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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Sweet Potato Whole Wheat Pancakes

This is a Whole Wheat Pancakes recipe that I switched up a bit; you know me it is impossible for me to make pancakes without a veggie in it.

Ingredients:

2 cups milk 
2 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp panella
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp canola oil
1 large egg, fork beaten

1 1/2 cup shredded sweet potatoes

Directions:

Combine milk and apple cider vinegar - set aside
Combine both flours, panella , baking powder, Baking soda and salt. 
Add oil, egg and milk mixture - mix well.
Fold in sweet potatoes.

Drop about 1/4 cup batter on hot greased frying pan, cook until edges bubble then flip and cook other side. Serve warm with pure maple syrup.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Peanut Balls

This is a not too sweet yummy desert; I told C Monster that they were candy balls, he bought it; tried one and loved them.  I can bribe him to eat almost anything with the promises of a nut ball. On top of this it is no bake so a great desert to have the little ones help with.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Smooth Almond Butter
1/2 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
1 cup liquide Honey
1 cup skim milk powder
1 cup puff rice cereal
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
icing sugar - about 1/4 cup

Directions:
Combine almond butter, peanut butter and honey until smooth.  Add milk powder and mix well. Add puff rice cereal and graham crumbs and mix very well. At this point you may need to use your hands and kneed the dough to make sure it is properly blended.

After mixing is done form small balls about 1- 1 1/12 inches in diameter and roll each ball in icing sugar. place in a container and store in the refrigerator. Best served cold.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Nut and Fruit Shake

Ingredients:
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 tbsp honey
1 banana
1 cup chopped frozen strawberries
3/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup milk

Directions:
Place in your blender walnuts and process on low until they are all ground up. Add honey, strawberries; process until the strawberries are all broken up and kinda look like sorbet. Add remainder ingredients, scrap down sides of blender then process until juice is smooth.

Enjoy cold, serves 2.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Whole Wheat Banana Bread

My new challenge that I have taken on is modifying my recipes that almost everything that C monster eats has some vegetables hidden in it.  So this last week I took on my grandmother's recipe that C monster already loves and made it better and healthier. The end result is a very tasty banana bread that does not only have banana's but also sweet potato added to the batter.

Classic Banana Bread (my grandmother's recipe)
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3 small bananas, crushed

New and Improved Banana Bread Recipe
1/4 canola oil

3/4 cup panella
2 eggs
1 1/2 whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 2 large)
1 cup shredded sweet potatoes

Directions
Combine all ingredients - mix well, pour batter in greased loaf pan and bake for approximately 1 hour or until cooked.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Maple Syrup

Well this is not a recipe but it's food related.  I just wanted to share with my friends and readers the contact info for what we believe is the best maple syrup we have yet to taste.

McCutcheon's they are a few hours out of Toronto and so worth the trip.  This is a real maple syrup producing facility so don't expect hay rides or any of that. However the it's a family run operation and they are crazy nice.

Check out their site : http://www.mccmaple.com/site/index-2.html

As long as the syrup is ready we will be there next weekend.