My husband = work in Chicago, me = visiting family in Sacramento.
Leaving this little guy behind:
And our garden – maybe the title should have been “Hang on Little Tomato“:
Two packages of banana bread to go:
I miss home already.
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
Check out Wordle! It is a lot of fun and somewhat addictive, but don’t take my word for it….I am a Scrabble player.
By Beverly Cleary. I believe I had the paperback back in the 80s when I was in grade school. Sappy, I know.
And you know those days when you are asking yourself, “why me?”. Well, the last two days have been like that for me. I am not trying to get sympathy here, but it is almost funny. This is the super ultra-condensed version. Yesterday, my car wouldn’t start…and today, I tried to bake some more banana chocolate chip bread (posted earlier) and the oven started to smoke. Then I had a particular program crash on me multiple times and printer problems, and etc. I am done now. Like I said, it is almost laughable.
Is there a full moon out by any chance?
Anyway, in spite of having a bad day or two, I managed to complete a couple of projects. One is the mouse pad – my design printed on canvas fabric for the top and felt for the bottom. Don’t pay attention to the dirty wireless mouse.
Second is another lined (with stripes!) pouch. This time I used felt to do a little edging around the opening and no zipper. I am thinking for tissue or something small like buttons, thread, ribbons. Even paperclips. Something you want to grab fast and don’t want to unzip anything to get to it.
A pancake blog would be very cool. Taking photos of various flavors – banana, blueberry, green onion and pumpkin (my personal favorite). You would have to get a little more creative than that…maybe mango coconut? My husband and I were having a conversation just last night about how all scents and flavors *must have* at least two words or a mixture of two or more. Pomegranate + green tea, brown sugar + fig. Use the examples and forget the comma – now there is something to look forward to. Yikes! Anyway, I am sure there is a pancake blog out there somewhere, but I just couldn’t bring myself to fix pancakes as often as I would need to in order to maintain a blog. Well, I guess you could as long as it was a weekly thing. Oh goodness… too much coffee this morning is the explanation for the babble. My point is that you probably will not find many pancake posts here although the blog is called “Pancakes for Dinner”. I hope to explain why it is called Pancakes for Dinner a little bit later in the “About” section.
Figs + goat cheese + honey + garlic + pita bread. A yummy snack I found here.
Thomas + me + crafting room. You’ll find us here.
This is a very easy and delicious recipe for breakfast… or anytime! If you make this recipe using the mini loaf pans, you can freeze them for later consumption or give them away for others to enjoy. Also, perfect size serving for your little ones.
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350°
In a large bowl, mix mashed bananas and melted butter with a wooden spoon. Mix in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle and stir in the baking soda and salt. Add the flour and chocolate chips last and mix. Pour mixture into a greased 4×8 inch loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
One nice perk for women who live in the North Bay: the annual Athleta 70% off sale in Petaluma. I purchased some sideline-vegan J-41s for only eighteen dollars. Cool, eh? That is just one example of many good deals. However, you must bring a lot of patience and a decent amount of time on your hands for this event. There was a sea of women – and it was difficult to move an inch in any direction! I still say it’s worth the wait, though. It is my third year attending and there is no way you leave empty-handed. It is a sure thing. Hey – remember that mid-80s movie with John Cusack and the poster with the half-naked lady on it (that narrows it down)? This is “The Sure Thing“.
