Zucchini Pancakes

I woke up Saturday morning at 7am!!!!!!!!

Preparation for the bebe? Hmmm….perhaps. It could be the fact that I woke up with heartburn and a nagging pain in my back. I think I had a dream about bacon….which is what inspired me to get my butt out of bed and make us some breakfast.

I also really wanted mushrooms as you could see….

momma is craving mushrooms today

Waking up that early is as annoying as it is nice. I started grocery shopping at 8am and felt like there was soo much potential food wise this weekend.

While Casey was still sleeping, I was able to put the final touches on our new guest room. The old guest room is going to be converted into the new baby room. I love this new color blue. The really nice part is that you can lay in bed and look at the trees outside. A perfect place to read a book/magazine in the afternoon.

the new guest bedroom

I also made those deceptively delicious brownies (seen in the previous post).

For lunch, I used leftover bacon and made us some BLATS (Bacon Lettuce Avocado Tomato Sandwiches)

blAt

dinner

We went to see a matinee showing of The Dark Knight today (really good btw).

I decided to treat us to a nice afternoon early dinner on the back deck.

Zucchini pancakes with a dill/cucumber yogurt dip, a mixed green salad (with tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions & feta) Hot Genoa salami, Sopressata & some slices of a sour batard.

early dinner

I also made a yummy *mocktail*

cucumber & pineapple juice, gingerale, seltzer, ice & a pink straw.

Cucumber & Pineapple Juice with Ginger ale and Seltzer water. MMMMMMMM Refreshing.

Nothing like putting some zucchini to good use!

three little pancakes in a row

Zucchini Pancakes


(made about 8)

-3 large zucchini, shredded (drain in a bowl lined with paper towels for an hour before making)
-1/4 cup flour
-1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
-2 large eggs
-3 tablespoons chopped Italian Parsley
-2 teaspoons garlic powder
-1 dash of cayenne pepper
-salt & pepper
-cooking spray

1. Preheat oven 200 degrees. Put a cookie sheet in the oven- line with a few pieces of paper towel.
1. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the egg & zucchini. Mix well.
2. Heat up a non-stick skillet on medium heat with cooking spray. (It’s much healthier than frying). Spoon zucchini batter on the skillet and flatten each pancake.
4. Cook each pancake for about 3 minutes per side before flipping. Put cooked pancakes in the oven while you are making the rest!
5. DEVOUR. Immediately.

Top it with a yogurt/dill/cucumber dip and you have yourself a little slice of heaven.

Now I leave you…off to start the laundry and relax. There’s a nice breeze here today and I’m thoroughly enjoying the calm before the storm.

Happy Sunday Everyone.

  • trupeach

    wow, wow, wow. i will certainly try those zucchini cakes and that tasty treat of a drink asap!

  • Tracy

    you should! and because they aren’t fried…they are pretty healthy for you! Even better huh?

  • Patricia Scarpin

    That guest room is so adorable I want to spend the night in it! šŸ™‚

  • wootowl

    i hope yer man realizes what a lucky duck he is!!!
    YP

  • Anna

    I love that blue in the guest room, it’s lovely. The zucchini cakes look really yummy too.. i’ve made some before that have cubes of feta in too and that’s also yummy.

  • Tracy

    thank you all!

    woot- i think he knows it…that’s why he misses me so much when I visit you!

    anna- i was thinking of adding feta to the pancakes! i think i will do that next time… i did put some on top cuz there was some leftover bits in my salad šŸ™‚

  • nina

    A great site you have here…great recipes, great photography……..and I’ll be back for more.That’s no maybe!

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