They really want you to eat b-fast. Raise your hand if you do....good job for you and your health. Many of these recipes are not for quick mornings though. The to- go bars, granola, oatmeal and pancakes can be made ahead and eaten throughout the week. I really have enjoyed having my to-go bars around for my long days and sometimes rushed mornings now that I'm back at school. Those first graders will make you work up a reason to eat. I easily walk 10,000 steps around that classroom right now helping everyone. Plus, our school is a quarter of a mile long :). You can do a mini marathon each day.
Today I made the granola while I made the pancakes. Multi-tasking!
Mickey Mouse Pancake attempt:
In other news everyone should listen to This American Life podcasts The Problem we all Live With and discuss it with me later.
That's a flux capacitor watch btw. We time warped to 2025. It was nice there. Pancakes in the future taste pretty good.
I only eat pancakes about twice a year but I liked the banana flavor and I actually followed the recipe for once and using all whole wheat and no milk still made a nice fluffy, tasty pancake.
The granola turned out great and I will use it this week for my yogurt, blueberry and maple granola lunch.
I just made half the recipe. I added dried raspberries and Jason thought they were gross. Overcooked a bit. http://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with
possible points to reflect on: the worst schools have the worst teachers, the data, and your experience on teaching in an "integrated" school vs one that is not so much ( or what you imagine that would be like).
Many more interesting conversation points but I'll stop there since this is a cooking blog not "Sparkles cooks up an educational debate". ...Ok two more: teacher evaluation expectations vs compensation and if not compensating teachers for higher degrees (Sonny Perdue) will have a positive or negative impact if districts are expecting teachers to be experts to receive the highest marks on their evaluation while decreasing achievement gaps. Ok now I'm really done. TTYL!
I eat breakfast and always have, but rarely ever these type. Now, I LOVE breakfast for dinner....
ReplyDeleteGeorge was totally fired up about that This American Life about integration. I think he's using it in his class. I should listen to it!
That granola looks yummy.
I am indeed using it in my class. I've taught about re-segregation before, but I had actually taken it off my syllabus this semester . . . until I heard this piece.
ReplyDeleteAnd the best line in Thug Kitchen so far: "Anyone who says you can't have spaghetti for breakfast is a hater." Or something to that effect.
They also say it's too early to be an a-hole. Good advice. G- so great you are using the podcast in class! Great topic!
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