pancake party

I don't know when I suddenly started making pancakes like a mad woman, but since this summer I seem to wake up on Sunday mornings and want pancakes.  I have tried tons of recipes and ingredients - blueberry, chocolate chip, raspberry....... but since it is now fall, and I am obsessed with pumpkin, I had to try some pumpkin pancakes.  I have to say these are hands down the best pancakes I have made in a while, and they are healthy too.  They are super easy so you should definitely try them out. And get a griddle.  What did I do before my stovetop griddle?!  Happy Sunday.

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes 

 

1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
¼ teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoons Cinnamon
¼ teaspoons Nutmeg
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar (or 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar and 1 Tablespoon Stevia)
⅓ cups Pumpkin Purée
1 whole Egg
1 cup Milk
½ teaspoons Vanilla
2 Tablespoons unsweetened apple sauce (Can also sub in 2 Tablespoons butter) 

Mix the dry ingredients together in one bowl (flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar). Whisk the rest of the ingredients together in another bowl (pumpkin, egg, milk, vanilla and applecause). Make a little well in the dry ingredients - add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.  Let the batter rest for a few minutes. Pour 1/3 cup of batter onto a pre-heated griddle on medium heat. Wait until the batter bubbles a bit around the edges and flip. Cook until both sides are lightly golden. Enjoy!

recipe of the week: acorn squash

Okay, so I am not claiming to be any sort of chef or cook, but I have really started to enjoying making things lately. Even though I am forced to cook in the very back of our apartment in the kitchen that we like to call a "fun house kitchen" since our apartment seems to get smaller the farther you walk back and the cabinets sort of lean in on you........... I have somehow managed to make a few edible dinners. I mean, I am just basically following recipes and seeing what happens. I attempted to make something up earlier in the week (clearly too ambitious...) and it ended up being a running mess, but my sweet adorable husband gobbled it up and told me it was good. I know he has to say that and he is a garbage disposal so he will basically eat anything. ANYWAY, with my new found love for cooking and especially anything to do with seasonal vegetables, farmers markets, locally grown food........ I am going to start doing a recipe a week or more like a vegetable of the week. I was really super duper sad to give up all my summer fruits and vegetables (tata summer squash and wonderful tomatoes......) and have had to adapt to all the fall produce. This is the second time I have made this, but this Southwestern Stuffed Acorn Squash is awesome. It is really filling and is simple to make. You can make it vegetarian by omitting the turkey sausage, but I actually added a little lean ground beef instead to Wesley's and he really liked it. Also, I overcooked the squash a little bit in the oven to give it a crispy top. I like burned food, okay? Serve with a side of sour cream (duh) and you've got a meal. It may not look pretty, but it suuurreeee tastes good. Happy Fall!