Breakfast

Hotcake is a Japanese style pancake.

This is the kind of pancake I grew up with.

The big difference between Japanese hotcake and American style pancake is thickness and texture.

Hotcake is typically quite thick.

It’s soft but more dense, not as fluffy as American pancake.

This is my first time making hotcake.

When I lived in Japan, my mother always made it for me, and since I came to the U.S., we’ve always had “pancakes.”

This morning I had this strong craving for hotcake, and my first hotcake turned out great!

So good!!

From now on we are going to alternate between “pancake” and “hotcake.”

I saw several pictures of Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal on Instagram, and I decided to try making one myself.

I like cinnamon rolls.

I love the flavor, but I do not love the amount of sugar that they contain.

So I decided to keep the flavor but minimize the sweetness.

Oatmeal was cooked with water, and then salt and cinnamon were mixed in.

The next layer was the paste of dates and cashew nut mixture.

It was also flavored with salt and cinnamon.

For the fun swirl I used dairy free (not-too-sweet) almond-milk vanilla yogurt.

My husband and I really enjoyed this.

Flavorful and guilt-free, perfect breakfast!

Saturday breakfast.

My husband started working out more lately, and he also pays much more attention to what he eats.

So I wanted something tasty but good-for-you food for breakfast this morning for us.

These are sourdough waffles, with a good amount of whole wheat, oats, Kabocha, and spices.

We enjoyed them very much, with vegan butter, maple syrup, and coconut cream (for me).

Have a great weekend everyone.

Cardamom is one of my favorite spices, but I often forget about it.

Yesterday we visited our favorite Swedish bakery.

It’s a bit away from our house, but whenever we are in that area we like to visit them.

They are not a vegan bakery, but they usually have a few vegan items.

One of the vegan treats they had yesterday was cardamom oatmeal cookie, and it was delicious!

So that inspiration was reflected on our breakfast this morning.

These are cardamom oatmeal sourdough waffles.

When waffle itself is this flavorful, I skip syrup and enjoy it just with vegan butter.

The supporting actors were scrambled turmeric tofu, Southwest coleslaw, tomato slices, and garlic tomato soup.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Inspiration comes from everywhere.

Well, the inspiration for this dish came from this.

My husband came home with this box the other day.

We are all suckers for “limited edition,” aren’t we? (lol)

I’m not a drinker, but I do enjoy the flavor of liqueurs, and I use them for baking/cooking.

For this pancake breakfast I made peach whiskey syrup.

Our usual sourdough pancakes.

I got up at 6:00 a.m. this morning to get peaches.

Yes, food makes me do things that I typically don’t do.

It already looks so pretty.

Now the plate is complete with the delicious peach whiskey syrup!