Catsup

Or Ketchup? Well I meant to say Catch Up, lol!

I think the nasty strep has left our home. Finally. My two older boys are still on antibiotics but they both are playing and going to school again so Mommy gets a break and I can come here and play again!

When I was sick my hubby did the shopping and he bought like 10 kiwi's from the grocery store. I have no idea what to do with kiwi fruit so when they started to turn I decided to get creative. Don't be afraid to think outside the box when it comes to food. I love using other people's tried and true recipes especially on Allrecipes but sometimes you can have more fun being creative.

One morning last weekend I was pondering what to do with my kiwi fruit when my 5 year old asked me to make pancakes. Ah-ha! I will make kiwi pancakes! So I pulled a basic pancake recipe from allrecipes: Good Old Fashioned Pancakes and doctored it to add the kiwi. I used 4 kiwis and 1/3 cup of applesauce, put that in the food processor and added it to the pancake batter. I used whole wheat flour and turbinado sugar. I also like to use the free range brown eggs with omega 3's.

I sliced up 3 more kiwis and garnished the pankcakes by spooning some reserved kiwi puree and adding slices to the top. I served with 100% Pure Maple Syrup (from Wisconsin!) and a pat of butter.

Here are my Kiwi Pancakes!



Another view - yummy I am getting hungry!



Speaking of Catsup or Ketchup I am so pleased to announce that Heinz has made Organic Ketchup!



I bought two big containers of it at Cosco. It is really tasty. It is made with all organic ingredients. The only question I have is that it says "Organic certified" and one of the ingredients is Natural Flavoring which I doubt is organic. So I wonder if this will be the new trend saying "Organic Cerified" but maybe there is some room for frankenfood ingredients...who knows? In the meantime this ketchup is awesome!

Enjoy your Monday!