OH my gosh you guys, I had the most AMAZING breakfast today! It was simply perfect after my run – which for once wasn’t hot! In fact, it looked like this:
If you can’t tell, that’s heavy rain and a very overcast day 😀 MOST REFRESHING THING EVER! Needless to say, I was super excited about my run 🙂 5k in 27minutes, plus 1mile walk to cool down. Good times 🙂
Sooo my super amazing breakfast was spelt pancakes, from Angela’s blog. I’d like to quickly take this opportunity to apologize to pancakes as a population…I’ve spent SO long dissing them, saying how they never do anything for me, and generally being quite nasty. My opinion has done a complete 360 (and then another 180 :p) on them after my meal 😀 I followed her recipe exactly, except I added in 1tbsp flaxseed and..I think that’s it:
I seriously have very poor presentation skills :p
I topped them with vanilla yogurt, tree bark, and on the other half, a melted banana mixed with about 1tbsp peanut butter and a tsp maple syrup:
OH.
MY.
GOSH.
Most amazing delicious (and healthy!) breakfast ever, yet it tasted SO decadent! I can not rave enough about how good they were. Phew.
After the breakfast excitement, I had some mild horse excitement – in the form a speedy-ish hour hack with Hannah and Tig 🙂
By the time we got back, I was pretty hungry for lunch. I decided to make good use of some massive beet leaves in the fridge, by making a nice filling for them (thank you Heather for the idea!). But I wanted to not rush it, so I ate a lil baby orange to tide me over 🙂
Anyway, my filling consisted of:
A giant onion (I used the green leaves at the end, as my aunt suggested – she grew it):
Beet leaves, tomato, grated butternut squash, a tiny tiny chunk of parsnip:
I stir fried it all, along with agave nectar, curry powder, coriander seeds, chickpeas (I discovered some more!), lemon juice and a tsp tahini:
I then served it wrapped up in giant leaves….
…sadly it didn’t stay together! Regardless, it was freaky delicious 😀 I also had some balsamic coated spinach and roasted beans/nuts:
I bet you can guess what dessert was 😛
I’m going to skip afternoon babbles, and just show you a) some gooey mess:
That got turned into these:
And b) my usual snack:
Why? Cos I have a TON of photos to add, so less writing = more photos!
Dinner was a mix of a fancy potato my aunt grew and gave me:
Along with sweet potato, kabocha, parsnip, leek and marinated tofu (in stock, agave, cinnamon and soy sauce):
Fab 😀 A reaaaally good meal! (Though it was meant to be tofu strips…but the tofu fell apart in the cutting process :s). Dessert will probably be yogurt and a brownie 😀
Question: What’s one food you used to hate, but now love? I spent a long time hating pancakes..but after today, I sense a turnaround on the horizon!
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OK, foal photo time, as promised! Originally I had about 30 I wanted to show y’all…whether I’ll get 30 up before my laptop dies is another question! Enjoy 🙂
(PS – Wheatgerm post and Hannah’s Uganda trip post are coming up over the next two days :))
Raef above, and my aunt with Tsara below 🙂
One of my aunt’s dogs (a Boxer) – Solley:
LOL at Roly’s face above!
LOVE all the pictures!! So adorable!
I just started having pancakes again. My dad used to make these “healthy” pancakes for my brother and I as kids. They were hard as rocks and totally turned me off of them. I forgot they could actually be GOOD.
Oh that doesn’t sound good! Now wonder you got turned off them :s
Your breakfast does look delicious! I have seen pancakes all over the blogs so much lately that I have been having pancake cravings! I will definitely be making some on the weekend. So glad the foal is doing well, he’s too cute. I think the rain has brought some cooler air with it, as it is now noticeably cooler which is a relief!
I used to hate mince as my mum just used to fry it as it was, no spices or anything else added! But now I love it and eat it a lot in chilli con carne, spag bol, lamb kebabs, burgers etc. It’s much better when you add stuff to it!
Loving the foal pics, he looks so full of life!
Wow, those pancakes look thick and delicious!
I’ve recently gotten over an INTENSE aversion to tomatoes – I can eat them raw now and enjoy them!! Yay 🙂
Love the pancakes, they look great!
Those brownies look amazing and I love all the horse photos at the end. Roly looks so cute. 🙂
I used to hate olives and beetroot and now can’t get enough of either! Those pancakes look amazing. Am I the only person who goes to bed thinking about breakfast?!
Much excitement – just came back from seeing Eclipse… definitely Team Jacob! Jx
Good gosh no! I think about the next days breakfast as soon as I’ve finished the one I’ve just had!! :p
I loved carrots, then I hated them, now I love them again. What I found out is that I really don’t like frozen vegetables; I think they lose their flavor.
Congrats on the 5K!!!! You’re kicking butt 🙂
And those pancakes look so dense and moist and delicious!!
Also, loving the baby horsies 🙂 so cute!
I used to hate sellerie but now I´m loving it and the same with ginger.
Your meals look really tasty !!!
Where do you get those roasted beans??? I´ve never seen them at a shop
From my local health food store 😛 Lol, it seems I get everything from there!! It’s a really good place 🙂
Awwwww! Thanks for the shoutout! :D. Sorry they didn’t stay together too well 😦 At least it tasted good-the most important thing, right?
Food I now love, but used to hate: tomatoes and onions. Tomatoes fresh and onions carmelized! Yummmm 🙂
Carmelized onions…so beautiful!
Your breakfast does look quite amazing!! And I am LOVING the foal pictures. That one with the dog is just wonderful. And the last photo is cute too! Horses are the best.
What a precious little boy (boy, right? I think?) great shots, too! I love that you and Hannah have no problem riding in the rain, lol. I do anything I can to avoid it. And showing in it is the worsttt.
All of your food looks delicious as always!! I vote the recipe for the “mush” that looks like it was turned into brownies 😀 And the pancakes look beautiful! I was never a very good pancake flipper, myself 😉
AAhh the rain stopped (literally) JUST for the hour we were out! Luck was on our side 😀 Normally I hate rain riding too – as does Chika :s
Yep, they were brownies – totally deliicous!
oh, and – ironically enough, i used to hate pretty much any veggie that wasn’t peas or mashed potatoes 😛
Lol – I hate both of those!
Those pancakes look so drool-worthy, yum. I need to make those asap! Loving the horse pictures, the babies are precious!
1. Those pancakes look AMAZING!!!!
2. I’ve missed you and your blog like CRAZY!!!
3. Can’t wait to meet you!!!
Love you! And thank you for your super sweet comments!
I can’t wait to meet you either!! I hope you’re OK hun 🙂 xxx
I did a variation of those pancakes today too! They were sooooooo good – especially the naner/pb sauce. oh em gee.
The only food I would avoid at all cost as a kid was kale- and now I love it.
Will have to make those brownies, they look tasty! What kind of oats did you use?
The horses are ADORABLE!!! All of them! You got really great shots! I love the two of Raef in motion (pics 14 and 19)…and Roly is just too cute!
I used Quaker rolled oats, grinded up in the Crappy Processer 🙂
Yeah I was quite pleased with the horse shots!
Thanks 🙂
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