Banana Walnut Pancakes Dusted with Powdered SugarMy New Year’s resolution is to be a better planner. It reduces stress and anxiety.
Last Sunday, before we left the house for brunch at Cafe 21 in University Heights, I decided to prep the ingredients for the dinner I was planning to make. I chopped onions.
Being that my eyes are over-the-top sensitive and I cry enough in front of my very nice boyfriend, not long ago I invested in goggles to spare him and myself any pain while cutting onions. I’m quite the deal-getter and paid only 5 bucks for “swim” goggles instead of $20 real onion goggles. Smart, huh?
No. Why? Because swim goggles provide added pressure to keep water out.
(Right. I know this now). On Sunday, when I finished chopping, I took a deep breath of pride for having planned so well, let down my hair, gently removed the goggles with 5 minutes to spare before brunch, and looked in the mirror. Horror. Multiple thick wound-like red goggle marks around my eyes. I could do nothing. I threw on my radiator sunglasses and headed out the door to meet Colin’s friends (who were kind enough to understand my misfortune). It turned out to be a magical brunch.
We sat and chatted for two hours, lapping up warm maple walnut banana pancakes with just the right amount of “sweet” and a hot cast-iron pan of a perfectly cooked shrimp layered in an omelet stuffed with bright basil leaves, mozzarella and feta cheese. I walked (almost stumbled) out of Cafe 21 with a lightness in my step due to the…I’ll call it “boldness”… of the white melon sangria…my red marks were gone by then.
At least dinner was easy to make.
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