Protein pancakes

Life is sad without pancakes this time of the year. With darkness, cold and snowstorms  carbohydrates become unsanely desirable. 

3 eggs, a cup of milk, 2 teaspoons of white sugar, a pinch of salt and a half teaspoon of baking soda or a teaspoon of dry yeast and enough all-purpose bleached wheat flour mixed together to make for batter that has to be scooped rather than poured. Grilled in substantial amounts of oil and served with sour cream, jam or honey to make a perfect winter breakfast.
Very high in carbs.
And what we need is a healthy balance of protein, carbs and fat. 

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Substitute white sugar with brown sugar,  take unbleached flour...
Sorry, whom are we kidding, still very high in carbs.

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Option one.
Sub sour cream with something high in protein: Greek yoghurt or cottage cheese.

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Option two.
Make batter protein-reach:

whisk 3 eggs, mix with 1 cup of cottage cheese, few tablespoons of water and 1 cup of rolled oats (branded as "Old-fashioned oats"  vs. "Quick"), let the mix stay for 7-10 minutes to let oats reabsorb the liquid.   Add 2 rounded tablespoons of flour, salt and soda. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water if needed to achieve desired thickness.

Go! 

Anne's Food: Semmelkladdkaka or Cardamom-Almond Blondie

Anne's Food: Semmelkladdkaka or Cardamom-Almond Blondie: Semlor is all the rage in Sweden this time of year. Let's do a short recap: It's a yeasted bun, flavored with lots of cardamom, an...

In anitisipation of breakfast

A splendid breakfast idea Crispy Hash Breakfast Skillet (by Sally Baker).

I removed bacon and cheese from ingredients to better suit my taste.
I am in favour of crushed red pepper flakes and would use them rather than ground black pepper. But otherwise it's perfect.

Perfect hash 
Immediately after shredding the potatoes, place them into a large bowl lined with paper towels and squeeze the heck out of them with more paper towels on top. Grab more paper towels if you need to and just keep squeezing. Alternatively, you could shred the potatoes onto a kitchen towel, wrap them up, and squeeze them out over the sink.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium Russet or Yukon Gold potatoes (or sweet potatoes)
• 1 large bell pepper, chopped (I used 1/2 of a red and 1/2 of a green)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 4 large eggs
• chopped fresh or dried parsley (optional)

Reuse or recycle or die

 

Introducing stainless steel drinking straws. Drinkers who are ecologically
aware won't  use plastic straws. Straws are either natural straws or forget it. But if one can't live a full life without a straw in his glass, metal it be.







And not to get bored after you guests departed, use

Drink Straw Cleaning Brush.  

And next I would like to introduce Wooden 100% recyclable toothpicks for cleaning drink straw cleaning brushes. 

 

Cheers!

VARIOUS ANIMALS IN CENTER

Long, long ago people used to gather for dinner and eat from matching plates.

Like those
Pattern: ARA117 by Arabia of Finland  
Description: VARIOUS ANIMALS IN CENTER,COUPE, NO TRIM






Found here. Discontinued... 

And this one is a creative way to serve a piece of literature: