This week doesn’t look good. I thought that by starting with some delicious banana pancakes it might cheer me up, but it didn’t work. I can only hope that the week will get better but I am growing tired. It’s hard to keep up a good outlook. I can’t help but feel as if too many people want something from me and I am getting tired and turning somewhat bitchy. That is something I am trying to avoid but maybe it’s something that needs to happen for now.
On some lighter news, I found another website about diabetes. I found it in Sunday’s newspaper. It was a small zine called “Spry.” In a small corner of the first page there was a section about stopping diabetes. It was disappointing how little information they had on the subject but it mentions a website stopdiabetes.com. Apparently there is an organization dedicated to stopping diabetes. Also they are trying to raise the awareness and getting people to get tested for Diabetes. Sounds pretty good. I will check it out and let the readers that take the time to read this, know more about it. I will check it out more when I am not being lazy. Also it is a little late.
I do hope that someone other than myself is reading these blogs.
Book: Still on Frankenstein by Shelley. I know, I know. I seem to be taking forever with this book but I am on the second to last chapter and hopefully I will finish it by this week.
iTunes: Nicki Minaj - Dear Old Nicki. This song is about wanting to go back to the old you or missing the person that you used to be. There are times I miss the old me but I think I need to shed who I am and become a little harder on people. I am very tired of being pulled in directions that I don’t want to go. Actually, I am not sure if I miss the old me, I think what I miss is how happy I used to be. When circumstances where different. Now I just feel lost.
Pandora: Brandy – Have You Ever? This song just makes me sad.
Quote: Your life is what your thoughts make it. – Marcus Aurelius. Don’t have any thoughts for this one. I kind of like it. I grimaced as I wrote that last line. It is a good quote but today it doesn’t resonate within me.
Ingredients:
1. 1/3 cup all purpose flour
2. 1 ½ tablespoons splenda
3. 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
4. Pinch of salt
5. 1/3 cup of mashed banana
6. 1 egg
7. 1 egg white
8. 2 teaspoons reduced-fat peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
9. 1/3 cup low-fat milk
10. Cooking Spray
Peanut Butter Syrup:
1. 1 teaspoon margarine
2. 1 ½ tablespoon reduced fat peanut butter
3. 1 teaspoon splenda
4. ¼ cup of water
Directions:
1. Sift flour, Splenda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
a. Now, when I began this, my mother was hovering in the kitchen; wanting to help. But I became aggravated because I woke up angry and just wanted to be alone to prepare my meal. If I had needed help, I would have asked for it. I think I like to be alone in the kitchen while I prepare my experiments.
b. Splenda is a weird sugar. I only say this because I bought the box and the sugar was sort of flaky. It dissolved easily in liquid. I wonder if the little packets are the same. I don’t remember them being as flaky but then again, I am not a fan of Splenda but the recipe calls for it and so I will use it. I think, once I learn more about substituting and stuff, that I will change it to brown sugar. But if it’s too harmful for diabetics, I’ll just stick to what the book says.
c. I really should look up what sift means. I just placed all the ingredients and whisked them until it seems that they were mixed. Not sure if it affects the outcome.
2. Mash banana, egg and egg white in a separate bowl.
a. I used a whole banana. I grabbed a spoon and in a bowl smashed the banana and placed it in the measuring cup, to make sure it came out to the amount posted in the ingredients. Then I cracked open an egg and pour some egg white in the same bowl. With the spoon, I whisked it until it seemed mixed.
3. Add peanut butter to banana mixture. Whisk until mixture is fluffy and the peanut butter is fully incorporated.
a. Adding the peanut butter was a bit difficult because, it wasn’t mixing well at first. I had to whisk it more than usual for it to mix with the other ingredients. I don’t think it ended fluffy. Maybe it will happen next time.
4. Add milk and whisk until smooth.
a. No problem here.
5. Fold the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Do not over mix.
a. Now it says not to over mix but I did it anyways. Well, I don’t think I over mixed but I made sure that it was properly blended.
6. Let stand two minutes while you heat a nonstick skillet or griddle pan over medium heat.
a. It was actually two minutes because I waited for the pan to heat up properly. I almost didn’t but decided to push aside my impatience.
7. Coat pan very lightly with cooking spray. Pour scant ¼ of batter into heated pan to form each pancake. Cook until bubbles form in the batter and edges of the pancake appear dry. Flip pancake and cook 1 minute longer or until done. Serve with peanut butter syrup.
a. I put the fire really low so that I would take its time cooking and I would have time to prepare the peanut butter sauce. Once both sides were made, I served it to my mother. She has to be the first one to taste it. She liked it. She didn’t like the peanut butter sauce too much. She said it was because the peanut butter was low fat and doesn’t taste as good as the regular kind. It tasted good. Not something I would eat every day. I preferred the sweet potato pancakes because they were sweeter.
b. The entire process took 26 minutes. I think it could be doable for breakfast before work. Or just save it for the weekend when you will have time to wash the dishes afterwards. Unless you don’t mind leaving it for after when you come back.
Peanut Butter Syrup Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Place everything in a cooking pan and stir until everything is perfectly mixed. Keep mixing until it is smooth and then serve.
a. I don’t like using the microwave to prepare any meal. It just doesn’t seem to cook properly in my opinion. I could be wrong and it probably saves on time but I prefer to use a cooking pan.
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