She Says: Candle 79 & Pancakes
Saturday, June 27th, 2009Hey Everyone
I just had some delicious pancakes a la Caitlin and her pancake eating ways.
Buckwheat Oat Pancakes
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1/2 C Buckwheat Flour
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1/2 C Oats
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1/2 t baking powder
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1 egg
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2 t vanilla
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1 squirt agave
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1/2 mashed banana
Simple mix it all up in a bowl and go for it!
I ate three with Bethany’s Preserves. Nom nom. They were good, but buckwheat flour does have a very strong taste. I originally wanted to use no sweetener at all, and if I had more bananas I probably could have avoided the agave. Now I am psyching myself up to to go to the gym. I haven’t run since Sunday. I think I am saving it for my training that will start soon. Plus I just ate three pancakes and who can run after that?
Friday Night Dinner with the Bloggers
Let me back up to Friday night when I had dinner with some lovely New York bloggers and one blogger boyfriend. Liz (Veggie Girl) was in town and of course I wanted to meet her. She picked Candle 79 as the spot for our dinner, which I was excited to try.
There were 14 of us (me, Sarah, Caroline, Liz (aka VeggieGirl), Katie, Ari, Danielle, Amelia, Katharine, Diana, Olga, Deidre, Marina and Amie), but I was a lazy blogger and didn’t take many pictures. Check out their blogs for forthcoming recaps.
I chose the Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Cake, described as easonal vegetables, red pepper-coconut curry, apricot-date chutney, toasted almonds
I could not get a decent shot without the flash, and even this is extremely poor quality.
I thought it was delicious, especially the on top apricot-date chutney. The outside of the “burger” was crispy and this inside was soft (almost like a very moist meatloaf). I tried to go slowly, but I ate the whole thing. At first, I was still hungry, but after dinner I walked about 15 blocks up to my friend’s house and actually got really full along the way. I was glad because I would have been said if I was still hungry after such a delicious dinner. Thank you bloggies for coming to the dinner! It was fun to meet or see you again and I hope we can do it again soon.
At my friend’s house we watched the Housewives of NJ reunions. So scandalous. I wish I knew what Danielle supposedly did to make Caroline cry like that!
Well, it’s not raining here today and I should get a start on my day. Summer Enrichment classes start on Monday and I honestly haven’t prepared much! Summit planning and birthday celebrations took precedence this week. I must do that today and tomorrow.


