bananas!
June 11, 2011 Look what I made for breakfast!! It’s been weeks since a buckwheat bake has come out of the oven. It was so nice to reunite with one of my favorites.
I filled this bake with a whole banana and topped it with melted pb + almond milk, honey, and blueberries. I love melting nut butter + milk together because you get so much more sauce and it’s nice and drippy.
Banana Buckwheat Bake
- 1/4c raw buckwheat flour [ground from raw groats, not Kasha]
- 1T raw buckwheat groats
- 1T chia seeds
- 1/2t vanilla
- 1/2t cinnamon
- 3T almond milk
- 1 banana
- 1 flax egg [1T ground flax + 2T warm water, whisked] <—fresh ground flax works best!
- 1/4t baking powder
- Preheat oven to 350* + grease a small baking dish. [~4-5” diameter 1-2” deep, or 3 muffin tins, or 2-3 ramekins]
- Mix flax egg + let sit for 5min, until thick and gelled.
- In a small bowl mash the banana, until egg-like.
- Whisk in almond milk + vanilla.
- Mix in flour, groats, chia seeds, cinnamon + baking powder until just combined.
- Stir in flax egg until combined.
- Pour into greased dish, spread evenly, and bake for 35-40min, until a toothpick comes out almost clean.
*Add 2t maple syrup or honey, if you want this a little sweeter. Also feel free to add in 2T chopped nuts.
The result is a gooey, banana, breakfast cake! The PB + honey + blueberries put this over the top!
After breakfast, Kelsey picked me up for a morning excursion.
To Costco! She needed to stock up the fridge + pantry, since they just moved here a few days ago.
I was playing paparazzi in Costco. It was amusing. For us at least.
Costco is much more fun when you’re not by yourself.
I learned how Kelsey picks out coffee…
I’m pretty pumped about this organic cheese. One of the workers says it sells like crazy. This will definitely be packed in our cooler for the Telluride festival. It’s a 5 day event, and while you could eat every meal from a vendor cart, that gets quite old. I also don’t plan on finding too many veggie + gluten free meals. Although I do know it should be pretty a pretty veg-friendly place. We’re going to make a food plan tomorrow and then start preparing!
Loaded UP!
Sad face after getting yelled at by the worker at the check out. Apparently, goofing around with cameras and not unloading your cart quickly enough, does not go over well.
What did I buy?
- organic cheeeeeeeese
- toilet paper
- toothbrushes
- apples [great for music festival snacking!]
- organic spinach
While supporting the big box stores, is not my favorite thing in the world, we balanced it out on our way home by stopping at the local food co-op. I was out of my farm fresh eggs, which is always a major problemo.
Problemo solved. I also picked up some delicious, fluffy, local organic kale.
I enjoyed 3 eggs cooked with the pour, poke + spread method [the best!], a buttered piece of Udi’s GF toast [also local and delish!], sauteed kale with Colorado mushrooms, garlic + salt.
Farm fresh eggs have much better flavor and cook up fluffier. The best part is, the dozen only cost $3.29! Typically around here, fresh eggs are about $4.50-5.50. Still worth it in my book, since I don’t spend money on meat!
Today, we’re headed down to Denver for the S. Pearl Street Brewgrass Festival. It’s a gorgeous day out, so I think first, I’m headed out for some dog walking.
Catch you tomorrow!
Ashley
Reader Comments (71)
Oh wow that "icing" looks AMAZING :)
Love your poke+pour+spread method, probably my favorite way to make eggs too!
Yay!! :)
Aw, so cool that you two are reunited! :) Love it.
Oh, and just saw your hail pictures. We actually drove through it from Wyoming to Boulder that night, 12am-2am... It was like driving through the freaking apocalypse. Grossssss.
I NEED to try the pour, poke and spread method next time I make eggs. They are so pretty!
I also wish our Costco carried organic cheeses like that. The mushroom one sounds delicious!
OH wow...glad you made it back safely!
Sounds so much fun! Love the sound of a "brewgrass" festival ;)
and those local eggs look so gorgeous and vibrant!
Awww, you and Kelsey are going to have so much fun together! :)
I can't even handle how yummy that looks...drool
Ahhhhh you are making me super hungry!!! Why I have still not made a buckwheat bake, I have no idea. Also I like her coffee-choosing technique, it is verrrry similar to mine!
I am a big kale and eggs fan since I read about it here :) The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is so much fun! I went about 25 years ago (Yikes! Now you know how old I am!) You must do the hike that starts at the end of the valley. It's got a beautiful waterfall, and when you get to the top you can look down on the whole valley! Hope you have a great time.
