How to make a Father's Day Handmade Card

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Follow the Super Mom steps to make this cool handmade card

 

Supplies Needed

2 A4 Construction paper ( any color)

Glue

White pen 

Colored pen

2 buttons ( any color)

Scissors or a punch

Directions

• Fold the A4 paper in half
• Cut from one of the halves a 4 cm width rectangle
• On the other half, measure 4 cm from the top then cut 3.5 cm from each side

• Fold the cuts to form a blouse collar

• On the other construction paper, draw a tie. You can use this pattern if you desire.
• Cut it off with using scissors or if your kid was younger than 4 he can use a punch

• Glue the tie

• Glue both sides of the collar

• Decorate your tie with stripes, dots or you can even glue colored stripes or colored dots that you will cut out from another construction paper.

• Striped Tie

• Cut an eight * five rectangle from a construction paper of your choice, fold it from the top just like a blouse pocket.

• Cut a small triangle to form the handkerchief
• Glue the handkerchief, then the pocket
• Using the white pen, draw the stitches. But be careful this is supposed to be a folded shirt so don't draw the stitches all around the shirt! 
• Follow my steps please

• Glue the bottons on the bottom of the collar

• Write Happe Father's Day or any other sentence you like, you can even pick a quote from www.quotegarden.com

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Farfalle with Tuna, Mushrooms and Cream

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Total cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients

• 60 g (2 oz) butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 125 g (4oz) button mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup (250 ml/8 fl oz) cream
• 450 g ( 14 oz) can tuna in brine, drained and flaked
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 500 g ( 1 lb) farfalle

Directions

1. Heat the butte and olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and garlic to the pan and stir over low heat for 3-5 minutes, until the onion is soft.
2. Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the cream, bring to the boil, then reduce the hear and summer until the sauce begins to thicken. Add the tuna, lemon juice and parsley and stir until heated through. add salt and pepper, to taste.
3. While the sauce is cooking, add the Farfalle to a large pan of rapidly boiling water and cook until "al dente". Drain thoroughly, then return to the pan, Add the sauce to the Farfalle and toss to combine. Serve immediately.

Variation

You can use a can of salmon, drained and flaked, instead of tuna.

Note

Farfalle, attractive pasta made into the shape of a bow or butterfly, comes in various sized, as well as flavors other than the plain, such a tomato or spinach.

Recipes: Feta, Tomatoes & Olives Pie

Preparation Time: 35 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves 6

Ingredients

For the filling :

300 g red tomatoes, peeled and chopped

200 g feta, diced

100 g black olives, pitted and diced

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp garlic oil

For the dough:

2 cups all-purpose flour

125 g butter, chopped

60 g Parmesan, grated

1 tbsp sesame seeds

1 egg

pinch white pepper

pinch black pepper

dried thyme

Directions

• Sift the flour into a large bowl and add the butter. 
• Rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 
• Stir in the Parmesan, thyme and sesame seeds. 
• Make a well, add the egg and mix well with your hands until the mixture comes together, add a little cold water if the dough is too dry. 
• On a lightly floured surface, press together into a ball, then wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 10 minutes. 
• Roll out on the pie tin and bake for 10 mns or utnil golden. 
• Cool.
• Mix all the filling ingredients together, spread them all over the pie. 
• Garnish and serve.

Bon appétit!

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5 tips on making Father's Day a special day!

Anyone can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a Daddy.

So why don't we make that day very special, I know my husband deserves a unique celebration!

5 tips on how to make Father's Day so special:

1- Breakfast in bed: Our weekly mornings are usually crazy, get the kids ready, drive them to school and don't be late for work.  Well let's have a quiet morning that day, and offer daddy a delicious breakfast in bed:
                           * French toast and coffee
                           * English cake and tea (Click)
                           * Pancakes or Crepes with strawberries
                              and chocolate (Click)
                           * A Lebanese style breakfast: Labneh, olives,
                              fresh mint, white cheese, eggs and tea.
                           * A fruit salad with almonds and nuts
                      
2- Relaxation Coupons : Offer daddy limited use coupons. Make a deck of small cards and write down something that daddy would really love and don't forget to limit their use or else you will hate father's day!!!
Coupon ideas:   * Take in charge of his daily chores
                          * Prepare him a tv snack
                          * Let him watch his favorite action movie with no kids
                            interruption
                          * Prepare him a relaxing bath with candles and beer maybe.
Yeah, well these coupons are more of a gift from you to your husband since you will be doing most of the tasks. 

3- Make daddy his favorite lunch and let the kids participate in the cooking or invite him out to his favorite restaurant.

4- Offer him handmade gifts that your kids prepared. It could be a pensil cup, a father's day card or a photo frame.

5- Choose him the perfect gift: You know your husband best, and he might be giving you signs of what he really needs! Mine is singing that : "I saw that beautiful 800$ mobile"song that I am trying to ignore!!!!


