It’s.Still.Raining.
I’m especially not happy about this because Ben was ready and willing to go on a walk/run with me. He mentioned wanting to do a race recently and wanted to run this morning. I was super excited, but our plans were foiled by the monsoon outside.
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So, we decided to make breakfast and hope it lets up a bit. Ben was in charge of the coffee. He made espresso in this new espresso maker thingy we got from Marshall’s. You put it right on the stove burner. Crazy.
And I used my new Scanpan Professional Griddle to cook breakfast. The company offered to send me one of their super fancy griddles since I am a huge advocate of Pancake Sunday. 
It’s a tradition to make pancakes on Sundays, and up until today I’d just been using whatever was clean a small frying pan. I can tell this griddle will also be good for warming tortillas. 
It comes with a handle cover so you don’t burn your hands while flipping your ‘cakes in a grand fashion. Not that I do that, but I would rather not burn my hands in general.
For some reason I love the name “Scanpan” and kept shouting it while cooking. I don’t know if you’ve picked up on this yet but, I’M LOUD!
Warning: Just because you have a fancy professional griddle, doesn’t mean your first batch of pancakes will come out professional looking or tasting.
Luckily, I am great at saving the pancake day and realized they were too runny. Nothing a little extra flour couldn’t fix. I added some cranberries while cooking too.
Wa-la! A delicious stack of pumpkin cranberry pancakes.
Toppings!
In the end, I wasn’t a fan of cranberries in the pancakes. Fail. But, they were still yummy, I just wouldn’t add them again.
Question: Did you have a fancier than usual breakfast this morning?
I actually did have a fancier breakfast. I made this: http://edibleperspective.com/2010/12/melty-gooey-chewy-bananer-oat-goodness/
You probably never want to visit Portland then…it rains for like 9 months here. Not kidding, either! When I was running outside last year training for Hood to Coast my entire LIFE revolved around the weather!
this rain is making me bananas! pancakes sound like perfection. banana pancakes especially!
I had oatmeal with peanut butter and banana. Fancy?
It was cold and it was all I wanted 😉
Nope, church is Sunday mornings. I usually go to the first service and volunteer during the second. It’s probably the one day a week where I eat the simplest breakfast.
At least the pancakes look pretty! Although I pretty much always go for flavor over looks. 😉
That espresso maker looks interesting! I was just looking for a square pan because i love making pancakes and french toast on it. Mine’s just about had it, but i haven’t been able to find one i like yet.
Maple syrup, pumpkin butter… i’m drooling 🙂
I actually did have a fancier breakfast. I made this: http://edibleperspective.com/2010/12/melty-gooey-chewy-bananer-oat-goodness/
Those sound amazing!
Mmm! Those look good!
I was super bummed about the rain this morning too. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to drive to the gym for my workout and just go run, but mother nature was having none of that.
I made these:
http://eatliverun.com/a-fifteen-minute-success/
for breakfast today, and they are amazing! 🙂
Those pancakes look amazing. Chocolate chip pancakes are my favorite food. Like, ever.
You and ben should run in the rain and have a wet t-shirt contest 🙂
we have a cast iron pan that we need a handle cover for! 🙂 makes great pancakes!
still raining here too.. it’s a storm that will go through the week, i think.
I feel you on the rain, I haven’t exercised in 3 days now and that’s a long time for me. I live in San Diego, so it’s still raining here and looks like it will be raining the next couple days. I think we are definitely lucky to live in SoCal because I can’t imagine living in a place where I have to run in 10 degree weather, not fun. It will let up at some point!
I was trying to stay positive by thinking about that on my run yesterday, “At least I can still feel my hands!” is what I kept telling myself 🙂
Dear Monica, I feel as though we are related in some freakish way..like distant cousins?
haha!
Live loud and proud! I would probably shout SCANPAN! several times too. My brother tells me to shut up on a regular basis.
And my breakfast was my usual – a giant protein shake (but made with soy nog this time!) and 1/2 chocolate chip cookie (for testing purposes, you know..)
😀
My brother HATES how loud I am and does the same thing.