What I Ate for Lunch: Yellow Pancake Roll-ups

"Yellow Pancakes" is the name my children gave crepes when they were small.  I haven't eaten them in years, but lately, I've been on a yellow pancake kick.  They are so easy and quick and allow me to eat healthy, non allergenic food without spending too much time cooking. 

The old basic recipe was this:  1/4 fourth cup flour, 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk, blend and cook in a crepe pan with butter.

My new recipe is this:  1/4 cup organic whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup rice milk, 1/4 cup egg subsitute, added seeds and bran.  I cook them until they "harden."  It it not necessary to turn them but I sometimes do for color.  I do NOT use a blender, I whisk or stir them by hand.  (No blender to wash).

Then roll in your favorite sandwich ingredients.  E.g.:  fresh garden veggies and homemade salsa, rice and beans, fruit and homemade fruit jellies (for dessert.)

They are delicate and messy but oh so delicious and quick and easy.  I am sorry I have no pictures, I always get excited and eat them before I remember to photograph them.

Remembering to Notice

One of the first tenets of Zen Buddhism is awareness:  noticing.  But Noticing is hard work.  I am having a problem with noticing in simple areas of my life.  Pills for example.  If I take the same pill three times a day every day, one time blends into the next.  I can't remember if I've taken one at a given meal.  I've tried logging them, but I can't remember if I took them to log them.  I shake the bottle to bring my attention to what I'm doing.  I turn the bottle upside down.  I'm afraid I'm getting senile and will have to get one of those pill things with 5 times a day to take pills that my Mom had.  I should have taken hers when she died.

Right now, I am noticing that even though it's hot and muggy outside, my bare feet are cold in here.

Biker Buddy rules

We were out walking and a huge storm came rolling in with thunder, lighting, wind and sudden hard rain. Biker Buddy ran home and got the car and picked me up--he got soaked--and then took me to the mall to complete our walk--even though he was still soaked! There was six-eight inches of water in the streets and the traffic lights were out. Hard driving waiting turns at every light and puddling through the water. The sky looked GREEN but it doesn't show up in the photos. Tornado warnings.

flower photo Friday

It's been a long time since I've done a flower photo Friday, but here's one for today. I like the bell-like shape this hibiscus made in yesterday's rain. Click image to view larger. See another view of this.

PS: just a reminder: I'll be away and incommunicado all next week.

Wordless Wednesday: Face along the Milk River

Murphy Mess

I didn't sleep much last night, didn't even lie down until after 3:30, lay awake for long time, and was awake again before 7:30.

For breakfast, I made myself a pancake which I intended to serve with apricot syrup. It was a new bottle and the top was tight; I couldn't get it off by hand so I used a nut-cracker to loosen it and set it aside. After the pancake was on the dish, I grabbed the syrup, and since it was new, I gave it a shake. I'd neglected to retighten the top and it exploded all over and made a huge mess.

These things happen to me much more frequently when I haven't slept, and I am also more easily upset when I haven't slept--double jeopardy! Darn Murphy.

Away Note

Away note: I will be away next week and prolly off-line the entire week. I am helping Leaf Lady move her cats to California.

Self-portrait of the Artist as an Insomniac #070822-m: Separated from Sleep

Self-portrait of the Artist as an Insomniac #070822-m: Separated from Sleep
(Guess what I didn't do last night.)

Click image to view larger.

Here Come the Hibiscus!

Blogs make an interesting phenology if the pictures are posted on or close to the days they are taken. These hibiscus photos were taken Sunday in Jackson, Michigan where the giant hibiscus were in full glory in spite of the rain! If we photographed or journaled about them every year, they might serve as a marker for global warming or climate shifts and fluctuations.
Anyway, they're pretty this year just like they were last year.
(Last year in this blog, though, there was more writing and fewer pictures.)

In Tonight's Rain

In Tonight's Rain
No spray bottles need apply.