Pumpkin everywhere…

Pumpkin everywhere…

It is that time of year where pumpkin starts showing up in everything. Bread, cookies,

lattes, candles, candy, noodles, marshmallows, arghhh. The frustrating thing is that

most of the time the pumpkin flavored foods do not include any pumpkin at all. They

usually have pumpkin pie spice, or artificial pumpkin flavoring, but no squash at all!

This recipe however is chock full o’ pumpkin.

Grain free pumpkin and spice pancakes. This is a primal inspired recipe that I adapted

from several recipes I found on the World Wide Web, and it is a variation of the grain

free banana pancakes recipe that I posted before.

Pumpkin pancakes

4 eggs

½ cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Pinch of salt

Butter (for the griddle)

Combine the first four ingredients until well blended. Heat griddle or skillet to medium

heat, brush with butter. Scoop about 1/3 cup of batter on to griddle. Cook until golden

on the bottom and slightly opaque in the center and around the edges. Flip, brown on

the other side, and serve.

I served with pumpkin pie spiced honey butter, sliced tangerines, and bacon (of course).

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Burritos, breakfast burritos…

With the kids back in school it is time to evaluate how we are fueling their minds and bodies. When they are home for the summer, if they do not get enough food for breakfast they can walk into the kitchen and get a snack. In school they need to be fed and out the door and most times are not getting any other sustenance until lunch time. 

Cereal is most everyone’s go-to breakfast food, but in my opinion it is usually a very poor choice for sustained energy. Most breakfast cereals are very high in sugar and low in protein and complex carbohydrates… what that means is that the cereal burns off quickly and the body needs more fuel to keep going.

Think about a fireplace, you build the fire with logs because you want it to burn for a long time. Now picture the fireplace and build your fire with newspaper. It burns quickly and it is gone. They are related substances (newspaper is made from wood pulp), but the paper is processed and refined, the logs are natural and unrefined.  The paper represents simple carbs and the log represents complex carbs, protein, fat, etc.

What can we do to keep the fire stoked all morning until lunch? EAT REAL FOOD! I know everyone is busy, but we can do a few things to make it easier, quicker, and cheaper.

How about my breakfast burritos?

2 lbs breakfast sausage

1 dozen eggs

2 cups shredded cheese

16 flour tortillas

4 potatoes (diced)

Brown sausage and cook diced potatoes in the same skillet, drain excess grease and set aside. Scramble eggs. Mix sausage, potatoes, and eggs in large bowl (when all ingredients are cool).

Layout tortilla, spread a small handful of cheese and about a ¼ cup of the sausage mix on one side. Roll burrito from the filled side, folding in edges and continue the roll until it looks right. Freeze on a cookie sheet overnight and then transfer to a zip top bag for longer storage.

Make the burritos spicier; add onions or peppers or whatever.

Did I mention that these burritos with no artificial flavors, colors, or chemicals only cost about 88 cents each?

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