Pancake Sundays

On weekdays, we mainly stick to bread or cereal for breakfast and so sadly, there's no actual cooking involved. That's why I luuuuurrrve whippin' something up for breakfast on the weekends. Here's a recipe I haven't prepared in a while. Another one of Sab's creations! Ladies and gents... behold, Sab's Peanut Butter Pancake Recipe! Love how they turn out just as I expect each time; mos def tried, tested & true!



Ingredients

1 1/2 cup flour
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/4 cup milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup peanut butter

Instructions

Sift the flour together with the baking powder and sugar. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour all the other wet ingredients inside. Whisk everything until you end up with a smooth batter. If it's too thick, add a bit more milk. Using 1/4 cup scoops, ladle pancakes onto a medium-heated pan. Cook a few minutes on each side ('til golden brown). *Add choc chunks to the batch fo' mo pizzazz!

[Part 1] Breakfast in Bed / Frühstück im Bett

It's different every day but, here's what a typical breakfast for us looks like. Sliced bread (Brot) with: cream cheese (Frischkäse) and salami, ham (Schinken) with wholegrain mustard (Grober Senf), Gouda with tomato paste (Tomatenmark) and curry powder (Currypulver), plain ol' liverwurst (Leberwurst) all on its own... and last but not least, because I'm so Canadian, and because I have to have at least one sweet slice of bread to counter all the savoury slices... peanut butter (Erdnussbutter) and Nutella!!!

Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temp
1 cup dark/milk chocolate
3 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup mixed nuts
1 egg, whisked
1 1/4 cup whole milk
1/3 cup peanut butter

Instructions

—Preheat the oven to 180°C. Butter a 20 cm x 30 cm baking tray and set aside.
—Chop the chocolate bar into small chunks. Mix the flour and baking soda in a large bowl.
—Cut the butter into cubes and incorporate into the flour mixture, creating a crumbly texture.
—Roughly chop the mixed nuts. Then add the nuts, oats and sugar to the butter/flour mixture.
—Take 1/4 of the dough and mix it in a separate bowl with the chopped chocolate. Set aside.
—Whisk the egg into the initial butter/flour mixture. This'll make the dough more moldable.
—Construct a ball-like form with the dough. Press the dough evenly into the buttered pan.
—This will be the bottom crust of your squares. Bake the crust for 15 minutes.
—In the meantime, whisk the whole milk and the peanut butter together. Whisk well.
—When the crust is done, take it out of the oven. Pour the whisked milk mixture on top.
—Then, distribute the dough with chocolate chunks in it evenly on top of everything.
—Bake the whole thing for about 20 minutes, or until it turns golden brown on top.
—Let the tray come to room temp after baking, then cut into 25 equal squares.

ANTI QUARTERLIFE CRISIS

Yes, I'm 25. How does it feel? %$#&in' awesome, hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I've had it up to HERE with fellow 20-something-year-olds. Why is it that people in their 20s tend to groan whenever their birthdays come along? You are not old, get over it. %$#& the people who expect you to be married by now, or to have kids by now, or to have bought a house by now. %$#& the norm and what society tells you to do. It's your life and you can live it however way you want.

On that note, I am unperturbed by what other 25-year-olds are doing. I won't settle and work at a job that disgusts me. I'm (*gasp!) ditching the notion of stability at the moment. I'm living each day with no regrets. I'm taking advantage of my 20s to explore, to try new things and to take on new challenges. I'm taking risks while I have the freedom to do so... to put it simply, I'm celebrating life!!! Because there's no time like the present, folks!!! Quit thinking about it, make movements already, and eventually (without a doubt), you'll find yourself getting closer to your dreams.