Recipes for a Weekend

I have 3 wonderful recipes for you. Unfortunately we did not take any pictures while cooking them ourselves, but I will provide you with the pictures, recipes, and links we got the recipes from.

Here we go! There are 3 recipes. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Green Grilled Cheese Sandwich, and Oven-Baked Sweet Potatoes.

Good morning healthy breakfast...as we all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Here is a great, delicious, healthy, amazing pancake recipe for you that is bound to fill you up & get you going on your day!

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pancakes

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pancakes

• 5 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup oatmeal
• 3 Tablespoons baking powder
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 5 1/4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 9 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 bag chocolate chips

Combine flour, oatmeal, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Beat milk, butter, eggs and sugar together.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the wet ingredients and mix together. Stir in the chocolate chips.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray or add a sliver of butter.

Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto hot skillet. Cook pancake bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until golden brown on the other side.

Makes 20-24 medium to large pancakes.

Freezer Instructions:

Cool pancakes. Lay on a cookie sheet and flash freeze for 1-2 hours. Put in a freezer bag, remove all air and seal. Freeze.

To serve: Reheat in microwave or toaster oven for a few minutes. Or, lay pancakes on a cookie sheet and heat in oven at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes. Serve.

Green Grilled Cheese Sandwich 

I would also recommend adding some chicken to this sandwich to add a little more protein!

Also we did not use the pesto & it was delicious anyway.

Green Grilled Cheese Sandwich

makes 1 sandwich

Ingredients

2 slices bread (we used a white bread, but one filled with lots of different whole grains and seeds would be *awesome*)
2-3 tablespoons Green Goddess Herb Pesto (recipe below)
2 slices mild white melty cheese like mozzarella
handful fresh baby spinach
¼ avocado, sliced
2 tablespoons goat cheese, crumbled
olive oil (and butter if you’re so inclined)

Directions

Spread about 1 tablespoon of Green Goddess Herb Pesto onto each slice of bread (2 tablespoons total, but if you’re sensitive, go light, the pesto is STRONG).

On one slice of bread, add 1 slice of cheese, sliced avocado, crumbled goat cheese, spinach, second slice of cheese, then top it with second slice of bread. Press together gently.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a frying pan over medium low heat. (If you want to use butter, add it to the oil and let it melt). Add the sandwich to the oil and cook until bread is golden brown. Press down on the sandwich lightly, then flip the sandwich over and cook until second side is golden brown.

Green Goddess Herb Pesto

Ingredients

1 clove garlic
1 (or 2 if you’re ballsy) anchovy fillet (in oil)
½ small shallot, chopped (about 1 tablespoon)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
handful chopped fresh Italian parsley
handful chopped kale
2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped chives
¼ cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Pulse garlic, anchovy, and shallot in food processor until chopped. With the food processor running, add lemon juice, parsley, kale, tarragon and chives. (It won’t process very well yet, don’t worry).

Very slowly drizzle in olive oil until kale and herbs get sufficiently chopped and everything is the consistency of a pesto. You may need more or less of the olive oil depending on how big a “handful” of herbs is to you. You can also turn off the food processor and push herbs down the side of the bowl with a spatula every once in a while.

Season to taste with salt and pepper (You probably won’t need too much salt if you used 2 anchovies).

(This makes a lot, but you will use it all for other things. We added more olive oil to make it back into a salad dressing.)

Last but not least

Oven-Baked Sweet Potatoes

This recipe is easy peasy & we came up with it on our own.

Preheat your oven to 350.

Slice your sweet potato into coins (rounds, circles, etc.)

Drizzle *a little* olive oil over them just enough to coat them

Dash a little salt & pepper on

Bake in oven for 30 minutes *flip each potato coin over after 15 minutes*

Potatoes are done when they can easily be sliced through

Thanks for listening have a great week everyone!!