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Breakfast Polenta

April 9, 2014 by Erica

Breakfast Polenta

Hello friends, and welcome to my life, which has become dominated by a raging polenta obsession.

Polenta in the morning, polenta in the evening, polenta at suppertime!

I made polenta once last year with fresh corn, but never (before this weekend) had I ever made it with cornmeal. I was inspired to do so by Andrea and Sarah, who have both posted polenta dishes in the past month. And now that I got around to trying it myself, I have no idea what I was waiting for. So easy it was life-changing! And so nice I made it twice.

This was kind of the weekend for repeat meals… beet pesto, polenta, wine, repeat.

On Saturday it was dinner, but on Sunday it was breakfast.

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Shocking Pink SunButter Smoothie

March 31, 2014 by Erica

Need something to wake you up on a Monday? This oughtta do the trick.

Just looking at this smoothie is a jolt to the senses. I, for one, prefer dim lights in the morning until I’m fully awake. Where is the dimmer switch on this thing?! Please pass the sunglasses.

The electric color of this breakfast makes me giggle. It is just SO pink! And when you see that shade of pink, you know the culprit…

BEETS.

Beets in your breakfast. We’re doin’ it.

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Chocolate Berry Almond Smoothie

March 14, 2014 by Erica

Chocolate Berry Almond Smoothie

I play with food a lot. –> I go to the grocery store a lot. –> I have a lot of awkward encounters with grocery store cashiers.

Let’s talk about the different forms that awkwardness can take at different stores.

Trader Joe’s cashiers are aggressively jolly and overly excited about every item you’re purchasing. They’ve tried it all and loved it! Sometimes I think they are commissioned.

Whole Foods cashiers are trained to engage you in conversation at the expense of your privacy. A simple “how are you?” won’t suffice. “What are you doing after this?” is much more common. <– Clearly I am going home to cook dinner. It is 6 pm and I am at the grocery store. Let’s put 2 and 2 together.

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Chocolate Rye Pancakes

February 28, 2014 by Erica

Chocolate Rye Pancakes

Whoa, where has this week gone?

I had the odd sensation of looking down at my watch yesterday at 3 pm and thinking, “why is this thing backwards?” Because it felt like 9 am. Aaaand it was 6 hours later than that. I guess I can’t complain about the workday and workweek flying by, but man… I sure have a lot to do before Monday!

Chocolate Rye Pancakes

But let’s take a step back, and take a deep breath, because it’s Friday.

I can’t even type “it’s Friday” without singing that terrible Rebecca Black song in my head. It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday…

Anyway, it is Friday, and I think Friday is a great time to talk about weekend breakfast-y things like pancakes.

But not just any pancakes… chocolate pancakes. Chocolate rye pancakes, for that matter!

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Whole Wheat Greek Yogurt Pancakes

February 5, 2014 by Erica

Happy Wednesday!

I am still huddled under my blanket in front of the space heater, but this time I made you pancakes.

I’m in a pancake phase right now… still… from the holidays. Though I would rarely choose pancakes off a menu, something about having house guests always makes me want to whip up a double batch. It just seems like the hospitable thing to do! Ain’t nobody doesn’t like pancakes.

Especially these pancakes.

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