Easter day was so sunny this year , the snow and wind seemed to stay away if only for a day and we felt the warm sunshine on our faces. My childhood Easter memories are of the Lakes , usually Keswick with daffodils, chicks, lakes and sunshine. Fast forward 35 years and these will be my children`s memories too.You are never too old to receive an Easter egg with delight. We should be more child like more often, demolishing chocolate eggs without guilt.Going for windy day walks , all wrapped up in search of eggs or new life in whatever shape or form it takes. The weather has been disappointing and harsh- so is life , most of the time.When you are given a little space and time with the right people in your lives , mix it together with hope for a new season of discovery stretching out before you then life is a sweet confection indeed. Easter to me signifies hope for warmer times ahead growth and change if we need it , growth and change more importantly when we think we don`t need it! Magic and dreams are there for the taking. I once walked past Betty`s in York and saw the most beautiful white chocolate egg in the window , decorated with bluebells. It was beyond my dreams and market stall wages! Some kind wonderful person bought it for me, it took a month to eat and a lifetime to forget that sometimes you get just what you wished for and life can be fantastic.I feel like that these days when I have precious time to cook with my adorables at home. There was a huge belgian chocolate egg sitting on the side this lunchtime so we melted it down and made something beautiful. That`s what our lives are like , sweet like chocolate and always full of surprises if we make it so.
Chocolate egg mousse
1 large thick chocolate Easter egg
3 eggs separated
Melt the chocolate and stir in the egg yolks until glossy. Whip the whites till stiff and fold into the chocolate mixture to make a luxurious chocolate mousse for a family. Pour into ramekins and pop into fridge. Tonight I shall be "YayYummy Mummy we have pud" instead of my usual "slummy fulltime teacher Mummy no pudding...sorree".
I love school holidays.xxx
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