JESSIE'S VEGAS

Buckwheat/Millet pancakes I got my buckwheat and millet in bulk at WINCO. I turned them into flour in the blender. Buckwheat is related to rhubarb and is more like a nut than a grain. It is one of the healthiest foods on earth! Millet is birdseed! Ha! Wait until I tell Dave he ate birdseed. Well, those birds seem to know what they are doing, eh? Chia seeds are packed full of vitamins! 2 cups buckwheat flour 2 cups millet flour 2 tablespoons chia seeds 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt 4 organic eggs 2 cups almond milk 2 cups pureed pumpkin 2 teaspoon pumpkin spice 2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave syrup 4 tablespoons melted coconut oil Mix together and  drop ladlefuls to form pancakes on very hot cast iron grill . Use coconut oil to prevent sticking. Cook about 7 minutes per side of pancake. Nutty, dense texture packed with dense nutritional goodness!

Man! I could not get comfortable tonight. I tried to add the squishy body pillow with the soft ,microsuede cover as an amiable bed companion. This did not seem overly successful as the tossing and turning of my body beneath the pile of blankets continued.  "Maybe I'm thirsty", I say to myself. "Dave made me eat that delicious thai food. What was he thinking?" I am too lazy to go downstairs and I decide the water that comes out of the bathroom faucet might suffice. "Oh, no! It tastes like drain ditch water", I lament ,as I spit out the mouthful before I can chug another swallow down. The drain ditch was a murky moat of water that ran by the side of my house growing up. Cows frequented it's banks and frogs and carp fish swam in it's swirling depths. Growing up in rural Idaho, we played long hours outside. Instead of going inside for a drink, we would often grab the nearest hose to refresh ourselves. It was always difficult to tell ,without samp...