Hey, hey, hey! Happy Wednesday!
Or should I say happy [What I Ate] Wednesday? It’s been a couple of weeks since I last talked food with you guys, and I’m looking forward to sharing some delicious eats so let’s skip over the fancy-shmancy intros and go straight to the good stuff, mmmmkay?
This week, we’re starting from the end and work our way back. Why? Because I’m writing this on Tuesday night and having a hard time remembering what I did on Tuesday morning, so hopefully the process will jog my memory. Aaaaaand go.
Last thingI ate — an evening snack of cereal, plain Greek yogurt, and frozen berries.
I don’t know why I buy mixed berries when I don’t even like half the fruit in there. This mix had cherries, blueberries, and strawberries at some point, but I picked out all the good stuff and was left with a bag of raspberries and pomegranate arils, which made for a sourer and crunchier snack than I would have liked.
It actually reminds me of the relationship I had with Lucky Charms as a kid — I’d pick out all the marshmallows and be left with a box of plain cereal, which I didn’t care for but had to eat anyways because Mom wouldn’t let me have another box otherwise… And even though there are no more rules saying I have to finish what I like to call the bottom-of-the-bag-baddies, I still feel bad for wasting food.
But I don’t feel bad for enjoying breakfast for dinner!
Greek yogurt banana oat pancakes — recipe coming soon!
I have a strange relationship with pancakes. I like them, but not for breakfast. The reason being that they require far more effort than I’m willing to put in at 6 AM. Oatmeal is easy… toss it in the pot with some water and walk away — it does its thing on its own. But pancakes? Pancakes need to be mixed, poured, monitored, and flipped… and the process becomes even more stressful when your pancake flipping skills are as sub-par as mine. I literally stand there with a white-knuckled grip on my spatula, constantly repeating “Not yet. Nooooooot yet. Wait for it. WAIT.” Like I said… not the most peaceful way to start the day. Pancakes for dinner, though? That I can do.
For breakfast, there’s oatmeal…
Eggy bananafied oatmeal layered with plain Greek yogurt and topped with roasted almond butter, honey, and homemade applesauce to be more exact. And yes, I realize that I just completely messed up the chronology of going from finish to start, but this is how my brain works — I’m just along for the ride. And since we’re back at the beginning, let’s just keep going from there.
After breakfast came a morning snack…
Soft and Chewy Protein Granola Bar
… which tastes even better on the second day. The oats get softer, the bar gets chewier… gah! I went to heaven at 10 AM… aaaaand promptly came back to earth at 10:05 to study until it was time for lunch…
Nothing to see here, folks…. just a snack plate consisting of a Dr. Kracker flatbread, roasted almonds, strawberry yogurt, roasted kabocha, and broccoli. Random, but good. Lunch and I don’t really get along, but at least we’ve learned to be cordial with each other. I like it far better when it consists of a snack plate, but let’s not kid ourselves… I’ve really got my eyes set on the afternoon prize…
Birthdays mean leftover birthday cake, and leftover birthday cake means happiness. Sorry for assaulting you with the cake pics, but the only picture I posted didn’t even come close to doing this cake justice, so I had to have a mini photoshoot with it when the lighting was better.
And because I like to end things on a sweet note, we’re going to end it here. Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow for Thinking Out Loud!
What do you usually have for breakfast? Oats? Cereal? Eggs? Pancakes?
What are your favourite pancake toppings? Maple syrup, always and forever.
What did you have for dinner last night?
Haha I feel the same way about pancakes, which is why I rarely make them for breakfast. Plus, I like foods that you eat out of bowls better. 😛 But when I do make pancakes, I like to top them with banana, soy nut butter/almond butter, and maple syrup!
I typically have something warm for breakfast like pancakes, but if I have no time or have leftovers, Greek yogurt with protein powder and berries too.
I love maple syrup on top of my pancakes of course!
Yum to everything!! I love trying new pancake recipe and flavors. Lately I am loving pumpkin pancakes with cream cheese and cinnamon on top 🙂
My friends and I were JUST talking about Lucky Charms today. I agree that the marshmallows were the best part. That will always be my favorite childhood cereal.
I’m also with you in that pancakes are amazing, but they do take a little too much time and effort for a morning meal. Pancakes and waffles are really only for weekend breakfasts in our household. Even then, I need a bowl of yogurt or something to hold me over while I watch and flip the pancakes.
