Pancake Man

 

I have the BEST husband EVER! What more could a women ask for in a man?  He gets up early ever Saturday morning to retrieve our bountiful basket then makes us the most amazing pancakes I have ever had.  They are to die for and he takes great pride in these scrumptious wheat delicacies.  He uses several different grains and is always tweaking his recipe.  He is truly the pancake master! (recipe below)

Granny Smith’s Whole Wheat Pancakes (Joe Hartzell Version)

      1 cup of soft white wheat kernels (or any wheat really, we just like soft white ;)

           ½ cup of spelt

           ¼ cup of millet

           ¼ cup of golden flax seed meal

           2 ½ cups of milk

 Blend together until creamy, app. 1 minute (if your blender isn’t powerful enough, you may need to grind your wheat first)

          Mix together the following ingredients prior to blending wheat and milk

          2/3 cup extra virgin raw olive oil

          2 Tbsp of raw local honey

          4 eggs

          1 banana

          6-8 strawberries or any other fruit as desired

          1 tsp vanilla

Blend together for app. 30 seconds with wheat and milk mixture. Pour mixture into large bowl and add 2 Tbps of Baking Powder and mix with wire whisk until powder is well mixed

          Now cook on a flat surface, add flax seed on top and cinnamon for additional flavors, we love putting chocolate chips in as it cooks

Ice Cream Cone

This is Shyloh's first ice cream cone! We have tried our bestest to keep her away from ice cream but Grandpas are entitled to spoil their grand kids!  Dad Nielsen had dropped me off to get some blood work done and said he would keep the kiddies busy.  He picked me up and this is what I found.  He said she knew exactly what to do with that cone! She took it and dug right in! She finished hers in half the time Nolan did and Nolan couldn't even finish his.  It was the cutest thing ever watching her gobble up that ice cream! She is just so cute.