Rainbow Pancakes for Alex

My daughter is Autistic or has Autism depending on your particular preference. One of the difficulties we have with her is getting her to eat a more varied diet. She would live on Ramen, bananas, Kix cereal and pasta with Bacon if left to her own devices. She asked me for rainbow pancakes this weekend and since this is an item that is never requested, I leapt at the chance to get her to eat something different. After making the batter, it was simply a case of dividing the batter into seven bowls and coloring them. I made Alex help me as this is good therapy in and of itself! I was very doubtful that she would eat them but after she saw them all lined up she was incredibly happy. One rainbow stack and she was good to go. She managed to eat 4 which I am taking as a huge victory! ROY G BIV for the win!

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes

I made these recently after discovering a rather large amount of canned pumpkin in the pantry. These were more than a worthy use for the pumpkin. They were amazing. Like, totally crave pumpkin amazing! The recipe I used came from Life Made Simple and required zero modification on my part. Make these now! Excuse the bad photo!

Peter Callahan's Kitchen

Oh be still my heart! I have a new favorite kitchen and it belongs to Peter Callahan. The awesome caterer and cookbook author is featured in this months HGTV magazine. Well worth picking up if only for this kitchen! Seriously, it is a great magazine and has exceeded my expectations. This kitchen, however, will be pinned like no other! Check out the gallery here at HGTV.com

Purl Soho

I have Purl Soho on my list of things to do on a trip to New York City. I have also tried (and failed) to learn to knit many times. The spirit is willing but the hands just don't seem to cooperate. However, I think this kit could put me over the edge. Besides being beautifully packaged and available in a choice of colours, it also promises me that I will be able to make 3 scarves without ripping the needles out of the wool and throwing it all at the wall. I like that! Available from Purl Soho

Go Mighty!

I may be a little obsessed with this site. It makes me happy to read the things people want to do and are willing to put out there. I lack the courage to say out loud the things I want to do. My fear is I may have to do them. My life list is long and I feel a pull to share it. Maybe #1 on the list should be 'Join Go Mighty and start checking off numbers'! I want to hike up Mount Rainier, learn to make macarons and master a simple crusty loaf of French Bread. These are just the first three things I could think of sitting at my desk! The 7 novels I have gestating in my mind? Maybe they could see the light of day. Fear of rejection? I should get the hell over it! Run a Half Marathon? Start with a 5k! Be a consistent blogger? Hmmm sounds doable! So with all this in mind, I think today I will hit the 'Request an Invite' button on the Go Mighty site and see what happens next! One thing is certain, it cant be any less dull than I am allowing myself to live life right now!