I dress my pancakes quite interestingly— a dollop of Greek yogurt, nut/seed butter, and a drizzle of maple syrup. 🙂
Coming from a chocolate meh-er, that cake looks. so. freaking. amazing! You are so good at food photography!
Pancakes for dinner. Amazing. The best part? You have fulfilled one of my 2014 goals already 9 days in…I am impressed. The fact that you have a recipe coming too? The icing on the cake. Speaking of icing….THAT. CAKE. Is 8.49am too early for cake cravings? Never.
Seeing as I’m eating pancakes now, that might answer the question. The topping? Maple syrup mixed with cream cheese and cinnamon. The joys of experimenting.
Confession: I’ve been known to give in to cake cravings at 9 AM, so no… 8:49 definitely isn’t too early.
It has been TOO LONG since I’ve had pancakes; now I really want them!
awaiting for the pancake recipe…
I usually have either a hot cereal like quinoa flakes, or creamy buckwheat, or cold cereal, but on the weekends I go crazy with pancakes and waffles! I always top mine with protein “frosting” which is just protein powder mixed with water 🙂
P.S. those banana oat pancakes look like perfections, can’t wait 😉
Mmmm, cake AND breakfast for dinner!?! Winning!
We should develop some sort of mixed fruit sharing system because the raspberries and pomegranate arils are my favourite part of that particular bag (and I’m always left wondering what to do with the strawberries at the end)
I tend to go the toast with nut butter route for breakfast because I’m super dysfunctional in the morning before class and don’t trust myself to operate any device more dangerous than a toaster.
A butter/maple syrup combo is my favourite pancake topping. It has the perfect sweet/salty/rich/mapley (don’t tell me that’s not a word) balance going on
Ha! I went the frozen pesto pizza route for dinner last night. Elaborate, right?
Also I just have to add that your birthday cake looks spectacular and was well worth the extra pictures!
how did you get them so thin? they look like crepes. must be gluten. damn gluten. Can you make me the cake GF? I know, i’m bossy. LOL!
p.s
i make pancakes for dinner for that very reason… more patience. Breakfast, ya not so much. Unless it’s slow sunday!
No promises on the cake, but the pancakes -are- actually gluten-free 😀
90% of the time I have Special K Protein Plus for breakfast. Last night I had an omelette in a wrap for dinner. Hey, bfast for dinner!!
That cake looks so incredibly good. You really can’t go wrong with a fudgy chocolate cake.
For breakfast, I pretty much always have one of my breakfast bakes – which is basically eating healthy cake for breakfast 😛 Usually they’re topped with peanut butter or cream cheese and devoured in 0.01 seconds. I make them in advance in big batches and freeze them so they’re fast, easy and oh so delicious.
My favourite pancake toppings have to be either melty peanut butter or lately, I’ve been OBSESSED with mascarpone. Mix it with a teensy dash of maple syrup and it’s incredible.
Last night, dinner was Mushroom Pesto Pasta for me. I am currently OBSESSED with mushrooms.
So does this mean you had cake for dinner? You’re my kind of girl! 😉
My breakfasts tend to be snacky. I don’t like to eat a heavy breakfast. So it’s usually scoops of dry cereal, coffee, a few bites of fruit. Sometimes I have a bowl of fruit topped with yogurt and nuts.
Pancake toppings? sauteed bananas!
Dinner last night? My tummy has been off for several days so I just had some quinoa with an egg frittata. I did end up having pretzels dipped in peanut butter and chocolate chips later in the evening though….
Sadly it was just pancakes for dinner — the cake happened some time around mid-afternoon. And I hope your stomach feels better soon! Mine was acting up a few weeks ago, and it’s seriously one of the worst feelings.
All the food looks wonderful but my sweet tooth is calling out for that cake! Divine 🙂 Have a great rest of your week!
Pancakes for dinner is one of my favorite things but definitely not as awesome as that cake! That looks so good.
Mm that cake!! Need some now! Haha I have jumped back on the oats train this week but like to rotate between eggs, pancakes, cereal and bagels. If I’m making pancakes, though, I make the batter the night before so all I have to do is cook them when I get home from a run or the gym! Topping wise for pancakes I usually stick with butter or nut butter and maple syrup. Sometimes, I’ll do blueberries but I usually just prefer plain 🙂 And dinner last night was bbq pulled pork over a sweet potato…thank you crock pot…and Joe 😉
If I had the energy I would eat pancakes everyday! Scratch that, I’d probably choose waffles. But you can’t beat the convenience of oatmeal!
