Blueberry chocolate mousse aka Abuzulu

M. Is almost five and cooks truly instinctively… she wanted a cool dessert today and she asked me to make this .. the only modification I made was in whipping the cream .. the rest is exactly hers .. blend and strain the blueberries, melt the chocolate and I whipped the cream with some sugar and vanilla. Mixed all three in roughly equal proportion and we got the awesome Abuzulu from the fabled land of Abu .. I have no idea how she came up with this .. but as always, she was very clear about what she wanted and made sure that she got it …

A couple of days ago, she made an apple blue berry salad with shredded lettuce and Dalia for crunch. I made her some honey dressing, but it was a good salad. Entirely her invention.

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Guest post - Bhinda nu shaak

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