Recipe of the day!

Quote for the day "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.  ~John Gunther"

Feeling excited to make breakfast for the kiddos this morning, while wanting to add the cinnamon into our diet I did indeed make some amazing pancakes. These are quite different from our usual banana pancakes.

Original recipe makes 4 largish pancakes, I doubled everything and didn't make very large pancakes. These cooked perfectly on the cast iron skillet.

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup almond milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (we used coconut oil)

• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, or as needed

Helping mom today!

Directions

1. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
2. Whisk milk, egg, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a separate bowl. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture until just blended.
3. Heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil on a griddle over medium heat; pour about 1/4 cup batter onto the hot griddle. Cook until bubbles begin to form on top of pancakes, 3 to 5 minutes (with the cast iron it was 5 minutes then closer to 1-2 by the time we finished). Flip and cook until second side is golden brown, 3 to 5 more minutes (same as above with the cast iron). Repeat with remaining batter. 
4. Enjoy the pancakes! 

We put syrup and almond butter on the pancakes, and it was AMAZING. However next time we will be trying some apples or bananas also!
These took a total of 20 minutes to make and eat! 

Wholeness Healings

Changing of the Seasons

It has truly been the most intense whirlwind of life events over the last year!  As we come to December I look back over the last few months with gratitude and amazement. Between a new home, pets, and work, life around here has been very fast paced.
I am delighted to say that I have finally begun working more intently on wholenesshealings.com! Along with this I will be enjoying creating, a weekly blog, with such topics as Herb of the week!   This week happens to be Cinnamon.  I will post fun recipes and healthy uses throughout the week.  With the topics each week I will be adding enjoyable information about how the different herbs can be beneficial or harmful to out pets both indoor or outdoor.

Looking forward to this weeks first recipe today: We used almond milk!
Cinnamon Hot Chocolate

Stay warm in this winter weather with those ones closest to you!