Please feel free to send those end of bag baddies my way, especially if they contain raspberries. They are my absolutely favorite fruit (even above the almighty banana…shhh), and I will eat them anyday of the week and twice on Tuesdays.
Leftover birthday cake is fabulous and so’s having enough left over to do another photo shoot when the lighting has improved. I’ve given up for the winter. Unless it’s the weekend and I’m actually home, good photos aren’t happing.
By the way, this is random, but I’m loving the broccoli. I brought some to one of our Christmas dinners and it was my first broccoli in months. Now that my CSA is done until Spring, I’m back to being able to buy whatever veggies I please, and I can tell you broccoli is going on the list (along with cauliflower and asparagus). I’m super excited. I should also probably be embarassed to admit that, but I’m not. 🙂
No shame! My stomach rebelled against broccoli for the longest time, and I can’t even tell you how giddy I was to reintroduce it into my diet after months and months of going without it.
I bought mass amounts of broccoli yesterday. Far be it from me to buy normal portions sizes. I don’t even know how to work with those anymore, which means lots of broccoli for me!!!
That’s one mean looking birthday cake, Amanda. I think I’ll order mine for October. As much as I love my fine dining dinners, I wish I could eat breakfast three times a day. Especially when it looks like yours.
I’m with you that pancake making is way too stressful in the morning. I’m a horrible flipper. I’ve been trying to perfect my skills for years and it never seems to get better. Based on your photo, you’re a pro! Can’t wait for the recipe.
Keep assaulting. I love those cake pictures!!
What do you usually have for breakfast? I’m with you on the oats. I just don’t have the patience for anything else and I’m usually running late in the morning since I try to get a workout in before work. Oats are the quickest and the most delicious, in my opinion!!
What are your favourite pancake toppings? I’m with you on the maple syrup…you sure we’re not related?? 😉
What did you have for dinner last night? I went out for dinner and had soup and bruschetta pizza!
I think we’re just Canadian 😉
Must.have.that.czke.
Oh my gosh, that cake! I die. I like butter and maple syrup on my pancakes, and maybe some fruit. Dinner last night was turkey meatballs and spaghetti!
So when I’m by myself, I’m still kind of weird about my breakfasts and hold off on having heavier ones so I end up eating egg whites or oatmeal. But if I’m with my boyfriend, we always try new recipes, so we’ll end up making massive omelets, French toast, or go with cereal and berries if we’re feeling lazy. If we feel lazy AND super hungry, we drive to IHOP 😀
Oh man, I looooove maple syrup too! The smokey flavor is absolutely perfect. When I was younger, I’d always do the strawberry or boysenberry syrups, but as I got older, I opted for maple.
Dinner last night was a grilled chicken, spinach, and mushroom Panini 🙂
I usually have oatmeal, a smoothie, or greek yogurt with fruit and cereal/granola in it for breakfast. I am a total pancake hater…so I don’t like them any time of the day. I do like waffles, though…and I like peanut butter on top of them 🙂 For dinner last night, I made roasted butternut squash fettuccine with broccoli pesto. it was delicious and heavenly 🙂
I’m with you Amanda! I can eat breakfast any time any place and I’m always kind of meeeeeh about lunch. I may try your plate of snacks idea..hope that’s ok!? 🙂
I tend to make my breakfast selection in phases. I’m currently on an eggs, veggie, toast run. Then I’ll switch over to egg & oat cakes with fruit and syrup. One thing always holds true. Eggs are ALWAYS involved!
Definitely hop on the snack plate train! The more the merrier 😀 And I’m the same way with going through breakfast phases, only mine tend to last a year or so 😆
The cake looks like a hunk of fudge! Please send me some fudge-y ness 🙂
I don’t really eat breakfast. It’s not my thing, but breakfast for dinner/lunch/midnight snack? YES PLEASE. My favorite has to be oatmeal, but I’ve been on a waffle kick lately. Anything warm!!
Maple syrup and chocolate chips for my waffles… And, really, any of my breakfast foods!
