Breakfast for dinner? My kids say yes please!

I went with a kid friendly dinner tonight. I knew there would be no protests from anyone and that Ave would want to eat, and that sounded perfect to me. I was right. Tiernan and Rhianna ate once before dance, and then again after dance. Haha. To be honest, they had to. Dinner took longer than I thought it would to make, and we were running late to get to the dance studio in time. I basically had the kids eat what they could in a short amount of time, and then saved the rest for later.

I made some pancakes with a really delicious banana pecan topping, some oven roasted potatoes, veggie sausages and bacon and then a glass of carrot, apple, ginger juice. I'm a huge fan of juicers. However, our juicer is not mine. It's actually Tiernan's. He asked for it and got it for his 6th birthday. Yes, he is an unusual child... I love that about him!

Pancakes

(this recipe makes quite a few, but we freeze the remainder for easy breakfasts)

4 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

4 cups milk

4 tbsp vegetable oil

Whisk all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, but don't mix too vigorously.

Lightly oil a frying pan. Heat it, and add about 1 1/2 cups of batter per pancake. Flip when the air bubbles appear in the batter.

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Banana Pecan Topping

(from 330 Vegetarian Recipes for Health)

4 tbsp butter

1 tbsp maple syrup

3 bananas, halved and quartered

1/4 cup chopped pecans

In a frying pan, slowly heat the butter until it's melted. Add the maple syrup and stir well to combine. Add the bananas and pecans and cook for 4 minutes, turning once. This should caramelize the bananas. Serve it immediately over pancakes.

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I just chopped up about 6 potatoes into small cube sized pieces, added a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and a couple of tablespoons of all purpose seasoning (recipe to follow) and cooked them for 20-25 minutes on a baking sheet in a 350 oven.

All Purpose Seasoning

(from Garden of Vegan)

2 tbsp chili powder

2 tsp onion powder

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp garlic powder

2 tsp oregano

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cayenne

Mix it all together and keep in an airtight container.

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Carrot Apple Ginger Juice

5 carrots

7 apples

2 inches of fresh ginger root

Put it all into a juicer and voila! Juice that will make you feel alive!