With homemade berry syrup. Don't worry, I will give you one of my famous recipes at the end.
I made myself a giant pancake that was really more berry than pancake. I did this because I jumped back on my weightwatcher bandwagon. I almost quit last week. I had a big old pity party, convinced myself I was probably back up to my original weight, and yelled at mysef in the mirror. "You are a big fat failure!" I yelled. "You can't do a single thing right. You can;t see a single thing all the way to the finish. Failure...failure...failure..." It echoed wherever I went. I saw my reflection in the door of the microwave. "failure...failure..."Only, I am not a failure. I can look all around me and see things that I have not failed at. So, I went back to my meeting today. My face was red and I was ashamed because I just knew I had lost all the hard work that I had done. My leader gave me a hug. She told me I was a winner just for showing up. And I knew she spoke the truth. It is far easier to quit in the sight of failure then it is to just push through. And, boy am I ever thankful that I pushed through. I had not by any means gained all my weight back. Not even close. My mind was lying to me. I actually lost 1.5 pounds. Lesson to self: Your grades don't come in until you die. Keep trying. keep working. And do NOT ever ever ever listen to the reflection in the mirror. She is a liar.
By the way, we have gone gluten free here, which means a shift in my recipes. Gluten free families will be thrilled. Everyone else will have to bank on my meat and veggie recipes.
Very Berry Syrup (Becka's Famous Vague Recipe)
Half a bag of frozen mixed berries (from aldi's)
Some sugar. (My guess is 3 TBS- though I admit, 1/2 a cup would have been far better)
Splash of lemon juice
Some water to thin
Heat on the stove. On low. For a long time. When it looks good, pour it on your pancakes.
Marcus loved the berry syrup. He said it was the best ever. I need to replace the reflection in the mirror with him.
PS, the pancakes we Pamela's brand. I have done Gluten Free before and eventually I got brave enough to try the million and one different flours, but for a while, I plan to just use the pre-made mixes. Besides- Pamela knows how to make yummy pancake mix.
5 comments:
yummy.
You are much wiser that that twit in the mirror.
Your son seems to have learned from his wise mama.
Compliments to the Chef.
Looks super yummy. I may just have to make your syrup. I have a frozen package of berries from Trader Joes giving me googly eyes.
that sounds delicious-thanks for the berry tip too
Hey Beautiful Lady. :)
Sounds like a wonderful recipe. I do something similar, but with just strawberries and I thicken a tad bit with some corn starch in the thinning water before I pour it all on pancakes. It is a favorite on my famous veuge recipe... crepes.
Those all look delish!
Val
Those look SO good! Thanks for the berry syrup idea.
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