Madi woke up this morning and is sooooo sick. Don't know if it is the swine flu or not--the doctor's office told us to keep her at home, contained as much to one room as possible, have her drink lots of liquids and treat her symptoms. Our home teachers came over to give her a blessing. She is miserable.
She just told me she needed to write a paper. I told her that she wouldn't be going to school on Monday. She said, "How do you know?" I told her she could only go if she didn't have a temperature for a 24 hr period (without any medication). (Sigh...she is quite determined :-)
Meanwhile, I rush around and disinfect door knobs, light switches, anything that needs it. My hands are already dry from washing so much and from hand sanitizer.
Before Madi woke up this morning, however, I found a new recipe for pancakes and I had been mixing them up when I found out about Madi. There is no one here to share them with, but I made them any way and I think that they are really good. John's mom told me that John's sister, Terri, and her husband, Daniel, slather their pancakes with vanilla yogurt before they add the syrup. I decided to try it, but I have some peaches that I picked up at a fruit stand yesterday, so I peeled one and added it to the top of the yogurt (homemade vanilla) before I added some of the real maple syrup John's parents brought us when they came last week to visit. It is very good! I think I will fix this tomorrow after church. MMMMmmmmmmm!
I did change the recipe by adding one additional egg, and just a tad less baking soda and baking powder. I also used (from my food storage) powdered buttermilk and powdered milk--I mixed them in with the dry ingredients, and then after I had mixed the dry ingredients really well (I hate it when you can taste the baking powder!) I just added 2 1/2 cups of water for the milks, and the rest of the ingredients right into the dry ingredients, mixing just until mixed. Then I threw in the chopped walnuts.
Grain and Nut Whole Wheat Pancakes | |
 | | Rated: |  | Submitted By: MYLEEN Photo By: Miss Nefarious Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes | Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 | |
"This is the BEST pancake recipe I've tried - nutty, moist, and tasty pancakes!"
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups buttermilk | 1 cup milk 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 1/3 cup sugar 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts (optional) |
Directions:
| 1. | Grind the oats in a blender or food processor until fine. In a large bowl, combine ground oats, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. |
| 2. | In another bowl, combine buttermilk, milk, oil, egg, and sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix wet ingredients into dry with a few swift strokes. Stir in nuts, if desired. |
| 3. | Lightly oil a skillet or griddle, and preheat it to medium heat. Ladle 1/3 cup of the batter onto the hot skillet; cook the pancakes for 2 to 4 minutes per side, or until brown. |
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Pray that the rest of us will not catch this from Madi--it would really throw Bethany's life into a turmoil, and John doesn't do well with being "sick" period. Taylor, Seth, and I would just suffer through it.
As a side note, we are having a little road and RV pad put in currently, so we have a place to park our new "to us" little trailer, and John's drift boat. Here are some pictures.
Above: Our trailer and boat parked in the driveway...
Below: Where their new home will be
By the way--it is really cold here (20 degrees this morning!). John still went fishing...
