#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨
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Banana Sour Cream Pancakes

September 15, 2008 · Narrative

Banana Sour Cream PancakesFirst, if you found Sweetnicks from my new column over at the Delish.com website – welcome!  Delish.com launched its beta version today and it was fun to finally check out the finished product and see all the deliciousness they’re serving up.   If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a new partnership between Hearst and MSN, and is poised to be a great resource for food, recipes, the restaurant scene, celebrity chefs, food reality shows and much, much more.  Now on with our regularly scheduled program…

To say Nicholas has been on a major pancake kick lately would be an understatement.  Whether for breakfast or a snack, he’s been polishing off quite a lot of them, usually three at a time.  His hands-down favorite are Banana Pancakes, a recipe we’ve been making for a few years now.  When I serve him a new kind, he usually suspiciously raises an eyebrow before digging in.  So far though, we’ve been doing good, and he’s given the thumbs up to Buttermilk Honey Pancakes and now these Banana Sour Cream Pancakes from the Barefoot Contessa.

I’ve been making Ina Garten’s recipes for quite a few years now, and I can’t say I’ve ever had a dud.  I like her laid-back style and her recipes are usually effortless and perfect for entertaining, a lazy Sunday breakfast or anything in the middle.  Saturday night found Nicholas and I doing a massive reorganization in our basement, which serves as my office and the kids’ playroom.  In doing so, we came across a clipping for these pancakes from her Family Style cookbook and as soon as he saw the picture, it became the plan for Sunday’s breakfast.

As I set the plate down in front of him, I told him that this recipe has the bananas just put on the top of the pancakes as they’re cooked; the bananas aren’t mixed in like our usual recipe.  I did that from experience … a few weeks ago at a local diner, as the waitress put their version of banana pancakes in front of Nicholas, he wrinkled his nose and told her “Those aren’t banana pancakes!  They don’t look like my mom’s.”  Mwah!

So prejudice aside, he dug into the stack yesterday.  He didn’t polish them off like he usually does, and picked around the bananas in the middle.  I asked how he liked them, and he said they were ok, but he liked our other ones better.  Me too.

These aren’t bad, by any stretch of the imagination.  Quite the contrary.  It’s just one of those cases where sometimes when you have a recipe you like, it’s going to take a lot to topple it off its throne.  Last week, we got lucky with the mussels, and added another one to our tried-and-true rotation (should mussels and bananas really be in the same post?  probably not), but with these banana pancakes, we’re sticking with the one we know and love.

Either way, it’s a great way to start a lazy Sunday.  With two kids and countless things going on, I’m not sure we know what a lazy Sunday is anymore … because I’m certain it doesn’t begin at 7 am as ours did, but you can’t go wrong with pancakes on a Sunday.  Or any other day for that matter.

Hungry for more pancakes?
Heidi from 101 Cookbooks has a Coconut Macaroon version that sounds divine.
Chef and Paris-based food writer David Lebovitz has a savory version with his Korean Scallion pancakes.
And lastly, Pinch My Salt shares her Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes.

A year ago today… nothing.
Two years ago today… discovering a new food blogger and new cookbook.
Three years ago today… The Husband gets cooking.

P.S.  Books #6 and #7.

Banana Sour Cream Pancakes
Recipe courtesy of Barefoot Contessa Family Style

1-1/2 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
2 extra-large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest (I skipped)
Unsalted butter
2 ripe bananas, diced, plus extra for serving
Pure maple syrup

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk, eggs, vanilla, and lemon zest. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, mixing only until combined.Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Ladle the pancake batter into the pan to make 3 or 4 pancakes. Distribute a rounded tablespoon of bananas on each pancake. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles appear on top and the underside is nicely browned. Flip the pancakes and then cook for another minute until browned. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel, add more butter to the pan, and continue cooking pancakes until all the batter is used. Serve with sliced bananas, butter and maple syrup.

Yield: 12 pancakes

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  1. Linda in St.Louis says

    September 20, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Thanks for the link to delish. I didn’t know it existed. Looks pretty interesting. And….your pancakes sound divine! So many things you post recipes for sound so good.
    Thanks again.
    Linda in St. Louis

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I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
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