Friday, March 12, 2010

I love my bike

But, if you've been reading this blog, you already know this. For my husband's birthday, he got a new bike. It's just like my bike only for boys and this year's model. We went for our first ride yesterday. I am going to have a hard time keeping up with him now that he has the new bike. We rode for 22 miles.

Here's what I love about riding my bike:

  • it gets me outdoors where I can see wildlife (snakes even!) and listen to the birds sing
  • it gets my blood pumping and that elevates my mood while making my legs stronger
  • I listen to music -- really listen

All three of these things feed my soul.


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Mmm, mmm good!

Have I got a recipe for you. It's from Clean Eating:

Buttermilk Pancakes (with blueberries)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup organic Sucanat (couldn't find this so used something similar)
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 egg white
1 tbsp low-fat sour cream
Olive oil cooking spray
Pure maple syrup

Instructions

One: In a large bowl, combine flour, Sucanat, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Two: In a separate bowl, stir together buttermilk, eggs and sour cream with a whisk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. (fold in blueberries)

Three: Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Mist skillet with cooking spray and heat until melted. Pour 1/4 cup batter into skillet for each pancake and cook for 2 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges appear cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over and cook for 2 more minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Repeat with remaining batter, re-misting skillet with cooking spray between batches. Serve immediately with syrup.

I added organic blueberries. Since there was only the two of us, I refrigerated the leftover pancakes. The leftover pancakes are good without any syrup -- just wrap a pancake in a paper towel and nuke for about 24 seconds. I think if you add blueberries, you can reduce the amount of Sucanat a bit too.

Loved these pancakes!

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