Hazel-friendly Oatmeal Pancakes

I was browsing pinterest one day and came across some oatmeal pancakes.  I like oatmeal.  I like pancakes.  So, they should be good, right.  Wrong.  They are A May Zing.  They had tons of dairy in them (cottage cheese, milk AND eggs).  So, I actually combined a few different recipes and then vegan-ized them for Hazel.  So scrumptious!  Hazel inhaled six of these babies in 4 minutes flat.  Cannon is my tougher critic as he doesn't like most of my Hazel-friendly recipes - but he also gobbled down 6 of these leaving only 2 for me.  If you should feel so inclined as to try this recipe, please splurge on some real maple syrup.  Pretty please?  You won't regret it.  I'm thinking these with some sliced strawberries on Christmas morning.  Can't wait!  They're pretty healthy, too.





Dry Ingredients:

• 1 Cup whole wheat flour
• 1 Cup rolled oats (or you could use instant oats but rolled oats are so much better)
• 2 Tablespoons Sucanat (which is evaporated cane juice or you could use sugar)
• 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 Cups almond milk with 1 1/2 tsp. of vinegar mixed in and set to rest for a minute (or buttermilk)
• 1/2 Cup rice or almond milk
• 1/4 Cup olive oil
• Egg replacer for 2 eggs

Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Then mix in all the wet ingredients and let it sit for 10-15 minutes so the rolled oats get moist and soggy.  You could at this point blend it in a blender if you want it smooth but don't add the baking powder to the blender or your batter will explode.  Personal experience.  But I promise you won't notice the oats if you let it sit long enough.  Spoon about 1/4 cup onto a hot griddle and brown each side.  Serve with coconut oil and maple syrup.  Enjoy!

What the Wednesday!

We woke up to a newly festive Christmas tree

Alphie got into Cannons underpants drawer

And put underpants all over our tree!

That naughty little elf!

I really really really

Want to learn Japanese

I can sing a song and say please and hi

 I'm almost there

Hazel told me this morning

"Perry is a platypus"

But it was the cutest thing I've ever heard

pwat-a-pwus

I've been making her say it every 30 seconds

Don't you love when 2-year-olds say cute things?

The Nightmare Before Christmas

It's more of a Halloween movie, right?

I mean, they talk about Christmas

But it's kind of scary for little kids

It was on as a Christmas special the other night

Cannon was loving it

Hazel not so much

She's terrified of witches

She talks about them all the time - it's pretty bad

I turned it off after the first song

She still had a nightmare

before Christmas

Jarom came home with this the other day

We lost the cow the first 24 hours we had it

Tore the house apart looking for it

Awesome

 I just love Christmas time

Everything about it makes me happy

And chubby

It has been SO cold this week

Like 30* as the high

Morel like 5* with the wind

But still no snow

It just doesn't feel like Christmas is really coming

Until we get a good snow

My back!

I think I did something horrible

But I just woke up on Monday with pain when I move

It's fine if I'm sitting or laying down

But getting to those positions is painful

It's like at the top though

Just between my shoulder blades

Today it's worse

Cannon jumped on me and I screamed

I feel like I'm 87

Help!!

Have a painless Wednesday!

What the, umm, Thursday!

Meet Alphie

He's our Elf on the Shelf

I found him at Thanksgiving Point's Emporium

The kids love him so far

They whisper little secrets in his ear

And they know he's reporting what he sees

Every morning we have to find his new hiding place

Oh, man, it's fun!

Hazel loves her some "guacaroni"

Which is actually just regular guacamole

She eats it with a spoon and begs for more when it's gone

Robin Hood has been on constant replay at our house

Ooodalaly!

Thanksgiving was pie-licious

I still have some chocolate silk pie in my fridge

And I swear it calls my name at least 3 times a day

Help!

Christmas just gets better every year

This year both of the kids know exactly what is happening

It's a lot of pressure, though

Seriously

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday

I'm about 75% done with Christmas shopping

Hooray for screaming deals!

Watch this

Is that not the most awkward thing you've ever seen?

I'm so glad Jarom and I kissed a few times
(heh heh, okay a LOT)

Before our wedding day
In front of everyone we know
I feel bad laughing
But it's just SO hilarious




I made the best salsa last night
 But I just kind of dumped stuff in the blender and hit pulse a few times
Now I'll never be able to make it that good again
Sad




 Have a happy Thursday!