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Whole Wheat Pancakes for Two

April 19, 2013

whole wheat pancakes for two

It’s Saturday tomorrow. And these pancakes are FLUFFY.

Remember when I showed you this picture? These are those, and those are these. One in the same.

Except that time I was feeling a little extra generous with myself and added 1,000 chocolate chips to the batter.

Chocolate chips or no chocolate chips, I just adore pancakes. They’re my go-to breakfast choice on Saturday mornings. Eggs and French toast and bacon and all that is good, because, I mean, let’s be real: I love all food. But those other breakfast foods just don’t hold up to the goodness of a big stack of fluffy pancakes soaking up a puddle of melted butter and maple syrup.

This recipe comes from a really sweet blogger named Jessica. Or Jess. I haven’t met her in person so I can’t say what you should call her for sure. She goes by Jess on her blog but maybe something like GENIUS would be more appropriate considering these pancakes were born from her famous fluffy whole wheat pancake recipe.

Jess, your pancakes rock.

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Papaya Mango Smoothie

April 10, 2013

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It’s official: I’m hooked on papayas.

Papaya smoothies, papaya in curry, papaya covered with brown sugar and lime, Thai green papaya salad (alright, so far that one just exists in my head)… but all around, sweet and savory and everything else, I am just adoring everything about this tropical fruit.

Did you know that papayas have these big seeds in them? Er, actually, they’re little. But there’s a lot of them. They are squishy and they taste bitter and spicy and they go straight to the garbage. Gar-bage. I said it.

But actually, every time I cut into one of these gorgeous fruits and before I scoop those seeds into my reject bowl, I just stand in awe for a minute and try to think of yet another angle for photographing how beautiful that sweet, juicy coral-pink-yellow fruit is against the texture of the squishy black seeds.

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posted in: Everyday, Healthy, Sweet Things 58 Comments

Honey Nut Steel Cut Oats

April 3, 2013

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My first goal with this post is to convince you to get a rice cooker.

Yes. Stay with me here.

Because my second goal is to get you to use your rice cooker to make your breakfast for you.

And then my third goal is to get you to truly enjoy steel cut oats. Because I know, like, one crazy person who actually likes a big bowl of those harsh grains, and I am not that one person. Harsh is a weird way to describe food, but do you know what I mean? They’re just… too much on their own.

So when I think delicious breakfast involving any ingredient named steel, I think of this little one: bananas, almonds, honey, steel cut oats, regular oats, AND bulgur. That’s right – triple grain! And honey-nut sweet. I’m in love.

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Strawberry Jam Muffins

March 4, 2013

Strawberry Jam Muffins-2

Did we ever talk about this?

berries

That would be a package of strawberries for 13 dollars. Thirteen. Dollars.

That’s why I don’t buy strawberries here in the Philippines, or berries of any kind, really.

Don’t feel bad for me. I mean, bananas, papaya, mango, pineapple? Those heavenly golden fruits of the tropics keep my fruit-loving self happy and they don’t require draining the savings account. It’s like… the best thing ever.

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Coffee Cake Muffins

January 4, 2013

I cannot believe how much has happened since that Baked Rigatoni post went out a wee 48 hours ago.

Coffee Cake Muffins

I’m currently sitting in my nice comfy bed, propped up with the computer on my lap, and all is well. Or, getting well. But here’s a little reader-friendly recap of where I’ve been over the last two days:

on the couch, covered with blankets, freezing cold, and news flash: that’s not normal
taking my temperature and confirming a fever
at the mall, buying a new computer to replace Bjork’s almost broken one (of course)
keeled over a case of iPhone covers, holding my stomach in pain

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Gingerbread French Toast

December 12, 2012

Time for Christmas listing.

gingerbread french toast

This year, that means ordering a few smallish, lightish things on Amazon and having them shipped to family and friends, also known as I’ll just give you a real present next year.

Followed by a trip to the ~~zoo~~ mall to buy waveboards, remote control cars, and watches for the kids at the orphanage. I’ve been asking around with the preteen kids to find out everyone is hoping for this year, and some of their gift ideas just plain old MELT me. Like my girls told me, in all seriousness, that they want math workbooks. For working on MATH. And plain white paper, and stickers, and “ball pens”. And jeans.

Ok, fine, I’ll buy it all for everyone.

