A nice little Saturday

After spending the day painting Kai's room and touching up the hallway. (Kai wants a pirate room now)

We spent the evening watching "Beauty and the Beast", eating yummy chocolate cake (recipe from here: lickthebowlgood.blogspot.com)

and playing in the rain





Doesn't get much better than that!

"Pink Pancakes"

I have been telling you all about these "Pink Pancakes" and I am finally going to post the recipe. They are made with beets....which sounds sick but they are quite yummy & the kids LOVED them!

3/4 cup water
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup beet puree*
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 t cinnamon
1 cup pancake mix
1/4 c grated apple
nonstick cooking spray
1 T veggie oil
syrup

1. In a blender or food processor, combine water, cheese, beet puree, vanilla and cinnamon and blend, put mixture in bowl and combine pancake mix and apple, stir.
The batter will be lumpy.

2. Coat griddle with cooking spray and set on med heat, when hot add oil, use 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Cook & enjoy!

*Beet Puree
Leave beet whole and unpeeled, wrap in aluminum foil and roast at 400*F for 1 hour. Peel and place in food processor for 2 minutes.

The BEST chicken salad recipe---EVER!

My Aunt Roz made this at the reunion and it was SOOOOO good!

APPLE CHICKEN SALAD

4 cups diced cooked chicken
2 Tablespoons chopped green onion
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
dash thyme
2 cups Bowtie pasta(cooked)
8 oz. Kraft Cole Slaw Dressing
1 cup sour cream or mayo
1 cup diced celery
2 cups halved red grapes
1-20 oz. can pineapple tidbits
2 cups apple, unpeeled and diced
3/4 cup slivered almonds

Mix together