I like the idea of a whole banana to make it gooey inside!
haha i get yelled at in ikea every time i ride the cart in the warehouse section. and obviously they don't realize the importance of photo documentation. it's the fun part of the blog!
I love browsing around Costco. ^_^ Sometimes you find real gems there though I do enjoy shopping locally better. It's still nice that they have lots of organic options now.
Haha, it looks like fun shopping! Def let us know how the cheese was, it looks yummy.
I looove eggs, we have some fresh ones around here, from our own little chickens.
A tasty welcome back of the buckwheat bakes! Love how saucy nut butter + milk gets. Have fun today!
How much do you find yourself spending on groceries every month? Just curious since you eat so well/organic/local
i need to come have breakfast at your house, both look amazing!
Thanks for the reminder to make one of those buckwheat bakes. They somehow slipped my mind....and that nut butter sauce is such a good call.
Such a beautiful day in CO! Hi from Aspen.
Oh I totally agree that going to costco with someone else is waaaay more fun then going alone. :)
I love the light in the buckwheat bake shots-really fantastic!
I was wondering when the last time you whipped up a buckwheat bake was... :) I thought maybe you weren't sharing them with us, hehe. I'll have to try mixing PB and milk together-- looks yummy. I have bad memories with doing it with peanut flour as I don't like peanut flour and milk together.
Have a lovely day!
Love the pb and honey on top of that bake. It looks so good :D
Your eggs look so yummy too. I can't stand eggs that don't have that super vibrant yolk anymore. Farm fresh is the only way to go, I'd rather not eat eggs at all that eat those pale store bought ones :( And I think that's a good price too. I pay $3 a dozen here and organic and "specialty" eggs around here are at least $4-5 a dozen. $3 is so worth it :)
Costco IS definitely more fun when you're not by yourself. Those cheeses look divine! I'll have to see if I can find them here. I wish they still had those frozen cherries! Yum!
Ohhh the melted pb + milk topping sounds wonderful! I'm going to try that on my oats tomorrow morning!
I was thinking about making myself a buckwheat bake tomorrow! I haven't had one in couple of weeks, at least. Totally going to try this version tomorrow!
HOLY CRAP. As a self proclaimed banana addict, I absolutely MUST try this!!!!!
girl, costco checkers are NOT to be messed with in their busy hour! i found that out the hard way last year too :)
Wow that's a great price for farm fresh eggs! I love getting them fresh too, you can really tell the difference when cooking with them!
Cosco! :) I never leave without at least 2-3 bags of veggie chips!
OOOHH yummy!! I just HAVE to try that buckwheat bake, it looks so delicious!!
Wow! Can't believe how much farm fresh eggs cost there! I buy eggs from a co-worker who has chickens for $2.oo a dozen and I get them delivered to work!
Eggs, toast, kale = perfect meal.
As far as big box stores go, I'm ok with supporting Costco because I think they have a lot of really good products!
Yes, they do! Almost everything I get there is organic!
Co-worker discount! :) Are they still $2 at a farmers market too?
HAhaha...I know!! But there wasn't even anyone behind me!
Hahaha...nope! Just haven't had one lately! :) I'm not a fan of peanut flour and didn't like mixing it with milk either!
Thanks Beth!
Hope you're having fun!!! Wish you were closer!
Hope you enjoy the bake if you try it!!!
I spend around $100/week. That includes all breakfasts, all of my lunches, about 4-5 lunches for Chris and typically 5-6 nights of dinner. We only have 1 real income, and a little help from what I make from the blog and various other things. We make buying quality food a priority, over a lot of other things. :)
Yes, very true! I definitely support the local co-op and farmers markets as much as possible! :)
Yeah...I was taking photos of our carts and a guy was like, "well that sure is something new!" I was thinking...obviously you're not familiar with the food blog world. ;)
OOoh, that sounds spectacular. Thanks for the advice!
Still haven't made any of your scrumptious looking bakes...silly me ;-)
Is it just me or are the shopping trolleys ridiculously gigantic??!! They appear to be huuuge! I know...odd observation...I suppose they have to be big for all the bulk items they sell. Wish we had Costco over here.
Definitely extra large at Costco!
I'm glad you ride on the carts like a kid, too. This means I'm not the only 5-year old masquerading as a 24-year-old.
I totally know what you mean when you're not thrilled about supporting the big-box stores...that's why I try to avoid going to places like Target and Walmart (especially!) except on rare occasions. I read an entire lengthy book about big box stores and their effect on local populations/economies, it was so interesting. One thing to point out though is that Costco is actually known for providing good hourly pay/salaries for their employees, as opposed to many of the other big box stores. Just throwing that out there!
She sells them to anyone for $2. At farmer's markets they are anywhere from 2.00 -3.50. We are in Ohio.
That's awesome!!