Of course, I made pumpkin muffins and am planning a crunch type cake and a few other things but I was wanting pancakes. See Kevyn is a very picky eater and I am normally of the mind set that if he doesn’t eat was is given to him he goes hungry, but a sure fire winner for him is pancakes. My thinking was that if I make pumpkin pancakes not only is he getting the food he wants he is also getting the nutrition from the pumpkin that I want him to get. My only issue was that I couldn’t find a recipe that I liked. So, this morning I decided that I was to make a little experiment with pumpkin, oatmeal and pancakes. I was happily surprised with the results and so were the kids.

This is definitely going to be a new addition to our breakfast recipes. Beauty of this recipe is that should you want to use a different type of fruit or even sweet potatoes it is a rather easy to substitute. You can simply replace pumpkin puree with mashed or diced bananas or chunky apple sauce. Hope you all enjoy!

Oatmeal Pumpkin Pancakes

1.5  cup milk

1/3 cup butter

1.5 cup quick oatmeal uncooked

1/3 cup unsifted flour

1.5 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1tsp vanilla

2 tablespoons honey

2 eggs, separated

1/2 cup pumpkin puree

Heat milk and butter until butter is completely melted. Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal and let cool. Beat egg yolks, honey and vanilla and add to  oatmeal mixture along with pumpkin puree. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, add to wet ingredients. Beat egg white to stiff peaks and gently fold into batter. Let rest for 5 minutes before cooking.  Makes 10-14 pancakes. Serve with maple syrup or powdered sugared.

*Note* Due to the weight of the batter these take longer to cook throughout (approximately 2-3 minute per side). Make sure to use lower heat to avoid burning.

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22 Minute Circuit

18 exercises

163 calories burned

Every single joint in my body is sore and swollen, but I did my work out anyway. I didn’t want to with the way that I was feeling but when I woke up I got the best motivation of all. Kevyn and Caelyn, after eating their “serweeal and milks” went to the Wii grabbed the leg strap and the resistance band. Kevyn then handed them to me and said “Here Mommy, we work owwt”. I couldn’t help tearing up at that moment. It was his desire to jump around with me that helped me get past my pain. While I was running in place he was right next to me jumping up and down yelling “I’m running!”. Every minute he tried his best to match me movement for movement. Every time we ended a segment he would yell “WE DID IT! Gimme five!”. If I had to take a longer than normal breather he would hug my leg and say “It ok mommy, we almost done.” It was honestly the best motivation I have had in a long time.

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