Who’s Afraid of Barack Obama? - New York Times

Who’s Afraid of Barack Obama? - New York Times

This article really breaks things down beyond next Spring. Gave me some things to think about. Tip- it gets good towards the middle.

Saturday

Our morning could have turned out a lot worse. Sydney picked up another cold from his last day at daycare and is starting to get sniffly. That means that he doesn't sleep well. This morning he woke up at 6 am, and we exhausted all of our tricks before we surrendered and got up. Luckily he was in a completely silly mood and let us gather our whits around coffee while he ran around the house squealing like a loony toon. We just finished our breakfast (banana-nut pancakes!), and he is still full of energy even though we didn't let him have any syrup. Banana pancakes are soooo good. I have a recipe I'll share with you from a vegan cookbook because this is the stuff that world peace and brotherly love are made of.

1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4 very mashed banana
1 1/2 c (any kind) milk plus 1 tsp vinegar (let it sit for 5 minutes)
1 tbsp canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c pecans (or any kind of nut)
Canola oil or cooking spray for pan

mix dry and wet ingredients separately, then pour wet into dry and mix (not too much). Fold in nuts. Let mix set in fridge for 10 minutes to thicken up. Grease pan, make pancakes.

These are soooo damn good! Bryan demanded that I blog about banana pancakes and is holding my breakfast hostage. I have finished my assignment, so I'm gonna go eat now.