These are very yummy! They have a better flavor than any egg based pancake I've ever made. These are the kind of pancakes you can eat plain just for snacking.
1 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup. soy milk
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Snow Day!
Ok, so I realize it 2 degrees outside with a wind chill of negative 21, but seriously another snow day!! We just got done with a two week Christmas vacation off from school to send our kids back for 1 1/2 days to have them home again! Jonah has been up since 8 a.m. and it feels like a twelve hour day already! Of course we are stuck inside so our long day of bouncing off the walls begins! Did I mention how much I HATE KANSAS WEATHER!
Gracie "Gravy" according to her brother is thrilled with him being home. She is chasing him around the house as fast as her little legs can go squealing in delight. Time to pull out all of our games and bake some of Gran Gran's famous sugar cookies. I will make it through this day! I will make it through this day! I will make it through this day!
Gracie "Gravy" according to her brother is thrilled with him being home. She is chasing him around the house as fast as her little legs can go squealing in delight. Time to pull out all of our games and bake some of Gran Gran's famous sugar cookies. I will make it through this day! I will make it through this day! I will make it through this day!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Love Is...........
My new Haan Floor Steam Cleaner! This amazing piece of equipment was my Christmas present from my husband this year. It is now official that my husband has purchased me more home cleaning appliances than diamonds! If we can't afford diamonds I guess that cleaning appliances come in second best. He knows me all too well!
This simple floor cleaner is my new favorite thing, along side my Dyson of course! Every time I use it I feel like I am doing something good for my home and my family. It is so simple and I love that I no longer have to deal with filling up a mop bucket and pushing around a dirty mop on my floor! This is a must have for anyone with hardwoods.
http://www.haanusa.com/
This simple floor cleaner is my new favorite thing, along side my Dyson of course! Every time I use it I feel like I am doing something good for my home and my family. It is so simple and I love that I no longer have to deal with filling up a mop bucket and pushing around a dirty mop on my floor! This is a must have for anyone with hardwoods.
http://www.haanusa.com/
Monday, January 4, 2010
Don't Eat The Black Snow!
We have had our fair share of snow this winter season. As I look out my office window right now more snow is trickling down from the sky. I am not a fan of snow or the cold, and would rather spend my winter months with my feet in the sand somewhere warm. When I suggested that the whole family up and move to a beach house for the year that Kevin is deployed.........well, let's just say Kevin wasn't as excited about the idea as I was. So, here we sit. Stuck inside to keep from getting frostbite from just stepping outside in this Kansas winter weather.
But despite how I feel about it, Jonah loves the snow! Tomorrow he heads back to school after a leisurely two week Christmas break of digging in the snow. Everyday he has been outside shoveling away. Not shoveling the driveway or the sidewalk, but he does shovel. I just haven't figured out what exactly it is that he is shoveling. At the end of the day if I look out the window I see every garden tool we own decorating our yard. Three rakes, a shovel, two snow shovels, a hockey stick, a soccer ball, and a tennis racket. As the snow melts more surprises appear in the snow.
Despite our large corner lot yard filled with a vast array of beautiful white snow to play in, Jonah has no interest in all of that snow. He is always laying or digging atop the nasty, black, snowplowed snow that comes up over our curb and onto the edge of the yard and our driveway. If I look outside I can guarantee there he will be. Rolling around in that nasty snow, digging a fort in it, and almost always with a piece of it in his mouth! Yes you read that correctly. In his mouth!
I always open the door and yell at him to get that nasty snow out of his mouth, but he assures me he isn't eating it. "Mama! I'm not eating it! I'm just tasting it!"
But despite how I feel about it, Jonah loves the snow! Tomorrow he heads back to school after a leisurely two week Christmas break of digging in the snow. Everyday he has been outside shoveling away. Not shoveling the driveway or the sidewalk, but he does shovel. I just haven't figured out what exactly it is that he is shoveling. At the end of the day if I look out the window I see every garden tool we own decorating our yard. Three rakes, a shovel, two snow shovels, a hockey stick, a soccer ball, and a tennis racket. As the snow melts more surprises appear in the snow.
