November 16, 2015

banana mocha chocolate chip muffins

November 16, 2015/ Kelsey Siemens

Banana Mocha Chocolate Chip Muffins....you are a delight!

I am so excited to get back in the blogging groove and share these delish muffins today! I took a bit of time off while I was on vacation to Chicago (sooooo much fun! and I'll be posting all my favourites soon!!!), as well as to breathe a bit after the craziness of Fall. So, get ready for lots of new content coming your way!

October 22, 2015

french toast with blueberry compote and cream cheese whipped cream

October 22, 2015/ Kelsey Siemens

Hello french toast! This recipe is coming at ya from my sister Jordyn! She thought it would be a fun combination of flavours, and cooked up this delicious masterpiece....I just taste-tested and took the photos. Ha!

March 16, 2015

basic scones (with bonne maman)

March 16, 2015/ Kelsey Siemens

Years ago, Jordyn found the most scrumptious scone recipe, and adapted it into the best recipe for lemon cranberry scones! It's such a yummy combo, especially when topped with a lemon glaze. It's so good that we realized that we've never actually made plain scones since then!

So, I decided to go back to basics, and let the topping of these scones really shine!

October 21, 2014

apple cider waffles with salted caramel drizzle

October 21, 2014/ Kelsey Siemens

Given the choice between waffles and pancakes, I'll choose waffles every time. I don't know if it's because I like that waffles are crunchier, or because filling each little pocket with syrup brings me an inappropriate amount of joy.....but they'll be my choice every time. Sorry pancakes. It's not you, it's me.

August 27, 2013

tasty tuesday: lemon blueberry pancakes

August 27, 2013/ Kelsey from {ps:heart }

As some of you may be aware of, I'm totally a salt & caramel kind of a girl. Totally obsessed. Perhaps even bordering on an unhealthy obsession. But whatevs. Although that remains my all-time favorite combo of flavors (for the moment), I do have to say that blueberry and lemon are right up there. They complement each other so well, and I definitely tend to go a little blueberry/lemon crazy in the summers since we're lucky enough to grow blueberries on our farm. Soooo....that means an endless supply of free blueberries!

Please don't hate me.

I made these on a quiet Sunday afternoon after drooling over photos of them over at one of my very favorite food blogs: Pastry Affair! I tweaked them a little, and am so pleased with how they turned out.

Blueberry Lemon Pancakes

Yield: ~4 servings

adapted from: Pastry Affair

1 1/2 cup Flour

1 tablespoon Baking Powder

2 tablespoons Sugar

Zest of 1 Lemon

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 large Egg

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

1 1/2 cup Milk

1 1/2 tablespoon freshly squeezed Lemon juice

1 1/3 cup Blueberries

1) In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, sugar, lemon zest and salt.

2) In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, milk, oil and lemon juice.

3) Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the wet ingredients, and whisk together.

4) Stir together until just combined (lumps are totally cool here!).

5) Finally, fold in blueberries.

6) Pour 1/4 cup or so of batter onto a heated pan or griddle and cook each side until lightly browned.

7) Serve with lemon glaze, maple syrup, or a blueberry sauce!

**Note: This pancake batter is very very thick! Just add more milk if you have any trouble with it!

[Optional: Lemon glaze]:

1 tablespoon Lemon juice

1 cup Icing Sugar

2 tsp of Lemon zest

Stir together lemon juice and zest, and slowly add icing sugar until desired consistency is reached.

Drizzle over pancakes, and serve!

Also, I've always been curious about those tall, gorgeous pancake stack you see everywhere. They look awesome, but really, who can eat that many pancakes? Seriously! But...I caved, and made mini pancakes, and stacked them all up. Peer pressure I guess. I do have to say that it was worth it. Haha.

When eating them, I toned the stack down to three....limits people, limits.