On Sunday, my car was broken into. Well, I don't know if you can say "broken into," because I left it unlocked in my driveway. It was stupid, I know. Totally my fault. But it was still so violating to see that my car door was open the next morning, my bags were emptied and all over the car, and my garage door opener was gone. Boo-urns. Police report filed, and garage door motor unplugged until we can get it reprogrammed.
Then I took my son back-to-school shopping. I thought that would be a nice way for us to bond and get our minds off of the car thing. Yeah, I didn't think about the fact that I would become an emotional wreck as I was buying my son size 6 clothes (when did that happen?!?!) and he's telling me what is cool or uncool, and we are picking out folders and gluesticks and crayons, and looking at backpacks and lunch boxes. My baby is starting full time kindergarten in a month. What the heck???
On Monday, my one year old daughter had a cardiac catheterization scheduled in Seattle. We had to be at the hospital at 6:45am and planned on being there most of the day! She has a PDA (see this link here for a simple explanation) and it needed to be closed up. This was probably one of the scariest times of my life (aside from when my son spent his first 10 days of life in the NICU for the same condition!) and I think in the end we all handled it ok, but my own heart is still not fully recovered! And I think I may have a few extra grey hairs on my head today!
My mom left to go back to her home in Oregon this afternoon, so the kids and I were finally home alone again in the evening, as usual. I decided I felt like making pancakes for dinner. I got this new cookbook the other day and I love it!! It goes along with the 21 Day Fix nutrition guide and it is full of great go-to recipes like tomato sauce, mac and cheese, salad dressings, etc. And they are all made from whole, healthy ingredients with the container amounts listed for each portion.
So here is the recipe for the yummy pancakes I made!
Banana Oat Pancakes (From the cookbook Fixate)
- 1 c. unsweetened almond milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 large ripe banana
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 c. old fashioned oats
- dash salt
Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Heat 1/2 tsp. coconut oil in a skillet over medium to medium-low heat, pour 1/4 cup batter into skillet per pancake. Cook 2-3 minutes on one side (until bubbles form on edges of pancake) and flip to cook another 1-2 minutes on the other side.
Makes approx. 8 pancakes.
Serving size is 2 pancakes.
Container equivalents for 1 serving: 1 yellow, 1/2 purple.
*You can ensure that these are totally gluten free by getting certified gluten free oats and baking powder.
They were a hit with both of my kids! We like to eat our pancakes with some peanut butter and a little bit of maple syrup. Yum!
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