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Gingerbread Loaves with Lemon Glaze

December 3, 2012

It’s Christmastime!

gingerbread loaves

Or is it really? {crink eye}

I feel like the world is playing a trick on me. From where I stand it looks more like primo beach season. True, people are wearing jeans and little sweater-like things, Christmas music and flashing neon nativity scenes have been going strong since, oh, I dunno, JULY, and I can’t find a seat at Starbucks.

But nothing about the climate in the Philippines makes me feel like it’s Christmastime. Nothing. There’s not even like, a stray orange leaf or anything.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Muffins

November 5, 2012

I’ll just put it out there. Best muffins ever.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Muffins

That’s right. Best muffins ever.

This is like combining everything I’ve ever loved in a muffin and baking it to fluffy, moist, streusely perfection: peanut butter, banana, cinnamon, and chocolate chips.

And whole wheat flour, although that’s not exactly the sort of thing you’ve loved forever. It’s more of the sneak it into your food and feel better about eating thirteen muffins for breakfast kind of thing.

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Fall Favorites

October 31, 2012

Do you know those times when you just wanna be with your mom?

I do.

And I got the best Halloween present ever this year. MY MOM!

Mom

I picked her up at the airport late last night just so we could spend our favorite holiday wearing cat ears and eating candy together. Kidding. But the candy part sounds about right.

Halloween feels like a good time for me to admit that I’ve never really been one to make holiday themed treats. Or I guess I should say cutesy holiday themed treats. You’re shocked, I know. Like the black and white cupcakes with a spooky/beautiful spiderweb pattern? I just… I don’t. I don’t and I won’t.

I will just be forever in awe of you who make our world pretty.

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Double Chocolate Oatmeal

October 26, 2012

I’ve always been a dessert fan. Lover. Adorer. Obsesser. And by the way, spell check wants me to write that as Observer. Not a chance, spell check. Not.a.chance.

It is a really bad and really good day when I wake up and see those chocolate cookies that I made yesterday sitting on the counter and POOF, just like that, three are gone. And it’s 6am. It all happens so fast.

I am definitely not a dessert observer, spell check. Sheesh.

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posted in: Breakfast, Dessert, Everyday, Gluten Free 41 Comments

Brown Sugar Apple, Wheat Berry, & Yogurt Parfaits

October 15, 2012

Normal people have hobbies like biking and scrapbooking and knitting. I have a hobby called loving pasta and dessert. And to offset that, I am developing a hobby called trying to eat healthy sometimes and eating new ancient grains. Totally normal.

And I give you now – wheat berries!

Aren’t they cutest little grains you’ve ever seen?

Caramel Rolls with Apples and Walnuts

October 8, 2012

Caramel Rolls with Apples and Walnuts

I blinked and it was Monday.

I’m a little sad.

This weekend was filled with some wonderful things, including babysitting 30 kids on a Friday night, and maybe wonderful isn’t the right word for that, but whatever, hosting a Matilda movie night with my girls, and filling our lives to the brim with these heavenly rolls. Somehow treadmills and green veggies and rational portion sizes didn’t make their way into the weekend mix, but Mondays are good for that thing called a fresh start. On second thought, so are Tuesdays.

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Chili and Cornbread Waffle Stacks

September 24, 2012

Chili and Cornbread Waffle Stacks

Napkin, please.

Let’s get messy today with runny egg yolks over spicy chili and sweet cornbread waffles. Yeah? I won’t even judge if you if you have eggs yolks running down your chin and chili drippings on your shirt.

Can I be honest with you? I am a total sugar-lover, so savory waffles are extremely out of the box for me.

But then I found out that I lovvvve these, a lot.

Syrup and whipped cream, I’ll come back for you around midnight.

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Bread Pudding with Hot Butter Rum Sauce

September 4, 2012

Ohhh-kay.

This is one of my favorite breakfast recipes, ever ever ever.

One quick question: is this breakfast? Forget that. In my house, today, it was breakfast.

Champorado {Chocolate Coconut Sticky Rice}

August 17, 2012

Today I was noticing something.

Our fruit bowl is full, and guess what it’s full of? Not mangoes, because I married a mango beast who finds a way to eat 3782 mangoes every day.

It’s full of apples and oranges. WHAT?! Who am I right now? I am living in a paradise of fresh, sweet, juicy tropical fruit and somehow my fruit bowl is full of oranges and apples? Nooooo!

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