David M. Gottesman once said :"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers--and fathering is a very important stage in their development". Since we all know how important fatherhood is to both our husbands and kids why don't we play the main role in making father's day this year an unforgettable memory!

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How to be Super Mom Delicious HotDog Sandwich

Something as simple as a HotDog Sandwich could become one heck of a meal with "How To be Super Mom"

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 15 hotdog fingers, chopped
• 1 onion, cut into julienne strips( long thin stripes)
• 1 green pepper, cut into julienne strips
• 1/3 cup sweet corn
• 2 tbsp Soya sauce
• 4 tbsp grated, processed Mozzarella cheese
• 4 small French baguettes
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Directions

• In a preheated pan, pour the olive oil and the onion, stir for 2 minutes, on High heat.
• Add the green pepper and stir for an extra 2 minutes.
• Add the chopped HotDog, corn, Soya sauce, salt and pepper
• Stir for 5 mns or until the HotDog becomes brownish
• Cut a French baguette in half
• Put the Hotdog mix and a little bit of Mozzarella
• Grill it, and serve it warm.
• Bon Appétit!

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Recipes: Meatballs Fusilli

Preparation time: 30 mns

Ingredients

• 250g colored fusilli
• 400 g ground beef
• 2 medium onions
• 10 g Parmesan
• 500 g tomato sauce
• 1 green pepper
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium carrot
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 1/4 cup water
• parsley leaves
• salt
• black pepper to taste

Directions

• In a preheated pan, on a High heat, fry 1 finely chopped onion with olive oil, add chopped garlic, diced carrot and diced pepper
• Leave the vegetables cook on Medium heat, meanwhile combine, in a bowl, ground beef with one minced onion and Parmesan. Shape into meatballs.
• Add them to the vegetables and cook on High temperature 
• When the meat is almost done, add the tomato sauce, wine and water, season with salt and pepper. 
• Simmer for 5 mns.
• Boil the Fusilli for 7 minutes, add them to the sauce and simmer for 5 extra minutes.
• Decorate the plate with fresh parsley leaves
• Bon appétit!

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Let's Craft: Father's Day Pencil Cup

 Daddy will be very proud to put this pencil cup on his desk!

Supplies Needed

• A photoshop picture of your kids
• A cylindrical carton box
• Glue
• Scissors
• White paper
• Laminating paper

Directions

 Put glue all over the cylindrical box







Stick the picture on the box

Cut the paper extra ends
Glue the inside and cover with a white paper for a better finish




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Homemade baby food: Best Grinding Equipments

How To Be Super Mom promised to help you, step-by-step, make your own homemade baby food.

 

 

To start you have to choose the best tool to grind your food.

Let's go by all the possibilities, shall we?

There are many food grinders available in the market we have a hand-turned food mill, all in one baby food maker, a baby food grinder, a hand blender or a food processor.

Your choice of pureeing equipment depends on your other culinary pursuits.  If you love kitchen work, and cooking is a hobby the food processor will be a good choice for you cause your money won't be wasted but if you just entered your kitchen when you started preparing bottles then a hand-turned food mill is a less expensive choice.

I personally prefer the hand blender. It's easier to clean, it can fit in the sterilizer, and we can blend directly in the clean sterilized pot. This way we won't take the risk of cross-contamination while moving the pureed food from the processor bowl to the pot.

We will post few brands to help you choose 

For those living in the US or in Canada ( linked to Amazon.com):

1. Baby Bullet Complete Baby Care System
2. Cuisinart CSB-76 SmartStick 200-Watt Immersion Hand Blender
3. Kidco Babysteps Electric Food Mill
4. Cuisinart MM-2M Mini Mate Chopper and Grinder
5. The First Years Babypro All In One Baby Food Maker 
6. Cuisinart CSB-77 Smart Stick Hand Blender with Whisk and Chopper Attachments 
7. OXO Good Grips Food Mill 
8. Munchkin Baby Food Grinder 
9. KidCo Food Mill

For those living in Lebanon (linked to Khouryhome.com and Abedtahand.com)

1. BRAUN Hand Blender- MR6550MBCHC
2. PHILIPS Hand Blender- HR1361
3. KENWOOD Hand Blender-  HB605
4. KRUPS Hand Blender- GPA340
5. MOULINEX FOOD PROCESSOR ( FULL SET )MX-FP603141

This is a fair number of electronic and manual devices in the market, but if you are looking for a low cost tool you can always use a fork. 

Choose your tool, and check out the How To Be Super Mom homemade baby food recipes

 

Tips on taking a road trip with your baby!

Taking a baby on a road trip requires serious planning since the baby has many needs and cannot communicate with words to let us know what he wishes for. 

