I’ve been a SAHM (sort of) before, when Punky was 4/5. I wasn’t really home all the time since that was my last year of law school and I spent the summer studying for the Bar, but it was pretty darn close to full o n SAHM, and MacGyver was working all the time.
I got to get up a little later than usual this morning (which is good because I haven’t been able to sleep the last couple nights – I’m not sure if it’s pregnancy related or just because MacGyver’s away), then got up to put together breakfast and lunch.
On a constant mission to fit as many veggies into our diets as possible, this morning I opted to make my famous and loved Pink Pancakes. I hadn’t realized how long it has been since I last made them. They’re very simple to make – just regular whole grain pancake batter with pureed beets mixed in (I also like to throw in some ground flaxseed meal for good measure). You put in enough beet puree to make a deep pink batter:
Any you just cook them up like regular pancakes. You can’t taste the beets at all. (Trust me on this, I hate beets. I think they taste like dirt, but I recognize that they have a lot of nutritional value, and MacGyver and Punky like them. So I’m all about serving them in ways where I can’t taste them!)
Voila!
Then, I had a nice, leisurely morning. I sat in the backyard amongst all our new sprouts (for the second growing season that’s about to start!!), drank my tea, and read a ton on my Nook. Man, I love that thing.
I got some cleaning done in the kitchen and had just sat down to a nice lunch of extra veggie soup when Tonks decided to toss her cookies. Three times. At least only one of them was on the carpet. Ugh.
You know, I’m due in two weeks, and am expecting a good few years of cleaning up all manner of bodily fluids and whatnot thereafter. Can’t the dogs just hold back on eating stupid, inedible crap and let me have these last couple weeks? Lol.
Now, I just have 5 or 6 things left to get done on my list tonight (after yoga since I don’t expect to be able to sleep anyway), and I’ll feel like I actually accomplished something this weekend.
Recipe
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
3 tsps baking powder
2 tbsp sugar – Fair Trade!
1 tbsp ground flax seeds, soaked in 2 1/2 tbsp water for 5 minutes
Almond milk (I like to use unsweetened vanilla, but any version will do) or Soy, Hemp, Coconut, or Rice Milk. DO NOT USE COW MILK.
3/4 – 1 cup pureed beets
Directions
Pre-step: Mix your 1 tbsp ground flax seeds with 2 – 3 tbsp warm/hot water and let stand for at least five minutes, then:
1.Put all the ingredients except the milk together in a bowl.
2. Mix together, adding milk until you reach the desired batter consistency.
3. Fry them over medium high heat in minimal oil, just like regular pancakes, flip when the batter is bubbly and the edges are dry.
4. Enjoy a colorful breakfast with a hidden nutritional punch!