My nephew in a few years…? 

My nephew in a few years…? 

Delusion

I was never caught up in such a delusion
Until that time
We daydreamed our futures
Subjects too heavy for my fifteen years
To fully comprehend
But I didn’t care
I let myself be twirled away
Into that colourful neverland,
Never-ending sweetness

Even now,
3 years later,
i wonder how long we would have floated
If I hadn’t had to come down to earth
in order to cross the seas and continue on
Without you
I didn’t realize how fully I was gone
Until I had nearly forgotten you

It wasn’t a mistake
But it was a delusion
Such sweet delusion
I never knew another
To so fully entertain my fantasies
I almost wish for you again,
But no, I couldn’t

You were never right for me anyways
i couldn’t have known that until
I found how okay I was on my own

But oh to have, just one more time, that beautiful delusion

Mother’s Day Recipes, Part 1

I had actually written out a huge ol’ post that had the recipes and the links for all of the food that I made for dear mom on mother’s day. But then tumblr decided to be a you-know-what and it disappeared. That got me very discouraged. But I’d still like to have those recipes on my blog, so now I’m just going to upload one at a time. 

So for this first one, lets start with the most important meal of the day - breakfast. In our household we’re trying to follow a gluten-free lifestyle, so I decided to whip up some of these super yummy grain free pancakes. (If you’re allergic to nuts, you’re probably going to be out of luck for almost all of these recipes.) 

Silver Dollar Pancakes

  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 ½ cups almond flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • grapeseed oil, coconut oil, or non-stick spray (for cooking) 
  1. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, water, vanilla and maple syrup
  2. Add almond flour, salt and baking soda and mix until thoroughly combined
  3. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. If using non-stick spray, spray pan thoroughly and then wipe it out with a paper towel. I usually use two skillets to cook the pancakes - it goes much faster!
  4. Scoop 1 heaping tablespoon of batter at a time onto the skillet
  5. Pancakes will form little bubbles, when bubbles open, flip pancakes over and cook other side (they take bit longer than standard pancakes, so be patient - it’s worth the wait!) 
  6. Remove from heat to a plate
  7. Repeat process with remaining batter, add more oil to skillet as needed

Yields 16 pancakes

http://www.elanaspantry.com/silver-dollar-pancakes/

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Oh BC I love you

Oh BC I love you