Sunday afternoon

Subscribing to food blogs can be a dangerous thing.

{makeshift double boiler}

Because if you subscribe to food blogs there is a good chance that sooner or later you may be compelled to make a decadent dessert. More specifically, you may be compelled to make this chocolate mousse.

So on a Sunday afternoon you may don a frilly apron and if your little one sees you doing so, she'll want to do the same.

And you, being the (ever striving) patient mother that you are, will agree to let your almost two-year-old help you make the mousse.

Although, if your daughter is anything like you, she'll find it difficult not to sample some of the ingredients as she puts them into the bowl.

As you work your way though the recipe, it will likely become apparent that your little sous-chef is going to want more responsibility. Say, whisking some egg yolks and sugar, perhaps.

And if you're lucky, her very own bowl of whipped cream may keep her busy while you work on the ever daunting task of folding in egg whites.

{an oven mitt may or may not be necessary}

By the time you're done, the good lighting will be gone and your patience may be following it. Your kitchen will be a mess and the little chef may give you the "I wish we were baking bread" look. That is, until you give her teaspoon of fresh mousse. After that you may hear something like, "Chocat! Mommy! So dawicious!"

Yep. Those food blogs. Dangerous and so very very very worth it.