Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes

I was going to make pecan date pancakes again, but decided to make "PA Dutch sticky-bun" inspired pancakes instead so I could save the dates for another recipe I wanted to make in the near future. I made Aunt Jemima's wholewheat pancake batter. Then I sprinkled raisins, pecans, and cinnamon on top of our pancakes as I cooked them. When I sampled them, they didn't really taste like sticky bun flavored pancakes. My pancakes had more of a hearty cinnamon raisin flavor you would get from a bagel.

 

mommy/ baby fashion statement

nerdy "windows" beanie for mommy, girly digitized army beanie for baby

"going for a walk"

Shastya Baby Foodie: Baby Banana Nutmeg Cereal

Baby Shastya loves spices. Daddy started her on them awhile back. He put cinnamon in her cereal. That's how we got her to eat cereal. I don't think babies are supposed to have too much spice, so we are careful. My original recipe for Baby Banana Nutmeg Cereal was a real baby appeaser when it came to feeding baby Shastya. She ate every tiny bite I could scrape out of the jar!

Banana Nutmeg Cereal:

1/4 Piece of Banana Mashed

1/2 TB Powdered Baby Formula

1 oz. Warm Water

1 TB Rice Crispies (offbrand)

2 Dashes of Nutmeg

 

pizza & granola bars

I found a new recipe for granola bars: the Kitchn's Hazelnut-Cocoa Granola Bars With Dried Figs. I just about completely changed the recipe to use only items I had on hand in my cabinets. I also tried not to add too many ingredients from the cupboards. I was selective. They turned out great.

PBJ Granola Bars:

3/4 Cups Raw Peanuts

2 Cups Quick Oats

1/2 Cup Dried Cranberries

1/2 Cup Maple Syrup

1/2 Peanut Butter

1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

1/4 Tsp Salt

 

 

 

Papaya With Multi-Grain Cereal

Papayas are huge. I had almost half of one left in my fridge. I did not want it to go bad. I remembered reading somewhere that cutting up fresh papaya and putting it over breakfast cereal was a great way to eat the fruit. That is precisely what I did. My breakfast cereal with milk and fresh papaya was truly delightful.

lentils w/ cilantro

I found out this evening that Anthony doesn't like cilantro. Just before dinner was served he hurriedly asked me if I could scrape the cilantro off the top of our lentils and rice. I was like, "sure, no problem."

Playtime For Baby Shastya

 

 

Shastya Baby Foodie: Baby Green Bean Casserole

Baby Shastya just "loves her" some baby green bean casserole. A "home" specialty indeed. It is really quite easy to make. I just mashed some leftover whole green beans, added powdered baby formula, warm water, and off-brand cornflakes.

pizza tonight?

When we got home from church, Anthony and I were both hungry. We fed the baby. Then I made pizza. We didn't have tomatoes, tomato sauce or anything like that on hand. What we did have were some herbs and nuts. I googled "parsley pesto recipe" and found Food Network's Parsley Pesto. I thought I could work with that . . .

I threw/dumped the typical pizza crust ingredients into the bread machine. I got all my ingredients and equipment out for the pesto. I even had my mini food processor plugged in the wall. Then I remembered how much food processors terrify baby Shastya. She had just been painstakingly rocked to precious sleep by my dear husband Anthony. I was not about to wake her by turning the food processor on. Instead, I turned on a little plan B: knife and cutting board. My pesto did not exactly become sauce.

After finishing my pesto project I proceeded to add a couple secret ingredients to our dinner: ghee and hing. I added hing to the pesto, and I greased my pie plate with ghee. I didn't put mozzarella on top because I hadn't set the mozzarella out to thaw. I just went with the parmesan from the sabotaged pesto for my cheese.

My dough did not rise. We had a very dense herb pie. Surprisingly, I liked it. I'm looking forward to having some of the leftovers for lunches. Food stories . . . that all really happened . . .