Despite our large corner lot yard filled with a vast array of beautiful white snow to play in, Jonah has no interest in all of that snow. He is always laying or digging atop the nasty, black, snowplowed snow that comes up over our curb and onto the edge of the yard and our driveway. If I look outside I can guarantee there he will be. Rolling around in that nasty snow, digging a fort in it, and almost always with a piece of it in his mouth! Yes you read that correctly. In his mouth!
I always open the door and yell at him to get that nasty snow out of his mouth, but he assures me he isn't eating it. "Mama! I'm not eating it! I'm just tasting it!"
White Bean Sauce
This is a delicious and amazingly simple recipe. It can also be used a million different ways.
1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
Juice of 1/2 lemon or lemon juice in a bottle works just as well, approx 1/4 cup
2 Tbsp E.V.O.O.
2-3 Cloves Garlic
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. dried Italian herbs
Blend all ingredients together in a Cuisinart or food chopper. Store in fridge.
This makes a to die for pizza sauce. Generously top a homemade pizza crust with this sauce, and then top with loads of caramelized red onions. Bake at 400 degrees until crust is golden.
Toss this sauce with hot fettuccine noodles, smoked sausage, asparagus, Gouda cheese, and a splash of heavy cream.
Serve this sauce with pita bread that has been sliced into triangles, tossed in E.V.O.O., Italian herbs, and then baked at 350 until golden.
1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
Juice of 1/2 lemon or lemon juice in a bottle works just as well, approx 1/4 cup
2 Tbsp E.V.O.O.
2-3 Cloves Garlic
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. dried Italian herbs
Blend all ingredients together in a Cuisinart or food chopper. Store in fridge.
This makes a to die for pizza sauce. Generously top a homemade pizza crust with this sauce, and then top with loads of caramelized red onions. Bake at 400 degrees until crust is golden.
Toss this sauce with hot fettuccine noodles, smoked sausage, asparagus, Gouda cheese, and a splash of heavy cream.
Serve this sauce with pita bread that has been sliced into triangles, tossed in E.V.O.O., Italian herbs, and then baked at 350 until golden.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Beer Bread
I had been curious about beer bread for sometime, so I finally decided to give it a try this week. Both of my kids ate it so I guess it was a hit. Beer bread is fast and easy without all of the prep time as with traditional yeast bread. This recipe has a sweet almost cornbread like flavor. I omitted the butter, but I'm sure that adds a nice flavor as well. This is perfect with your favorite bowl of chowder.
3 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup. sugar
1 12 oz can beer
1/4 cup melted butter
Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Add your beer and fold it into the dry ingredients just until it is all incorporated. Pour mixture into a loaf pan and top with your melted butter. Bake at 375 for one hour.
3 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup. sugar
1 12 oz can beer
1/4 cup melted butter
Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Add your beer and fold it into the dry ingredients just until it is all incorporated. Pour mixture into a loaf pan and top with your melted butter. Bake at 375 for one hour.
Friday, January 1, 2010
M.I.A.
I apologize for being M.I.A. for so long. Getting back to my blog is always in the back of my mind. My wireless has now been down for a couple months and this a huge part of my M.I.A. status. The phone call to fix it takes hours. Time I do not seem to have, or the patience if we are being completely honest. Gracie is so busy, that keeping her out of trouble all day seems to be all I have the time or energy for.
Christmas has come and gone and although it was wonderful spending time with family, it is always even more amazing coming home! We spent New Years Eve alone, and I drank a single glass of white wine while reading Night Of The Living Eggnog to Jonah at record speed before Gracie woke up for the thirteenth time in two hours. It's amazing how times change.
We find ourselves missing Kevin a lot these days with the holidays here, and so much time stuck inside with the weather not allowing us to escape the walls that creep in around us tighter and tighter with each passing day. We still don't have a definite date for his R&R (Rest & Relaxation Iraq Vacation), but the hope is the end of March or early April just around Gracie's first birthday.
