Oatmeal Pancakes: I Can't Believe That...

Last night was quite the night at the Dubuque County Fair!  I got to throw T-shirts to the audience for Eagle 102 and Y105 before Safety Suit and Daughtry, respectively.  Most of my tosses only reached the Festival Area or Mosh Pit!  So it was good to be close to the stage to get a T-shirt.  Oh, and I did get hear "Over You" live!

After a late night out, a healthy breakfast is essential to reboot the system.  So I tried and adapted a new recipe, Healthy Oatmeal Pancakes.  They are an tasty and nourishing!

Last night really was very fun.  I am still a little bit in shock that I got to wear a media pass and go backstage!  I guess I could say I can't believe I got to do it!  I used today's song for the blog discussing I can't believe I'm going to law school, but it applies here, too, as a good "can't-believe-it" song.  So here's "I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me" sung by Frank Sinatra.

HEALTHY OATMEAL PANCAKES

Adapted from a Hy-Vee recipe.

DRY INGREDIENTS:

¼ cup white flour

¼ cup whole wheat flour

½ cup quick oats

1 tablespoon Splenda

1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

Dash of nutmeg

WET INGREDIENTS:

½ cup skim milk

½ teaspoon lemon juice

1 egg

1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce

1 tablespoon canola oil

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.  Stir then set aside.

Wisk together wet ingredients in a separate bowl. 

Over medium heat, let skilled get hot enough to sizzle butter without burning the butter. 

Add wet to dry ingredients and stir together as little as possible.  If too thick to scoop out with a ¼-cup measuring cup, add a tablespoon of water at a time to thin the batter.

Scoop ¼ cup of batter onto hot skillet.  Turn over pancakes when bubbles stop appearing.  Do not let the first side get too browned.

Serve immediately or cool on a wire rack and freeze.  Once pancakes are frozen, you can put into single serving pint bags or in a quart bag.  Freezing keeps them from sticking together so they can be removed from the freezer one at a time. 

Toast the frozen pancakes on a low setting.

I Can't Believe That...I'm Going to Law School!

So I have some news for you that began unfolding in early April.  I start law school in the fall!  You are probably as shocked as I was with my recent decision.  One of my tutors might be wrong but he thinks I hold the record for the shortest prep time for deciding to go to law school and being accepted to law school. 

With only five weeks to study, on January 7th I signed up to take the February 9th LSAT.  Besides studying for the LSAT, I had personal statements to write for very different law school applications, and I needed to line up letters of recommendation and evaluations from professors and an employer.  Plus, I had to finish the classes I needed to graduate.  I even added a pre-law class that I absolutely loved!

As grateful as I was to be admitted to Southwestern’s two-year SCALE program and as much as I highly prize being admitted to the University of Iowa, I choose to attend BYU for overwhelming reasons.

Never fear, I am still performing and releasing albums during law school.  Plus, my blog will include law school updates as well as jazz and recipes! 

I love this line from the beginning of While You Were Sleeping, “[My dad] would get these far-off looks in his eye and he would say, ‘Life doesn’t always turn out the way you plan.’"  Then Lucy (Sandra Bullock's character) says, "I just wish I’d realized at the time he was talking about my life.”  Well, that pretty much sums it up!

Since I still can't believe how this all came together so swiftly, here's "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" sung by Frank Sinatra.