Pumpkin-Banana Pancakes are Here!!

Breakfast: Pumpkin-Banana pancakes, hardboiled egg and sliced strawberries

Lunch: Breaded and baked chicken strips, steamed carrot slices and strawberries

Afternoon snack: Puffs and organic yogurt

Breakfast: Pumpkin-Banana pancakes, hardboiled egg and blueberries

Lunch: Spaghetti, steamed vegetables and clementines

Afternoon snack: Puffs and organic yogurt

Breakfast: Pumpkin-Banana pancakes, hardboiled egg and honey dew melon

Lunch: Turkey quesadilla, black olives and sliced avocado

Afternoon snack: Sliced strawberries and peanut butter crackers

Breakfast: Pumpkin-Banana pancakes, hardboiled eggs and sliced strawberries

Lunch: Peanut butter and mashed banana roll up in a wheat tortilla, steamed baby carrots, 1/2 string cheese and whole grain Goldfish.

Afternoon snack: flavored rice cake and organic yogurt

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Pumpkin-Banana Pancakes

Ingredients:

2 very ripe bananas

1 15oz can of 100% pumpkin puree

1 TBS cinnamon

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 cups pancake mix

1 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk

1/2 cup hot water

Method:

Mash the bananas. Add pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice and cinnamon.  Add pancake mix.  Add milk.  Add water until the mixture gets a bit watery.  Combine well after each addition.  Cook on a lightly greased griddle.  They take a bit longer to cook than normal pancakes so be patient.

Labor Day is For Laboring, Right? At Least It's Delicious!

I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to do this again, but I have to say that preparing a week's worth of meals is AWESOME!  

Morning snacks:

- hard boiled eggs, raspberry whole wheat pancakes, clementines

Lunches:

- whole wheat mac and cheese, baked chicken, and watermelon

- quesadilla, apple slices (rubbed with lime to prevent browning) and avocado (will be cut morning of, not pictured)

- turkey and cheese roll up, steamed carrots and hummus

Afternoon snacks:

- grapes and granola balls

- puffs and yogurt (not pictured)

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Granola balls

Ingredients:

1/2 cup raw cashews

1/2 cup raw almonds

1/2 cup dried cherries

1/4 cup almond butter (oil removed, only because I couldn't get it to mix so I opened up a new jar, poured out the oil and added butter)

1/4 cup peanut butter

2 TBS unsalted melted butter

2 TBS dark chocolate chips

2 TBS white chocolate chips

1 cup Evoke almond and raspberry Muesli.

Method:

Place all dry ingredients in a food processor.  Add the butters to the food processor to help everything combine.  Form bars or balls.  Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to allow it to harden.  ENJOY!!!!

**This actually ended up a little too sweet for me, so we'll likely add more Muesli and butter next time.  But, LQ loved them!

Orange you glad school is back in session!

LQ has been home for the last 3 weeks and she's READY to be out mingling with all her best friends (in case you don't have a 3 year old girl,  everyone who is semi close is a best friend). So here's to a great school year!

   

Morning snack: Hard boiled egg,  apple cinnamon pancakes,  clementines

Lunch: Black olive pita pizza and peaches

Afternoon snack: cottage cheese and cantaloupe

Morning snack:  Cottage cheese, apple cinnamon pancakes and blueberries

Lunch: LA had a turkey and cheese roll up, shredded carrots and apple slices.  LQ had an cinnamon peanut butter apple sandwich, carrots, and string cheese.

Afternoon snack: puffs and yogurt

Morning snack: hard boiled egg, apple cinnamon pancakes and plums.

Lunch: breaded baked chicken, steamed sweet corn and plums.

Afternoon snack: LA had puffs and a yogurt.  LQ had Triscuits topped with avocado, shredded cheese and olives.

Morning snack: hard boiled egg, apple cinnamon pancakes and peaches.

Lunch: whole wheat pita filled with hummus, turkey, avocado and Parmesan cheese, steamed vegetables and hummus.

Afternoon snack: string cheese, peaches and apples.