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Mmm, Mmm, Good!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Happy Monday my little broccoli florets! Hope you all had a good start to your week!

This week is what I call my “late week” at the hospital. I go in at 9am and get off at 7:30pm. These are the weeks where I usually get up early and get a good workout in, have a nice breakfast, and do some blog reading before I go in for a long 10 hour shift. Well, since all the forces in this world couldn’t pry my face off my pillow this morning, I only managed to get ONE of these things done.

I’ll give you one guess as to which one got top priority!

Anyone care for some cheesecake French toast?

I have seriously become obsessed with Lori’s recipe for Banana Smashed Cheesecaked French Toast! I’ve had it FOUR times in the last two weeks!

No lie, this is the best French toast that will ever touch your lips!

I’m not so sure I’ll ever be able to make French toast again without smashing a banana into the bread first! The combination of the sweet banana with the nutritional yeast- spiked egg mixture is insanely delicious. I’ve served them with maple syrup, peanut, butter and of course my favorite, Sarena’s Coconut Cream and each plate was just as great as the last!

No food goes to waste! You better believe I made a mini crepe thingy with the leftover egg mixture! Mmm, mmm, good!

Speaking of “mmm, mmm, good”…yesterday’s lunch was every bit of delicious! I met Tori at my favorite sushi place, Kora, for a Sister-Sushi Date!

Our “appetizer” of cheese rangoons that came AFTER our meal.

Fortune cookie says: bad waitress…bad tip!

Who am I to go against Chinese prophesy??

Tori ordered the Dancing Eel with eel, cucumber, cream cheese, and
avocado

And I just HAD to be different!

Oshinko (Japanese pickle)

And the Salmon Skin roll

Believe it or not, it was darn tasty!

Sunday afternoon, I’m a sistah snacking on some salmon skin!

Ohh, you liked that didn’t you? 😉

*Alliteration nerd alert!*

It’s hard to believe that I’m the same girl who used to order chicken strips and fries at practically every restaurant I went to. I was always too afraid that I would regret getting something else for fear that I wouldn’t like it. My have my tastes/attitude changed since then! Nowadays, I rarely ever order the same thing twice and I’ve discovered a lot of NEW favorite foods!

What about you, do you like to try new things when you eat out or do you tend to stick with what you know?

Posted in Breakfast, International | Tagged coconut cream, French toast, strawberries, sushi | 39 Comments

Pancakes Fit For a King

Posted on May 15, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Good evening loves! I hope you are all enjoying a nice relaxing Sunday!

I finished watching The King’s Speech last night and for those of you who haven’t seen it…you HAVE to get it! It has been a while since I’ve seen a good movie, but this one did not disappoint! Incredible acting, great story line, and the perfect amount of suspense to keep you glued to the screen!

It was a bit late when I headed to bed last night (is it bad that I consider 11:30 like SUPER late?) but I had no problem getting out of bed this morning! I couldn’t wait for breakfast! Not only was I excited for Pancake Sunday, but after my PB&J fiasco the other day, Jenny mentioned something that immediately made me swoon:

Peanut Butter, Banana, & Bacon Pancakes

Eeek!

Knowing this came from a highly credible source…I mean c’mon, the name of her blog is Peanut Butter & Jenny (which I absolutely adore)…I KNEW this was going to be good!

Elvis Pancakes: (serves 1)
Adapted from Peanut Butter & Jenny’s Bacon Pancakes

1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup rolled oats
2 tablespoons wheat germ
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 flax egg (1 tablespoon flax + 3 tablespoons warm water)
1 medium banana, 1/2 mashed banana, 1/2 sliced
1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring*
4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled

1. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat.

2. Combine water and flax and allow to set 3-5 minutes.

3. Stir together all dry ingredients to break up any clumps.

4. Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl, add flax and mix well.

5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.

6. Add 1/2 of the cooked and crumbled bacon to the batter, stir to combine.

7. Spoon batter into greased skillet and allow to cook for 6-7 minutes before flipping.

8. Continue cooking for 6-7 minutes on the other side before plating.

9. Top with other half of banana and crumbled bacon, drizzle with pure maple syrup.

10. Enjoy while humming “You Ain’t Nothing but a Hound Dog”

The magic is in the maple!

A little splash of maple flavoring took these babies to a whole new level of amazingness!

I swear to you…

PURE Heaven!

Soft and smooth on the inside

Crispy on the outside

Rittled with bits of bacon

And permeated with the classic taste of maple!

Jenny, my dear, you are a genius! And I can now die happy!

Other than ~~dying and going to Heaven~~ enjoying this plate of awesomeness, I met my sis for a lunch date at my favorite sushi place and then came home to watch the third Narnia movie, which I loved! Makes me want to go back and watch the other two again! I am a total sucker for all the digital animation and special effects!

Welp, now that I’ve spent almost the entire day being lazy, I guess I should get up and do some laundry. Not sure they’d be too happy if I showed up tomorrow in my pj’s! Anyone volunteer to fold it and put it away for me? I’ll make pancakes! 😉

How did you spend your Sunday?

Posted in Breakfast, Pancake Sunday | Tagged bacon, bananas, movies, pancakes, recipe | 42 Comments

Saturday Shenanigans

Posted on May 14, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Hey y’all! So, wow! There are some fans of freaky PB&J concoctions among us! Not a single negative comment out of you guys yesterday! Well, aren’t we just a big bunch of open-minded hippies?! 😉

I was gonna skip posting tonight, but I just had to share with you guys some snippets of my Saturday! I’m on call this weekend AND it’s been raining Poodles and Persians all day so there were no exciting trips to faraway lands (Nashville)…although I’m seriously going through some Trader Joe’s withdrawals right now…next weekend perhaps? Nevertheless, my day was sprinkled with little bits of goodness all day…or maybe I’m just that easily amused!

Eh, humor me!

After giving Vickie a good interior cleaning (mother nature took care of the exterior) and giving her the newest in the line of Hot Car Colognes (new car scent is so sultry), I went out to run a few errands.

Anyone noticed that my last WIAW posts haven’t included these guys?