Playing with Pancakes

My sister sent me a recipe for lemon ricotta pancakes.  It looked delicious, but I didn’t have ricotta and I didn’t want to go to the store to get some.  So I let my creative juices flow and asked myself, what can I use instead of ricotta, and how can I make this recipe my own?​

It’s amazing what I find in my fridge. I often have forgotten items that get shoved in the back and forgotten about.  After some digging, I found some cottage cheese that would make a good substitution for ricotta.  I also wanted to use up my pistachio nuts, so the beginning of a new recipe was started and another nourishing life lesson was born - inspiration often comes after we get started.  I didn’t know what else I was going to add to my pancake recipe to make it delicious, but because I took a small leap of faith and moved forward, the answers came.  This mirrors life. Don’t let not knowing how you are going to make something work stop you.  Just take the first steps, and soon you’ll make magic happen and manifest a wonderful solution.

Creamy, Crunchy Pancakes.pdf