Have a great day!
Just read an article saying that “pancakes for dinner” will be a hot trend for year 2014 – looks like you’re ahead of the pack! My typical breakfast consists of eggs, oatmeal, yogurt, or fruit + bars if I’m really in a rush. (although dinner is basically whatever breakfast I didn’t choose that day 😉 hehe) Can’t wait for your pancake recipe!
I used to be a pancake girl for breakfast before going Paleo… & found it just spiked my blood sugar levels & left me feeling hungry not too long after. Now days I’m filling my plate with 3 whole eggs, veggies, & usually some kabocha or sweet potatoes.
I had to laugh at your Lucky Charms marshmallow story… cause my sister & I used to fight over that ALL the time growing up. She’d sit & eat all of the marshmallows out of the box & then I’d come along, ready to enjoy a bowl for breakfast… & only the plain crappy oat things! I’d be so mad. Then our parents would refuse to buy another box until that one was finished. Grr.
I’m the same way with pancakes! I like them but so rarely end up eating them for breakfast unless it’s the weekend and I have more time. I’m a pumpkin yogurt girl year-round … I just love my combo of pumpkin, chia seeds, cinnamon, plain Greek yogurt, oats, and berries too much to give it up :).
your bowl of oatmeal looks so tiny, like its in a little ramekin…but it does look tasty! Does it just look like that or is it really that small of a portion? I still NEED to make your homemade applesauce!!
😆 It just looks like that. It’s in a ramekin, but the ramekin is the size of a normal bowl.
That cake! I want to jump through the screen and come eat a piece of that with you. I’m not usually a big cake person but that looks so good. Last night on IG it looked like lots of people were having brinner, I had eggs and chex cereal. I want to make pancakes soon and top them with peanut butter and banana!
Breakfast is usually berries and an egg or a few little turkey sausages
Ok, well…I’m actually not a pancake girl. My dad’s French Canadian and makes the most DELICIOUS crepes…a little oilier (I know that sounds weird) and thicker than a normal French crepe, and we top with maple syrup (none of that “table syrup” bs) or granulated sugar and sliced strawberries 🙂 But I don’t like normal waffles or pancakes
Last night was a little funky. I was at work late…so I ended up having steamed broccoli and cauliflower with balsamic drizzled over top, a few slices of deli turkey and a few spoonfuls of dark chocolate peanut butter
I -adore- crepes, and I think that’s the breakfast I might try to tackle next. My mom used to make them for me all the time when I was living at home, and my favourite way to eat them was always stuffed with cream cheese and blueberry jam. Oh swoon.
We are so alike – I totally used to buy boxes of cereal that had marshmallows or even raisins in them just to pick them out lol….And I love picking the cherries out of the frozen very cherry blend from TJ….I do like pancakes but never seem to really eat them anymore. I always think I will want them for dinner but then dinner comes, and I don’t want them. Lunch and I don’t really get along either – unless I rename lunch breakfast and have oats and yogurt with peanut butter.
That.cake. :O looks gobsmackingly amazing haha.
I like to mix my breakfast up when I’ve got time in the morning, so it varies between omelettes, pancakes, oatmeal. But when I go back to university (2.5 weeks away sob sob) I tend to take baked oatmeal with something like HB eggs. But I’ve recently bought a bowl thing that’s meant to keep good warm up until lunchtime so will be trying oatmeal with that to take with me!
Dinner last night I had homemade wedges, chicken with swede and brocolli on the side 🙂
Oh, wow! Yummy day of food, for sure.
I personally do not like pancakes! I have always been more of a waffle kind of gal! But when I do have pancakes, I like to top them with honey and blueberry jam, or almond/peanut butter. 🙂 I have also done pumpkin during the fall
Great post!
C
Totally with you on the mixed berries thing. I was making a smoothie with frozen mixed berries today and I had to keep picking around all of the stuff I didn’t want. Last night I ate a heaping plate of pasta with tomato sauce. There was also cheese involved. Quickest, most delicious dinner ever.
Ohh man, making smoothies with frozen raspberries is the worst — the seeds just do me in every time 😡
Great eats! I actually feel the same about pancakes. Not only are they just more work in the mornings than I want to put in, but I usually go a little overboard with the syrup and it ends up too sweet for breakfast haha!
AND GIRL. THAT CAKE. Drool.