(Doesn't that sound like the name of a hard-core rock band?) Per Jenifer's request, here is my oatmeal spice pancake recipe. It's a knock-off of Betty Crocker's pancakes, only way healthier and way tastier.
1 large egg
3/4 cup all-purpose flour (you could probably do whole wheat if you wanted, though I haven't tried)
1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup milk
1 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. applesauce (or oil)
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
cinnamon, nutmeg, and a dash of cloves to taste (I don't measure these, but I'd guess about 1 Tbs. of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/8 tsp. cloves.)
Beat egg in large bowl until fluffy. Add everything else and mix until combined. Fry 'em up on a well-greased griddle on medium-high heat. You can feel better about this because you didn't put any oil in the recipe. Serve with real maple syrup.
On a different note, the whole couponing class thing has not been nearly as fruitful as I had anticipated, and I got laid off from my babysitting job, leaving me to other employment pursuits. As we are probably leaving the state at Christmas, that leaves me very few normal part-time job opportunities.
So my neighbor and I decided to form our own business. We are in scrounge-KSL-and-craigslist-and-freecycle-for-scrap-metal-to-recycle business. We call it Junk in the Trunk Recycling. Fortunately, this requires zero overhead, and I already have the only hardware we need in our cursedly big monster truck. It also requires zero upstart capital since everyone gives us the stuff for free and is usually glad to have us haul it off. However, as with any investment, very little risk yields very little returns. The pay kinda stinks. But I made a potentially lucrative discovery today - we can strip the plastic off of all the copper wire on appliance cords and get way more than just leaving them on the appliance. Copper is about 100 times more valuable than steel or tin.
So if any of you P-town denziens have old metal junk for us to haul off in our trunk, please give me a call or email us at junkinthetrunkprovo@yahoo.com. One man's junk is another man's treasure.
3 comments:
I wish we had junk metal for you! We will keep our eyes open! Do old cash registers count?
Heck yeah! As long as it has a decent amount of metal on it, we'll take it. Thanks for lookin' out for us!
THese sound delightful! I will certainly have to try them this week. Sorry, I don't have any hunks of metal hanging around my place, but I suppose it doesn't matter anyway. The costs to drive up here and back wouldn't make for any good divendends.
On a good note, Garrett just applied for the MPA program at the Y... it looks like we just might be coming back! So really what I'm saying is that you NEED to stay in Provo. Besides- we never did get to go and get those darn good smellin' donuts...
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