son is dancing on the dining table, sharing one meal with my husband alone!! and more importantly not having an audience when I have to go to the bathroom! Yes. Weekends are a luxury for a stay at home mom. Also hopefully I will get one post done over the next two days. Some times while I am on Instagram looking at various other bloggers, i can’t believe how they get so much done every single day. Like there’s a photo of their morning jog, then the breakfast, then the outfit of the day and then lunch and then some nail colour they changed and then drinks in the evening, a nice book before bed! How??? Hats off to them.
I get up every morning wishing my son would sleep for 5 more minutes 😛 How come I haven’t heard people talking about how they got their children to brush their teeth. My son refuses to open his mouth. And for some reason if he does open his mouth he make sure he bites onto the brush like its a piece of meat in a Piranha’s mouth. You think he would let it go if you tried yanking it out right? nooooo way! My mornings start with the most futile activity ever.
This is followed by running behind both father and son to finish their respective breakfasts. Guess who I am feeding and who’s learning to eat on his own. Lol! Oh well. I look at all the things that happen every day and I laugh at how I would get scared when I goofed up at work. Compared to what I do today, the emails and meeting feel like walking on soft, white linen sheets.
So yes, my weekends are days when I have a few moments to myself and those golden moments are so precious to me just like all other working moms 🙂
Enough of my rant (for now)! Enjoy this Moroccan inspired chicken salad with some delicious Couscous salad.
Ingredients for the Couscous Salad
- Couscous – 2 cups
- Water – 2 cups or more (boiling hot)
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Cucumber – 2 cups ( chopped)
- Onions – 1 cup ( chopped)
- Tomatoes – 1 cup (chopped)
- Fresh Mint Leaves – 1 cup
- Parsley – 1/2 cup ( chopped)
- Garlic – 1 tbsp ( chopped fine)
- Pepper – 2 tsp
- Green Chilli – 1 ( slit into two and de seeded)
- Lime Juice – juice of 1 lime
- Pomegranate – 1/2 cup
- Olive Oil – 3 tbsp
Instructions :-
- Take a large bowl and drop the couscous. Now pour as much boiling water as required to submerge all the grains completely. Cover and set aside
- In another bowl combine all ingredients except the salt and the pomegranate. Make sure you tear up the mint leaves and not chop them so they remain nice and fresh
- After 10 mins you will see the the couscous come to life! they will bloom and gain considerable size
- Take a fork and combe through the couscous and finally drop it into the bowl of vegetables
- Slowly toss the mixture around and season according to taste
- Finally add the pomegranate seeds to the salad and drizzle olive oil over the top
- Serve right away
Ingredients for the Meat Balls :-
For the Meat Balls –
- Minced Chicken – 1 kg
- Onions – 2 cups ( chopped fine)
- Parsley – 1 cup ( chopped fine)
- Mint Leaves – 1 cup ( chopped fine)
- Cumin Powder – 1 tbsp
- Smoked Paprika Powder – 1 tbsp ( add more if you like it hot)
- Salt – according to taste
- Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
- Garlic – 3 – 4 cloves ( crushed)
- Bread – 2 slices (powdered in a blender)
- Eggs – 1 ( whisked well)
Instructions :-
- In a large bowl add ingredients 1 to 9. Mix well with your hands to distribute all the spices well
- Now add the bread crumbs and whisked eggs
- Line your baking tray with baking paper and set aside
- Slowly make small bowls of the meat and set over the prepared baking tray
- Once you are done with all the meat, place the baking tray in the fridge for 20 mins
- During this time pre heart your oven to 200 C
- After 20 mins, pop the baking tray into the oven and bake for 30 – 40 mins or till they turn golden brown.
- During the baking time lets get started with the curry
Ingredients for the Curry :-
- Onions – 2 cups ( chopped)
- Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
- Tomato Puree – 1 cup (concentrate)
- Cumin Powder – 2 tsp
- Smoked Paprika Powder – 1 tsp
- Oil – 2 tbsp ( olive oil)
- Chicken Stock – 1 + 1/2 cup
- Parsley – 1/2 cup ( fresh chopped)
Instructions-
- Heat oil in a pan and when the oil is hot, add ginger garlic paste and onions
- Fry till the onions are translucent
- Then add cumin powder and paprika powder
- Fry just for a min and then add the tomato puree ( add one small tomato cut into small pieces just for a little munch)
- Finally add the stock and cover and cook for 10 mins
- By this time you should have your meat balls ready
- Add the meat balls and cover and cook for another 5 mins
- Turn the flame off and add the parsley
- Serve right away with the couscous salad !! Enjoy
Your story sounds a lot like mine (well, my running around Sonshine to get him brush his teeth are long gone), but once that is over, something else will pop up and then you will say oh wow, those were good old days when I just had to get his teeth brushed. :). With all that stuff going on, you do much in terms of blogging and photographs, kudos to you. – Sreelatha
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Omg! Really? your saying its going to get worse! Noo..:)) But on the bright side its nice to see him growing up with all his new tantrums and funny games.. Thank you so much for your encouragement!!<3 ❤
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It is fun at every stage. 🙂
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Looking forwards to it ❤
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I love seeing your dishes! Especially since I love slices which is apparent in almost all your dishes! These meatballs look fantastic, and your silverware!
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Thank you so much ❤ So glad you like my recipes.. I hope you get to try them out some time 🙂
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Yeah, I too wonder in awe how most bloggers have time for everything they do. And some of them are mommies to at least three kids!! Glad to hear you echo my thoughts! 🙂
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Awesome!While I was typing down the post, I wasn’t sure if anyone feels the same but I had to say it any way. SO glad I am not alone :p
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Absolutely relate to what you say dear! I wish for some peaceful moments of My own too… Impossible with kids and so much to do around the house before the next week starts ! Uffgg! Btw the dish looks awesooomeeeee !
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haha.. I knoww!! the work just never seems to stop right? haha..thank you for your kind words 🙂 ❤
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Delicious heart warming meal👍☺
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Thank you ❤
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I’m single with no children and I constantly wonder those same things. I say kudos to you for still getting so much done (I mean a three part recipe takes a lot of work) and talking about it too. I love all the colors and props!
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Thank you so much Megan, for your kind words and I am so glad you liked the post! ❤
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You girsl post so many recipess… I don’t even have time to try all of them even when I want to .. I need to start writing all these absolutely fantastic recipes down.. I’m a paper and pen woman…:s ..
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haha!! even i have three books and papers every time I am in the kitchen or in front of the laptop! and my books have so much masala on them my husband wonders how i read the recipe.. haha
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Omg I’m laughing so hard at this, make me feel like I’m not alone. And because I started wayyy before you I have a bag full of registers/diaries/copies. ( I think I’m showing off here 😎😝)
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haha!! Luck you!!I only have a few tattered diaries and a note pad and half of the pages are filled with 0 and Xs cause my son is all busy being an artist!! 😛
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Haha aww thats cute, I’m all done with that .. My kids are older now 🙂
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Lucky you ❤
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These pictures are awesome, well done!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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