Today is going to be really hot- I'm talking 85 degrees at the beaches! So after a little early morning weeding and watering its off to the beach. Before we go we'll have our favorite breakfast- cottage cheese pancakes. They are the best, melt in your mouth high protein pancakes. Even the kids love them, although you might want to change the name until they've tried em. Here's the recipe;

                                 Cottage Cheese Pancakes

MIX TOGETHER

 1 cup cottage cheese

1 cup milk

2 Tbs melted butter

4 egg yolks

tsp vanilla

MIX TOGETHER IN SEPARATE BOWL

 ¾ cup flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

ADD DRY INGREDIENTS TO WET

WHIP UNTIL STIFF IN SEPARATE BOWL

 4 egg whites

FOLD EGG WHITES INTO MIXTURE

 COOK ON NON STICK GRILL

 Serve with butter, maple  syrup ( optional whipped cream)

Welcome to my blog about suburban homesteading and my journey towards self sufficiency and freedom. More and more my home in the suburbs is looking and feeling more like the farm in the country that I always wanted! 

Spring is here and the garden is coming to life. Today bush beans that I had started in peat pots were put in the ground. I pulled most of the aruglua that was going to seed, leaving a small plant to collect seeds from.

  Here's a gardening tip that I was excited to discover. Starbucks gives out bags of used coffee grinds that are great for composting and you can use them to sprinkle around plants to keep snails and slugs off. A nice side effect is that the garden has a wonderful aroma of coffee!