Monster & Ghost Pancakes

The other morning I decided to try another Halloween themed pancake idea so I chose ghosts and monster blobs. They turned out better than the pumpkins.

 

 What you'll need:

•pancake mix (I used whole wheat)

•water

•no stick skillet or cooking spray

 

Here is a video I'm how to make these. Keep in mind that you need to let the outline darken before filling in and once you fill in be sure to fill in as fast as possible. 

 

 

Quick and easy Breastfeeding breakfast/snack

I am not a big oatmeal eater and until now I don't think I had ate oatmeal since I was a child. I had read how oatmeal is great for breastfeeding moms and healthy too! Oatmeal has many health benefits ; it helps lower cholestoral, contains complex carbs, high in fiber and aside from that it helps with energy and can help your milk supply. I thought I'd give it a try again. Now, I've seen a lot of people posting about chia seeds so while in Kroger I stumbled upon Simple Truth Organic instant cinnamon and cranberry chia oatmeal. Incase you are not familiar with chia seeds here is a picture from www.authoritynutrition.com with some information.

To me this seemed like something I could eat every morning to help me with breastfeeding, have energy, feel fuller longer and to be healthy. I bought some and decided to add my own touch. I added some fresh strawberries, blueberries, apple pieces and cooked it all together. Once it was ready I topped it off with some Simple Truth organic vanilla yogurt. This was a yummy treat that would be good any time of the day!

What you'll need:

 

•1 packet simple truth organic cranberry & cinnamon chia oatmeal.

•2 strawberries

•8-10 blueberries

•10 apple pieces

•water

•milk 

•organic low fat vanilla yogurt

1- pour oatmeal in bowl, cut up your fruit and add it in. 

2- add water just enough to soak the oats/fruit but not drown them.

3- I cook my oatmeal for 2 minutes but depending on your microwave it may be less. I cook them until all the water is absorbed and they are fluffy.

4- I add a little milk to cool it off and to make it a little more soupy as the water is usually completely soaked up after the microwave. Do as you please for the consistency you desire.

5- stir it up and top it with some vanilla yogurt. It kind of reminds me of a hot pie/cobbler with vanilla Icecream.

 

Hope you enjoy!

Cinnamon Banana Almond Butter Pancakes

I posted a recipe before that was pancakes made with bananas and eggs. I personally was not a big fan of this but I did enjoy the banana taste in them so I decided to come up with my own concoction even though I'm sure it's online or in a recipe book somewhere.

What you'll need:

•whole wheat pancake mix 

•almond butter

•1 ripe banana

•cinnamon

•vanilla extract

•mixer

•cooking spray 

•lite or sugar free syrup 

1- mix up the batter as instructed on the back of the box for how many pancakes you'd like. this recipe is for about 10 pancakes.

2- slice banana and drop into batter.

3- sprinkle cinnamon on the top to your liking. 

4- using a teaspoon that you'd eat with fill it with vanilla extract and dump into batter.

5- with the same teaspoon scoop out 4 good size scoops of almond butter and add to the batter.

6- with mixer blend everything until no banana chunks are left.

7- use cooking spray on your pan, pour batter to the size of pancake you'd like

8- flip pancakes until a golden brown, repeat last 2 steps until batter is gone

 

These were absolutely wonderful and had my house smelling so good! Assuming you use a very ripe banana it will have an awesome flavor to it. This was a big hit in my household and we all enjoyed. We topped it with some lite syrup and ate them up. If you have some left overs put them in baggies and freeze for a quick breakfast some other day!