In England, my family and I always celebrated Shrove Tuesday as 'Pancake Day', a nod to the days when people would use up their prized ingredients such as eggs and flour before Ash Wednesday, not eating them until Easter came. Pancakes are a daily staple in America (which is such a treat!) so they're always readily available, but I decided this year that S and I would celebrate the day with homemade pancakes smothered in maple syrup, yum!
I didn't have enough milk for a traditional batter so I decided to eyeball it and make my own! I used one whole banana, two eggs, half a cup of flour and half a cup of honey nut oatmeal, with an extra big squeeze of honey thrown in. After frying them for a couple of minutes on either side, we had us some rather delicious pancakes! Shrove Tuesday just wouldn't be complete without them.
In the spirit of Lent, this year I've decided to give up unhealthy snacking for 40 days. I am a serial snacker; if I'm sitting at home watching T.V. or browsing the internet, I'll happily munch away at some chocolate or a packet of crisps. Now that I've got Pearl to keep me occupied during the day, I'm much more active but the snacking hasn't stopped and it's time that I broke the habit! While I won't be depriving myself of something sweet here and there, I'll be incorporating them into my meals rather than eating at weird times of the day and, if I really can't resist, I'll be stocking up on healthy foods like nuts, dried fruit and veggies to help with the pangs.
Do you celebrate Lent or give anything up? Here's to a successful 40 days!
Love, K.
I don't traditionally celebrate Lent but I've made a promise to myself to let things go during these 40 days. It sounds silly but I take things too personally and let it stew and it's time that I just let it go and move on.
ReplyDeleteI'm also going to take a cue from you and switch out my unhealthy snacks for healthy ones. I, too, am a serial snacker so I have to actively make better decisions for myself. It's tough but we can do it! :)
Cheers!
I think it's a great idea to challenge yourself to let things go over the next 40 days ^_^ I've heard it takes 21 days to break a habit so if we can make it to the halfway point we should be in the clear! We can do it!
DeleteI've never done anything for lent this year, but I think I'm going to next year! It definitely seems like a good thing to challenge yourself. I never knew about Pancake Day on Shrove Tuesday but will so do that next year!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good excuse to eat pancakes all day ^_^
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