Earth Cakes!

You all know I have been on a health kick lately, and I am the first to admit that I can get a bit extreme. I've been slowly cutting out meat, dairy products and all preservatives from our diet, and to top it all off I have been slowly adding wheat germ, quinoa and all kinds of grains and veggies into all our normal food. And again I do not deny that I am one for taking things too far.

So, no joke. Tonight I fed my daughter pancakes that tasted like the earth. THE EARTH. I am not sure if I am proud or ashamed. But since she ate them with delight, I don't plan to fix what is not broken.

I, however, did not eat them.




Earth Cakes (Earth, of course, is a euphemism for "dirt")
Developed by the one and only Jill Fellow

1 1/2 cup whole wheat pancake mix from Good Earth
1 1/2 cup water
1/4 cup Quinoa flakes
1/2 cup beet puree

1. Mix the ingredients until smooth.
2. Taste the batter to make sure it, in fact, tastes like "The Earth."
3. Pour onto a hot skillet at medium heat.
4. Flip when bubbles pop.
5. Serve to child with sugar-free applesauce.
6. Prepare something else for self.


(Photo by Google Images -- Warning: as with all cookbooks, the above photo does not represent the pancakes made with the above recipe)