Sugar Free Blueberry Smoothie

I made a smoothie for dessert tonight.  It was so hot, and we needed/ wanted something refreshing after dinner.  I need to go to Millers so badly that I have NO sweetener in the house (This is not the first time this has happened!).  Alright, almost no sweetener.

I kid you not, I have 1 cup of maple syrup, 1/4 cup or less of rapadura, and maybe 2 cups of honey.  Needless to say, I am doing my best to stretch that until I can go shopping, which looks like at this point, this weekend or next week.  Not very soon, in any case.  :-)

That being said, I made a smoothie.

Blueberry smoothie
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 1/2 cups blueberries (i used frozen ones from last summer)
2 TBS ground flax (just for added benefit)
1 TBS vanilla

Put in blender.  Blend til smooth.  It was delicious.

To prove my children loved it, here is a video of Baby John having his. :-)

Baby John

Sweet baby John. Some things he's subjected to on a regular basis.

Wearing an old, hand-me-down jacket from the nineties, pink mittens, and a crazy hat from Uncle Dave.

Getting dragged to Target when he's so tired that he was asleep in the car, slept in the back of the cart the whole time we were there (and slept in the car on the way home)!

Coconut Flour Pancakes

I whipped up these coconut flour pancakes the other morning for breakfast for John.  I was making pancakes for everyone else, and I felt badly for John because he did not have any finger food for breakfast.  He likes to eat with his own cute little chubby fingers these days.  :-)

The batch I made was very small, because I didn't want to use many eggs and also I knew I was just going to make a bunch a of cute small pancakes anyway.

I think they turned out really nice-- they didn't have that gritty texture that coconut flour can have if you don't use it right. I haven't been successful before 'flying by the seat of my pants' with coconut flour, so I was quite pleased with how these turned out.

John liked them a whole lot too, because he got to eat them with his own cute chubby little fingers. :-)

Coconut Flour Pancakes

2 TBS coconut flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp powder
sprinkle salt
sprinkle cinnamon
dash vanilla
1/4 cup water
2 TBS applesauce
1 tsp maple syrup

Mix all ingredients together. This batter is really thick. That is okay. I spooned one TBS into little pancakes and cooked them til they were quite browned on each side.

Baby Helper!

Look at this cute baby! It was his first time"helping" me in thie kitchen.  I had to give him two things-- one for each hand-- because he kept trying to grab the knives out of the knife block and the dirty dishes out of the sink!

A Day of Firsts...

Today, we had a lot of firsts, some insignificant, but some big ones!  here are some pics to go with (most of) them:

Ellie got a french braid crown on her head.

Ben got his Sparks book and vest for next year.

Sam rode in a booster seat for the first time!  He can now, since he's four!

Sam also got his second year Cubbies book.

And John, who learned to sit up last week, sat in grass for the first time.  He was definitely intrigued.

John also got his two bottom middle teeth last week. They are coming in fast, and they are cute! :-)