What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Coconut Pancakes

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Coconut Pancakes

So some of you have wondered how the coconut flour has been working. Well... It's tricky, but some things have turned out pretty well. Particularly my cakes, muffins, and these coconut pancakes.

I got the recipe from the coconut flour cookbook I found on Amazon, and I tried variations where I used dairy substitutions for the oil and coconut milk, and I have to say, the most moist, delicious, and fluffy versions were when I stuck with all coconut. I add ground vanilla bean, and I substitute the sugar with xylitol and/or a smidge of honey and they come out great! Everyone in the fam loves em. Especially when made into peanut butter (actually sunflower seed butter) and jelly (fruit-sweetened jam) sandwiches. Regin asks for those daily.

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.