Go Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S with Banana Pancakes

People watch rain in Phoenix. It's strange and when you move here, you see people watching the rain with an intensity. Nobody talks. They just watch.

I thought that was odd. I like a good storm and I have indeed watched te rain, but it's different here.

I've been here almost three years. I now watch the rain with that same odd intensity. It's such a treat. The feel of humidity in the air, the clouds. All weather elements we don't get to experience very often.

 

Thunderstorms rolled into the Phoenix area around 4:30AM. Yay!

My usual weekend wake up ritual includes going to the coffee house with computer in hand for a muffin and great cup of coffee. Today with the rain- I wanted to stay home.

That doesn't mean that I didn't still want my coffee and breakfast. I found this recipe from Mr.Breakfast.

 

Banana Pancakes

1 Cup All-Purpose Flour

1 3/4 tsp Baking Powder

3/4 tsp Salt

1 T Sugar

2 Large Ripe Bananas

3/4 Cup Soy Milk

2 Large Eggs

2 tsp Vegetable Oil

For topping:

1 T Unsalted Butter

2 Large Ripe Bananas -- Sliced

Nutmeg -- Freshly Grated

3/4 Cup Maple Syrup -- Warmed

In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix to blend. Set aside.
Puree bananas in a food processor, fitted with a metal blade to a smoth, liquid consistency. Transfer puree to a mixing bowl. Add milk, eggs and oil. whisk to blend well. Add dry ingredients - whisking to incorporate.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees fahrenheit. Heat a gridle. Add butter to bottom of pan. When butter is hot, ladel 2 T of batter onto griddle, cooking until the tops of the pancake bubble and the underside is brown. (2-3 minutes) Turn and cook other side until godlen brown - about 2 minutes more.
Transfer to a baking sheet. Continue until all the batter has been used.
TO PREPARE TOPPING:
Heat butter in a large skillet. When hot, add sliced bananas - saute, stirring constantly until bananas are warm, about 1 minute.
To serve - arrange 4 pancakes on each of 4 dinner plates - top with sauted bananas - grated nutmeg and warm maple syrup.

Brown Bag Tuesday

Yay! I love brown bag lunches! I forgot my fancy lunch bag yesterday at work and this morning I pulled out a good old fashioned brown bag for lunch.

I couldn't resist putting my name on it all twirly fancy like I would in middle school.

Let's see, other news? Oh, I put a recycle box in my office. My neighbors are starting to toss in their plastic coke bottles and I take it home on Mondays to put in the recycling bin.

Hope you're having a good week.