Mmmm Delicious Springtime

5/2/2011

Well, I was almost ready to finish my post this morning, I wanted to finish one of my nearly done projects so I could include it, but...
The little man has decided that he now sleeps every hour and a half. It must help the teeth come in. So, I got a bit behind on my to do list and then...
I ended up joining the boy in one of his naps. I slept for an hour and it was sooooo lovely. After I woke up I discovered I had a crippling need for PANCAKES!
So simple to fix, you think. Pancakes are easy, right? Not so much for me. I have made pancakes through so many different types of restricted diets (I have even made pancakes with just eggs and almond flour) that I now chronically overthink them. I haven't made a good batch since V was born. Boo.
All was not lost, however. My shining white knight of a husband rode to the rescue! He swooped over to the coop and got some (gasp!) wheat flour and made a beautiful batch of fluffy, buttery PANCAKES!
Now that I have been fortified, I can finish this post!

Pancakes!

A May Day Repast

ramp leaves with fresh mozzarella

Spring is probably my favorite time of year for seasonal, local-ish produce. Many of the things I still think of as local are actually more local to my previous Southern Wisconsin residence, but still...
I was at the coop doing the shopping for the week yesterday and saw that the first delivery of ramps was in! If you have never had ramps and you live in a place where you have access to them you must go out right now and get some! Their season is, like, three weeks long and only comes once a year. Ramps are kind of like if an onion and a leek had a wild love child. The bulb-y part is good for sauteing and has a mild onion flavor, but the leaves are the bomb. Really. They are the bomb.
My favorite meal this time of year consists of ramp leaves wrapped around fresh mozzarella bits. That's it. Nothing else. You should try it. Mmmmmm.

New Pants

I have now made my first foray into baby pants-making. They were mostly successful, a little frumpy at the waist. I didn't need quite as much extra fabric as I thought. Now that he is so big, he will likely fit into the same size pants for a while (just as a different shape). So I thought it was time to make him some pants! I scouted around, read 10 or 15 tutorials, and decided to make the super crazy simplest ones first. These pants could not have been easier.
I took two adult sized shirt sleeves, and made sure they were the same length. I measured the distance from the back of the diaper to the front of the diaper (front and back rise) and divided it in two. I then added one inch, making 9 inches total. I cut down the seam of both sleeves 9 inches and then sewed the two sleeves together along those cuts.
I made a casing for elastic, popped it in there, and I was done! Yay pants!
Now that I have made one pair that was not a disaster, I will make many many more, and probably get a bit wild with it.

Coming Wednesday
New Product and my Mexican Lasagna Recipe!

6 Comments

Krissy S

5/2/2011 11:30:36 am

Eggs and almond flour...sounds familiar. Were you on the GAPS diet or the specific carbohydrate diet or something else? Dr. Kalcich recommended the Gaps for me so I'm probably going to start in a week or two. It's scary to think of no grains or potatoes for months! Any advice?

Ansley Knoch link

5/2/2011 12:22:25 pm

What is Gaps? I haven't heard of that one. I was doing sequential cleanses of all systems along with a food combining diet. It was insane, but I felt great. I was on just veggies, olive oil, and a few fruits for several weeks, slowly adding a few more foods. Let me know about Gaps, I might have some good recipes for you.
Good luck!

Neil Labadie link

5/3/2011 12:36:27 am

Hi,
You should try our pancake recipe, even people who can eat wheat prefer it. It's yummy.

1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
1/4 Teff flour
1/4 cup sorghum flour 2 TBSP ground flax seeds
1 TBSP sugar or agave nectar
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp.xanthum gum
3 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups soy or rice milk
You can also make it with just 2 cups brown rice flour, but I like it more whole grain.

Sift together dry ingredients. Beat together eggs, milk and oil. Add liquids to dry ingredients, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened. Bake on hot, greased griddle or waffle iron. Of course, you can add fruit too.

Krissy S

5/3/2011 01:03:28 am

Gaps (Gut & Psychology Syndrome) diet is about healing the "gut" and allowing the good bacteria to thrive. It was started for children with autism but as I'm reading the book it sounds like anyone with health issues could be helped by the diet. It's really interesting. Basically it consists of eating bone based broths, meats, fats (animal fats, olive, and coconut oils), veggies, fruits, nuts, fermented foods (sauerkraut, yogurt, fermented veggies), and honey. NO grains, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, any other starchy veggies, most beans, chocolate or carob, dairy, and any sugars (besides honey and fruit). Most of it isn't too scary for me but rice, quinoa, potatoes, chocolate, and sugar are going to be hard. It's suggested to follow the diet for 8 months at least. I'm planning for a 1 month at a time mentality so it doesn't seem so overwhelming. Thanks for the well wishes, I'll need them! I would love any recipes you have that sound like they might work for it.

By the way I forgot to mention in the previous post, those pants look great! Especially on that cute little guy and they have stripes!!! I don't know what it is about babies in stripes but they look sooooo great together! What a cool idea to use two shirt sleeves together.

ariel t

5/10/2011 09:21:22 am

people ask me in produce all the time, how much of the ramps can you eat? leaf or root? (all of it, silly!) and they ask what they should do with it, and since i saw this, i have been telling them to wrap the leaves around cheese curds or fresh mozz. you can see their pupils dilate at the thought.

Ansley Knoch link

5/18/2011 08:06:19 am

thanks for the recipe aunt neil- sounds great (and definitely better for ME)

krissy- the gaps diet sounds interesting, do you know any vegetarians who have been able to do it?
you and me both with the stripes, i find them irresistible!

ariel- so glad to be dilating pupils all over the place. i must say i can't help but proselytize with the ramps.