Pumpkin Pancake Post
Seems like some of you were pretty excited about the tofu gnocchi. And rightly so!
I even got a comment from Mama Pea herself. When I get comments from the “big time bloggers” (in my opinion anyways) I get pretty excited myself. It’s kind of like when I was ten and emailed Justin Timberlake and “he wrote back.”
Anyways I recently realized I’ve been using Libby’s pumpkin pie mix instead of the plain old canned pumpkin, oops. Did anyone else notice this?
In celebration of buying a can of the real stuff and because it turns out not having to run in the morning gives me a lot of extra time I decided to take some time to make some breakfast pancakes, recipe and all.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Pancakes (Compliments of Chelsey — you can find her recipe here!)
Pancakes sound time consuming what with the batter making and all but in all honesty it’s pretty simple and quick.
After mixing up the batter it’s a simple as heating a pan, plopping in a few spoonfuls of batter letting it cook till you can flip ’em.
Check out that rich color!
I topped my pumpky pancakes with 1/2 a mashed banana and a drizzle of maple, yummmm.
After my leisurely breakfast I knew the day was going to be busy — school to work to Rockies — so I made sure to pack something to eat at the game ahead of time.
Peanut Butter, Banana & Granola Sandwich
Step 1. Spread both pieces of bread with peanut butter
Step 2. Rejoice about your dwindling peanut butter supply because it means OIAJ are in your near future!
Step 3. Layer one slice with banana and the other with granola for some crunch.
Step…. what step am I on again? Oh right, 4. Slap your bread together, cut down the middle and have a sandwich photo shoot.
I took our gnocchi leftovers for lunch and don’t forget your fruits and veggies.
Today was a good day in the world of food, however my toe is still hurting so so bad and it’s bruised now 😦
On a brighter note, Joey and I just bought plane tickets for a mini vaca to Texas. Vacation, good. Having to watch the Cowboys game, bad. I’m mostly looking forward to going to Spiral Diner while we’re there. It’s vegan and Joey even picked it out! Everything looks SO good, I can hardly contain my excitement 🙂
Have any upcoming plans your particularly jazzed about?
Toe-fu
Can I just tell you what an idiot I am?
In an attempt to jump over my couch to get to the bathroom (something I do on a daily basis) I jammed my toes into the hard back of the couch! It brought tears to my eyes it hurt so bad. I’m icing now but my toe is throbbing pretty hard. Looks like my run is out of the question for tomorrow.
I’m crossing my fingers that it’s nothing serious. I have a half marathon to run!
Up until then today (which by the time this post goes up will be tomorrow) had been a pretty good day.
Beanie and I hit up a new restaurant on The Hill called Thai Avenue. We both ordered the “Crystal Noodles.” Bean thread noodles with veggies.
Veggies, nom nom nom.
It was HOT today! But I enjoyed a leisurely walk back to my car instead of taking the bus back 🙂
Fast forward through homework and lifting and we find ourselves preparing some tofu for… gnocchi?
Everytime I press tofu I resist the urge to set the pieces up like dominos.
I used Mama Pea’s recipe, which can be found here (and I highly recommend you try it!)
Blend away.
Gnocchi making might seem a little labor intensive and slightly intimidating but it’s really pretty easy. You mix your food of choice be it tofu or potato with flour.
Refrigerate 15-30 minutes then divide into smaller sections to roll out.
Then cut into small “gnocchi-size” pieces and add them to a pot of boiling water.
The gnocchi will float to the top when they’re done. Remove them with a slotted spoon and let them drain for a few minutes.
Top with marinara or what have you and enjoy!
These were good. Joey responded by saying “Those are some damn gnocchi!” I’ll take that as a good thing 🙂
I’m off to the freezer. I hear chocolate heals sore toes…
Run Recovery
The run must have worn Joey out
And apparently it’s bright in our apartment
Whole Foods provided some excellent run recovery fuel.
The Rockies are out of the playoffs but we smiled our way through the game anyways
Mom and Beanie invited me to try out a new restaurant with them called Leenie’s
Despite what this picture makes it look like I only ate two bites of my beignet because it was no where near as good as a real Cafe du Monde beignet!
I woke up with a sliightly sore throat so not only did I decide on soup for dinner but I decided on a butternut soup WITH ginger, which I hear is good for colds (or whatever is going on with my throat).
This Roasted Butternut Squash and Shallot Soup had rave reviews. It was pretty gingery but also pretty delicious. Especially paired with fresh french bread 🙂
Here’s to another warm week here in Colorado!
Lauren Loves Good Food 