Serves about 6
1 c. Flour, white or whole wheat
1 ¼ c. oatmeal
2 tbs of wheat bran, oat bran, or wheat germ
2 tbs of whole flax seeds
2 tsp of baking power
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tbs honey, brown sugar, or raw (turbine) sugar
1 tps of vanilla sugar or ½ tsp of vanilla
½ tsp cinnamon
2 plus c. of flopped cheese, flopped yogurt, buttermilk or soured milk
2 eggs
½ tsb of olive oil
Put everything in a bowl and mix until combined. Cook in a large frying pan or griddle until you start to see bubbles in the top and the edges are starting to dry bottoms should be golden brown. Enjoy!
Cook’s tips: slightly under cook the pancakes, then reheat them in a toaster for weekday quick breakfasts. Enjoy them topped with honey and peanut-butter for a very filling breakfast.
Why all the funny stuff instead of just Bisquick?
The oatmeal and bran add fiber, which has been linked to preventing GI tract cancers and preventing heart disease. The flax seeds offer Omega 2 and 6 fatty acids, which are usually found in fish and are good for the heart. Olive oil is another source of heart healthly fats. As for the flopped cheese/yogurt…. Its just something I end up with from time to time and use in place of buttermilk. As the saying goes “waste not want not.”
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Barrel Gardens, Home Depot and Men
Great title, huh? I now have a garden planted in 1/2 of a 55 gal barrel that I brought back from visiting the folks. It sits on the back of my house where a propane tank use to before everything went electric. Its full of tomatoes, peas (for eating the vines, not the pods!), squash (patty pan and butternut) and I'll add basil and cucumbers once they have gotten large enough to transplant.
So in order to plant my wonderfully little plants I needed to go buy dirt (which I think I hate buying almost as much as I hate buy water). So where does dirt come from? If you answered God, nature or the ground, your wrong! It comes from Home Depot, in the gardening section, right were God left it after He used all He needed for Eve. That being said, I went off to Home Depot to get 6 40 lbs bags of potting soil, some rocks and pete moss for my garden (which is costing me more and more money...). While Home Depot did have the dirt I wanted it was missing one thing... a guy to carry all 240 lbs of dirt out to my car and help me load it. I remember reading once that Home Depot is a great place to pick up guys, I think that they were lying. Also, this is the South, well at least I think Florida is south, so one would think that at least one guy somewhere would offer to help me with my 240 lbs of dirt. Actually, come to think of it, it was rather liberating to take care of my own dirt. Nothing like getting a good work out lifting 40 lbs in and out of a car and pouring it into barrels. Yup, come to think of it, its a good thing that no guy was hanging out at Home Depot just waiting to help me with my dirt cuz if he had I'd have had to go to gym later to complete my weight training for the day:-)
P.S. April is looking like another Month of a $100 since I'll be heading back to the Keys for a week in May.
So in order to plant my wonderfully little plants I needed to go buy dirt (which I think I hate buying almost as much as I hate buy water). So where does dirt come from? If you answered God, nature or the ground, your wrong! It comes from Home Depot, in the gardening section, right were God left it after He used all He needed for Eve. That being said, I went off to Home Depot to get 6 40 lbs bags of potting soil, some rocks and pete moss for my garden (which is costing me more and more money...). While Home Depot did have the dirt I wanted it was missing one thing... a guy to carry all 240 lbs of dirt out to my car and help me load it. I remember reading once that Home Depot is a great place to pick up guys, I think that they were lying. Also, this is the South, well at least I think Florida is south, so one would think that at least one guy somewhere would offer to help me with my 240 lbs of dirt. Actually, come to think of it, it was rather liberating to take care of my own dirt. Nothing like getting a good work out lifting 40 lbs in and out of a car and pouring it into barrels. Yup, come to think of it, its a good thing that no guy was hanging out at Home Depot just waiting to help me with my dirt cuz if he had I'd have had to go to gym later to complete my weight training for the day:-)
P.S. April is looking like another Month of a $100 since I'll be heading back to the Keys for a week in May.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
And its back to the Gov grind... and Spring Break
Yup, that's right, its been 2 months since I last worked for the Feds and I've going back to gov, but this time is State. I've hired by the Florida Department of Health to do some data entry for the next 3 months, until the end of May. I think that its going to be interesing and I'll get to interact (virtually) with the state epidemiology for Maternal and Child Health. Also, there is the added bonus of being able to pay rent and spend a bit more then $100/month for everything.
I'm just one week away from Spring Break, I'll be heading to Key Largo and Miami for a long weekend with my cousin then heading back home for the rest of the week.
Note: I ended up going $20 over budget for last month's challange - living on $100. I figure that that's not to bad.
I'm not trying the $100 thing again since well its Spring Break month and since I got my car some new breaks and a tire rod, I'm already well over budget, but at least all of the strange sounds have stopped!
I'm just one week away from Spring Break, I'll be heading to Key Largo and Miami for a long weekend with my cousin then heading back home for the rest of the week.
Note: I ended up going $20 over budget for last month's challange - living on $100. I figure that that's not to bad.
I'm not trying the $100 thing again since well its Spring Break month and since I got my car some new breaks and a tire rod, I'm already well over budget, but at least all of the strange sounds have stopped!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Broke and still five days to go!
Well I am broke, in fact I am about $11 in the hole:-( But I couldn't not go to lunch with my classmates, I don't eat out unless its with other people and it was great to have friends to enjoy a nice meal with.
