Pancake party

Another sunny day in Canberra = a wonderful public holiday. With sunny weather and relaxing days like these, I am sad that I have to go back to work tomorrow.

So, we decided to spend a little extra time on breakfast this morning.

What better way to finish off a long  weekend than with a little pancake party – “his and hers” style….

I used Angela’s recipe for spelt pancakes as a base, with rice milk and cinnamon to flavour the batter.

I made 5 little pancakes and served them in a stack with with strawberries and banana.

With a drizzle of agave, PB and rice milk – that I had mixed together and warmed until smooth.

Mr BBB made 2 large pancakes and went for the ‘Canadian’ breakfast – bacon, eggs and maple syrup.

 

A pancake party for 2 - his and hers….

Haha just slightly different ;)

As Canberra had provided another sunny day, and we had no real plans, we decided to head out for a bike ride.

This time I suggested we ride to Tharwa (about 20km away).

The roads were a little unsafe by the time we hit 15km (with no real bike lanes that we could use and 100km speed zones) so we decided to turn around and head home.

   

We did, however, tackle some decent hills and ended up riding around 32km.

We spent the afternoon window shopping for a new bedroom setting and lounge suite. Our new house won’t be finished until November this year – but it can’t hurt to look!

Mystery Box

I turned to the Mystery Box for dinner inspiration this evening and the chosen ingredient was…

Mushrooms!

Did you know? Mushrooms are often classified as a vegetable but they are in fact a fungi . Mushrooms are very low in calories and sodium, but are a rich source of potassium, riboflavin, niacin, and selenium.

I started with two gorgeous portobello mushrooms, and stuffed them with a mix of lentils, tofu and capsicum, which had been sautéed with a teaspoon of curry powder.

Baked for 15 minutes until soft, and served with a heap of sweet potato fries and green beans.

Presenting – portobello mushrooms stuffed with curried lentils and tofu.

Oh my – these mushrooms were ‘meaty’ and worked well with the curried lentil / tofu mix.  Not to mention being super easy and healthy.

The only change that I would make is that next time I would bake the mushrooms for a few minutes longer - they were still a little tough in parts.

I also had some room for some vanilla ice-cream with banana and strawberries.

A nice way to end this long weekend!

What about you? What is your favourite mushroom dish?

Happy baking :)