The Blue Day Book

I love this book! The fact is, we all have our bad days...they are part of being human. I love the photo's and the text messages. The solution is to see each incident in perspective, recognize that our feelings of failure and loss are not unique, acknowledge the absurdities of our existence, and glory in the potential we all have. Each image takes us through the entire evolution of a blue day-examines what it feels like, what causes it and how to get over it. Mostly we just need to find humor in our lives and find joy even on days when everything seems blue. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

Delicious Pancakes!

I wish I had a picture for you but, alas I didn't take one. We made these pancakes with the syrup this morning. They were delicious! The kamut flour has a nutty, buttery flavor. Dallen said the keep the recipe because they are so yummy. We all loved the almond buttermilk syrup. It is fun to try out new recipes, especially when they turn out and taste so good. I am going to try a recipe this morning with the kamut flour and make bread. I will see how it turns out and do a post about it. I will try to take a picture and post it. If you can get some of this grain in your area, you should try it. Also if your interested here is the website for Chef Brad.

www.chefbrad.com

Have a beautiful day!

Blueberry Kamut Pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup

I am trying a new recipe tomorrow morning for breakfast. I am sharing the recipe and hope you will try it too. I watched a segment on t.v. yesterday afternoon. It was "Chef Brad's Grainology". He was making things with Kamut flour. It is a type of wheat flour. It looked good and interesting. I will try it out and then post how it turned out and if it was as flavorful as it looked.

Here is the Recipe:

Blueberry Kamut Pancakes

4 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
dash of salt
2 to 3 cups Kamut flour
fresh blueberries

In a mixing bowl combine everything but the blueberries. Using a wire whisk, mix the batter until combined. Be careful to not overmix the batter, stop when just combined. Ladle the batter onto a hot griddle and add the blueberries to the top of each pancake at this point. Flip each cake when the sides harden and the underside is golden brown. Serve with delicious Almond Buttermilk Syrup.

Almond Buttermilk Syrup

3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon almond extract

In large sauce pan, melt the butter. Then add the sugar and buttermilk. Bring to a boil. Then add in the baking soda, vanilla and almond extract. It will bubble up, because of the soda. Don't be alarmed, it will settle down. It is delicious! Give it a try!

Have a good day everyone!