I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself though, living on $111 for a whole month is pretty good in my book. I think that I will relax a bit next month (its spring break!), but I'll still try and keep an eye on what I'm spending. More making lists before I go shopping instead of just throwing stuff in my cart thinking "Yeah, I need that" or "That looks yummy!" and then not having anything to cook with it.
My sister gave me a gift card for Christmas and I've decided to spend part of it on vanilla beans. I've never cooked with them before, but really want to since I getting more and more into gourmet cooking and I also want to make my own vanilla extract since I don't use imitation stuff and the real stuff is bloody pricey in the stores.
I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself though, living on $111 for a whole month is pretty good in my book. I think that I will relax a bit next month (its spring break!), but I'll still try and keep an eye on what I'm spending. More making lists before I go shopping instead of just throwing stuff in my cart thinking "Yeah, I need that" or "That looks yummy!" and then not having anything to cook with it.
My sister gave me a gift card for Christmas and I've decided to spend part of it on vanilla beans. I've never cooked with them before, but really want to since I getting more and more into gourmet cooking and I also want to make my own vanilla extract since I don't use imitation stuff and the real stuff is bloody pricey in the stores.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
My NEW diet!
So Spring Break is just around the corner and needless to say, I am itching for a trip some where, preferable some where that requires a passport! That being said, I am thinking about starting on my vacation diet. My vacation diet has nothing to do with fitting into a cute dress or a swimsuit and everything to do with having enough money to actually GO some where. Since I am already trying to live on $100/mo I am thinking that this new diet will be to simply give up eating in order to save more money!
I have a feeling that I won't stick to this new diet and that I'll still end up going on a nice vacation some where fun!
Oh, and I still have my $2 left and am pretty sure that I can make it until March one without overspending. The only good thing about not really have close friends down here yet is that I don't have people that want to go out and do things that cost money.
(and according to the spell checker, this is the first post that I've written without spelling errors!)
I have a feeling that I won't stick to this new diet and that I'll still end up going on a nice vacation some where fun!
Oh, and I still have my $2 left and am pretty sure that I can make it until March one without overspending. The only good thing about not really have close friends down here yet is that I don't have people that want to go out and do things that cost money.
(and according to the spell checker, this is the first post that I've written without spelling errors!)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Grannies and Grits, State Fair and Fried Pickles
Today I went swimming at the gym since the weather was overcast and I didn't feel like going for my normal Sunday bike ride. Towards the end of my swim this lovely Asian grandmother walked in and sat near where I had left my bag. As I got my bag, I asked the lady if the children in the pool were her grandchildren. She placed her hand over her heart, smiled and said "I no english." I asked her were she was from and she replied "I China." This time, in halting bad Chinese I asked her if those were her grandchildren in the pool and this time she lit up and replied that they were. There are few things that warm my heart more then the smile of a proud grandmother, no matter what language they speak.
I am sadly, broke. I have $2 left from my $100 and about 2 weeks left to go. I spent my money going to the Florida State Fair with a classmate and her roommates. It was fun and the fair was HUGE. I enjoyed spinny ride that spun you both round and round and upside down. It was a good ride:-) One of the girls and I were on a quest for pickles, crispy, golden fried pickles with a side of ranch dressing. While it did take an hour to find the fried pickles, they were worth it! Its been years since I had fried pickles, probably since I was waitressing in undergrad.
Also tonight, I again made my Spicy Cheese Grits with Black Beans, they are becoming one of my favorite dishes. I love it when create a new dish and it actually turns out great.
I am sadly, broke. I have $2 left from my $100 and about 2 weeks left to go. I spent my money going to the Florida State Fair with a classmate and her roommates. It was fun and the fair was HUGE. I enjoyed spinny ride that spun you both round and round and upside down. It was a good ride:-) One of the girls and I were on a quest for pickles, crispy, golden fried pickles with a side of ranch dressing. While it did take an hour to find the fried pickles, they were worth it! Its been years since I had fried pickles, probably since I was waitressing in undergrad.
Also tonight, I again made my Spicy Cheese Grits with Black Beans, they are becoming one of my favorite dishes. I love it when create a new dish and it actually turns out great.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
End of first week living on $100 and a blast from the past
Well its the end of week one, and so far so good. To date I have only spend $7.50 (on yuca fries with cheese dip, um-um good!) I still have $92.50, but I need to get milk and oatmeal since I ate the last of mine this morning.
Also, I went to First Friday in St. Pete, it was pretty fun and I love St. Pete. Its a cute city that seems to have a lot of community events going on, too bad I live an hour from there. So far I have been to the Saturday Market and First Friday and enjoyed both. Maybe if I stay in the Tampa area after grad school, maybe I'll move over to the St. Pete area.
I also just looked my up 43 things lists from 2 years ago, so far I have been able to check off 3 things and still wamt to do all the things listed. I had totally forgotten about it until I was talking about bucket lists with someone last night and today I decided to check out my old list.
http://www.43things.com/person/karguo
Also, I went to First Friday in St. Pete, it was pretty fun and I love St. Pete. Its a cute city that seems to have a lot of community events going on, too bad I live an hour from there. So far I have been to the Saturday Market and First Friday and enjoyed both. Maybe if I stay in the Tampa area after grad school, maybe I'll move over to the St. Pete area.
I also just looked my up 43 things lists from 2 years ago, so far I have been able to check off 3 things and still wamt to do all the things listed. I had totally forgotten about it until I was talking about bucket lists with someone last night and today I decided to check out my old list.
http://www.43things.com/person/karguo
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