The past week has been a challenging one - Of course I had all sorts of plans of things I wanted to do before his arrival for myself, with the children, around the house, etc and I ended up sick. Thanks to the lovely doctors within my clinic I think I am finally on the road to recovery. It has taken a few tries to get the medicine right and the current medicine makes me feel gross but hey I would rather feel gross today than Tuesday. The medicine gets Hudson all stirred up in there; I actually had to ask a friend yesterday about contractions. Ha! I have three children and still don't know about contractions...ask me about c-sections all day long but about contractions and going into labor and I know nothing.
Neal was kind enough to work it out with my parents yesterday to get the current 3 to them for the weekend so I could have some time to rest. After laying on the couch for an evening and sitting around for a morning I have quickly determined that is really hard for me. Isn't it amazing how God orchestrates our circumstances to teach us. As I sat in bed this morning "resting" I could not help but think of all the things I would rather be doing. Crazy. I am so thankful for the time but realize that in some strange way I am wasting part of it by being discontent with the one thing I know I need.
Well enough of that for now...
What I really sat down to tell you is that for a few weeks now I have been consumed with thoughts of food. What sounds good, where would I like to go eat, and how good these pancakes are. I was not sure at first if the crew around here would like them (not sure why because we like just about everything) but I tried them anyway. I have been eying them in one of my cookbooks for years now. So here they are...
1 1/2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 tespoons kosher salt
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
2 extra-large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Unsalted butter
2 ripe bananas, diced, plus extra for serving
Maple syrup
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together sour cream, milk, eggs, vanilla and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, mixing until combined.
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Ladle batter into the pan to make 3-4 at a time. (I used a 1/4 cup measuring cup.) Add a rounded tablespoon of diced bananas to each pancake. Cook until bubbles appear (2-3 minutes) on top then flip and cook until browned. Wipe out pan with a paper towel and repeat until batter is gone.
I kept the pancakes warm by setting the oven to 200 degrees and placing each batch on a plate. The whole process went rather quickly. I think the recipe says you will get 12 but I only got 11, oh well. Even Anna Grace who is not a huge banana lover asked for seconds. They were a big hit with our family.
Okay, so I am hungry now...does going out for breakfast count as resting? I mean a pregnant girl does have to eat and it seems to me that if I go in there and cook that would not be resting!
3 comments:
Courtney, I am praying for you as you have Hudson Know this upcoming week...totally understand how hard it is to rest and how God teaches us through times of having to be still...Know that I love you and am praying for you. Shawna
love you friend - Love Hudson's name - I'll be praying for you in the coming weeks as you and everyone else adjusts to life with another little one. I would love to bring you guys dinner one night - I'll check with you in a week or 2 to find a good time to drop something off.
Hi Courtney-This is Holly Troche. I wish you and all your family well in the next week with the birth of Hudson. My thoughts are with you. Resting is tough the last couple of weeks of pregnancy. I had trouble myself. I don't know about contractions either, funny not to know about it. I only know about Braxton-Hicks contractions. :)
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