So we should be well prepared and well aware of what we should expect while traveling with a baby

Here are few tips:

1. The longer your baby will be strapped in his car seat the more fussy he will get.  That is why you should plan for few breaks during your trip so everyone could stay calm and enjoy a peaceful ride.
2. Plan for the unplanned surprises like a diaper explosion or a long unexplained cry.
3. Prepare all you need to have a pleasant drive:  window sun-shades, baby's favorite music, his favorite toys, books to read for the baby, extra everything: diapers, milk if he's formula fed.
4. Try making your car an entertainment center for the baby by dangling few toys from the ceiling

Let’s make a useful super mom checklilst together, shall we?

1. Diapers
2. Baby’s blanket
3. Clothes for your baby and you better consider climate change between states
4. Sipper cups or Bottles if your baby is formula fed
5. Pacifiers
6. Enough baby milk for the whole trip
7. Bottle warmer if needed
8. Baby’s regular sleep music
9. First aid kit/prescriptions/medications
10. Carseat pillow or head support
11. Window shades
12. Music or books on tape or CDs
13. Snacks and drinks for the adults
14. Cooler
15. Plastic bags for your dirty diapers
16. A bag for your dirty laundry
17. Empty plastic bags for leftovers and trash
18. Cell phone
19. Money/wallet/purse/ID
20. Medical and insurance information/emergency phone numbers
21. Maps/driving directions
22. Stroller
23. Camera and film
24. Suitcases

And most importantly, drive safely and enjoy your ride!

 

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Housekeeping Advice: Prevent Garlic Waste

Garlic is a vegetable that is very high in nutrients. It's a good source of Calcium, Phosphorus and Selenium, and a very good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and Manganese. Adding to this, many preliminary studies suggest that garlic consumption may reduce the risk of developing several types of cancer, especially cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

Yet, we all try to avoid garlic because it causes a really bad breath and a gastrointestinal distress ( that is the medical version for gas ;) )
That is why, when most of us buy garlic, even the smaller quantity ( 4 heads package), we end up throwing half of it away at the end of the month!

Don't be afraid to use garlic, there are many ways we could use this vegetable without risking a bad breath nor other complications.

1. Prepare Garlic-Olive Oil: In a 75 cl bottle, add 6 peeled garlic cloves and fill the bottle with olive oil. Seal it, and set aside for 3 weeks. The Olive Oil will have a wonderful garlicky taste that is not too fiery and is gorgeous in a salad dressing.
2. Use skinned cloves to roast your meat: When baking, roasting or grilling meat, fish or chicken throw a couple of clean skinned cloves in there. It will give your meat a warm garlic flavor that no one can resist!!
3. Garlic dip: Eating garlic dip can cause a bad breath but believe me it's worth it!!! Just prepare some and store them in the refrigerator.
4. Baked Potatoes: with roasted garlic are one of my favorites.

So, in conclusion, there are many ways to use garlic and to prevent its waste at the end of the month. Try, on the day you purchase your garlic, to prepare your garlic oil and garlic dip, this way the rest will be surely used for cooking during the month and you won't end up throwing a high nutrients treasure in the garbage!

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Father's Day- Potato Chocolate Cake

A Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe That You Can Prepare With Your Kids For Father's Day

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 3 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the filling:

• 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 3 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 tsp whiskey
• 1 tsp butter 

For the Chocolate Ganache

• 225 g finely chopped dark chocolate
• 1 cup heavy cream

Baking Directions

1. With an electrical beater, mix both sugar and butter until smooth and creamy. Use this method  with every pound cake and I guarantee you'll obtain a wonderful spongy result!
2. Add the eggs, whiskey and vanilla extract while beating.
3. Then add the potato, flour and baking powder
4. Grease a 20 cm round cake mold , pour the batter and place in a preheated oven (350 degrees F- 175 degrees C) for about 35 minutes
5. Meanwhile, pour 2 cups of cold milk in a saucepan, mix-in the flour and the cocoa and bring to a boil while stirring constantly. 
6. Add the sugar, the whiskey and the butter
7. Keep stirring until the mixture is creamy
8. Set a side to cool.
9. For the ganache, boil the cream until it starts rising up then you will know it's perfectly ready to be poured over the finely chopped chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is melted, about 2 minutes. Let the ganache sit at room temperature until it cools. This will take about 4 hours.

Cake Preparation

1. Allow the cake to cool, about 1 hour. Cut it in 3 layers, and spread each layer with our delicious chocolate filling. You can sprinkle some chunky caramelized almonds, yum yum!!!
2. Now, before covering the cake with ganache, trim the borders to get a perfect round, then cover the cake with butter-cream to hide all the imperfections (optional) and cool it in the refrigerator. 1 hour later, place the cake on a cooling rack, and pour the ganache in a circular movement,  starting from the center of the cake and  heading towards the edges.

Let me wish you a Happy Chocolaty Father's Day from How To Be Super Mom and Bon Appétit!!! 

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