With Kevin already down almost thirty pounds I decided that it was time for me to shape up for his return home. I'm not one for New Year Resolutions, but then again maybe it can't hurt. So, I am committing to at least 20 minutes of exercise a day in anticipation of his return. I know, I know, I don't need to lose weight. I am just concerned with getting rid of my baby soft tummy and firming up a few other spots as well. I am taking my measurements, and although I won't share the stats, I will share the results once he returns.
Goal # 2 is to eat what Gracie eats. It's so amazing to me how much time and energy we spend making sure our kids have balanced healthy meals, but when it comes to ourselves we are lucky to eat a handful of Doritos(or the entire bag), and a piece of last years Halloween candy for dinner! Raising two vegetarian children poses it's own set of challenges, and when I went back to work after Jonah turned two I quickly fell off my healthy meals lifestyle. Kevin likes to say that I am the unhealthiest healthy person he knows.
Since Gracie now wants to eat everything we are eating it is my new goal to only cook meals that she can also eat. It only seems fair to our little princess who looks longingly at whatever we are eating. That means dairy free Vegan cooking is once again at the forefront of our diet. Jonah is happily snaking on Homemade Vegan Cinnamon Rolls as we speak for a late night snack. Dinner was Homemade Vegan Pizza topped with Spinach, Black beans, Roasted Tomatoes, and NO CHEESE (Jonah of course had cheese). Breakfast was whole grain toast spread with Avocado. Yummy! It will be an ongoing challenge to come up with tasty vegan recipes that not only my kids will love, but my husband will also love once he returns home. I hope to share all of the delicious recipes with you along the way. I realize this is a far stretch for some of you. I promise to only share the super yummy ones!
I hope that through this blog I can hold myself accountable and stick to my goals. We will see together how far this journey takes me. Happy New Year!
Christmas has come and gone and although it was wonderful spending time with family, it is always even more amazing coming home! We spent New Years Eve alone, and I drank a single glass of white wine while reading Night Of The Living Eggnog to Jonah at record speed before Gracie woke up for the thirteenth time in two hours. It's amazing how times change.
We find ourselves missing Kevin a lot these days with the holidays here, and so much time stuck inside with the weather not allowing us to escape the walls that creep in around us tighter and tighter with each passing day. We still don't have a definite date for his R&R (Rest & Relaxation Iraq Vacation), but the hope is the end of March or early April just around Gracie's first birthday.
With Kevin already down almost thirty pounds I decided that it was time for me to shape up for his return home. I'm not one for New Year Resolutions, but then again maybe it can't hurt. So, I am committing to at least 20 minutes of exercise a day in anticipation of his return. I know, I know, I don't need to lose weight. I am just concerned with getting rid of my baby soft tummy and firming up a few other spots as well. I am taking my measurements, and although I won't share the stats, I will share the results once he returns.
Goal # 2 is to eat what Gracie eats. It's so amazing to me how much time and energy we spend making sure our kids have balanced healthy meals, but when it comes to ourselves we are lucky to eat a handful of Doritos(or the entire bag), and a piece of last years Halloween candy for dinner! Raising two vegetarian children poses it's own set of challenges, and when I went back to work after Jonah turned two I quickly fell off my healthy meals lifestyle. Kevin likes to say that I am the unhealthiest healthy person he knows.
Since Gracie now wants to eat everything we are eating it is my new goal to only cook meals that she can also eat. It only seems fair to our little princess who looks longingly at whatever we are eating. That means dairy free Vegan cooking is once again at the forefront of our diet. Jonah is happily snaking on Homemade Vegan Cinnamon Rolls as we speak for a late night snack. Dinner was Homemade Vegan Pizza topped with Spinach, Black beans, Roasted Tomatoes, and NO CHEESE (Jonah of course had cheese). Breakfast was whole grain toast spread with Avocado. Yummy! It will be an ongoing challenge to come up with tasty vegan recipes that not only my kids will love, but my husband will also love once he returns home. I hope to share all of the delicious recipes with you along the way. I realize this is a far stretch for some of you. I promise to only share the super yummy ones!
I hope that through this blog I can hold myself accountable and stick to my goals. We will see together how far this journey takes me. Happy New Year!
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