last few bites of raw kale salad
rooftop brunch with Stacey, Rosalie, and Michael: beer pancakes (click for the recipe… they turned out super fluffy this time. made with Żywiec porter) with homemade vanilla ice “cream,” chocolate chips, strawberry slices, and maple syrup; fresh strawberries, blueberries, and mandarin oranges; sweet potato home fries (followed “home fries” recipe on the recipe page, substituting sweet potatoes, and adding garlic with the onion, plus paprika); fried slices of mushroom pâté from Twin Oaks (yum!); almond milk latte; the remaining 4.9oz of porter
- 3 c flour
- 1/4 c sugar
- 4 T baking powder
- 1/4 c Earth Balance, plus more for frying
- 2 T corn starch
- 1.5 c (1 12oz bottle) beer
- 1.5 c soymilk, plus a splash to mix with corn starch
- fruit or chocolate chips (optional)
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder together in a large bowl. Cut in Earth Balance (either with a knife or fork, or just by kneading it in with your hands). Prepare replacement for egg by whisking the corn starch with a splash of soy milk. Add this corn starch/soy milk mixture, the beer, and about 1c soy milk to the dry ingredients. Mix, leaving some clumps. Add the rest of the soy milk if necessary (depending on the thickness of the batter. it should be quite thin.) Add optional fruit or chocolate chips to batter.
Heat a stick-free or well seasoned pan on medium-high heat. Once hot (dribbled water should sizzle), add 1/8-1/4 tsp Earth Balance. It should melt and sizzle quickly. Before it has spread out very far, scoop about 1/3c batter into the middle of the melting Earth Balance. Flip pancakes once most of the bubbles that form on top have popped. Serve quickly, with syrup, fresh sliced fruit, ice cream, or other toppings.
espresso at Gimme! Coffee
dinner at Pukk: portions of green curry with mock duck; tamarind tofu; black bean ginger “chicken”; brown rice
drinks at Pacific Standard trivia night: Kelso WTF IPA; a few sips of He’Brew Lenny Bruce IPA (both may or may not be vegan)
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