homemade crepes

Crepes are the skinny light fluffy cousins of pancakes. Chock-full of goodies like nutella, bananas, strawberries, cinnamon-sugar, syrup, and everything a bit naughty, crepes can start your weekend day off on the right foot. You could always play it the healthy way and swap some of the (delicious) sugary-fillings for eggs, shredded chicken, steak, ham, grilled or roasted veggies, to have a brunch or even a dinner meal instead. Using only ingredients I bet you have on hand, these little puppies are whipped up within 10 minutes. 

Ingredients (for about 6 crepes):
2 tbs butter, melted
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup nonfat milk
1 egg 
Optional mix-ins of choice (I used one banana, cinnamon-sugar & syrup)

Directions:
1. Mix flour with salt in a small bowl and set aside.
 

2.  Melt butter and place in a large bowl.

 

3. Add milk & egg to butter and whisk.

 

4. Add dry ingredients to wet and stir to mix until all clumps are gone.
 

 

5. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Pour about 1/3 cup of batter into a large nonstick skillet, pick up the skillet and let batter drip to cover the entire pan in a thin layer. Return to heat and let cook for about 2 minutes, until the wet-looking inner bit gets smaller and the crepe begins to cook through.

 

6. Carefully flip when the sides begin harder, cook for another minute, until bits of brown show on the underside.
 

7. Remove from pan and add fillings/toppings immediately. Serve warm.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super versatile & impressive, whip these bad boys up on a weekend morning and you've found yourself a perfect brunch recipe for your arsenal.

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simple weekend recap: edition 22

The weekend started early with a Young Professionals night hosted by the Animal Rescue League of Boston and Masa. The evening started with a tour of the shelter, which opened in 1899 under the main philosophy that "Kindness Uplifts the World".  Each animal has plenty of space and there is also a 27-acre shelter in Dedham! With ample play time and care provided by the attached Boston Veterinary Care free of charge, these animals are all treated with kindness & love before finding their forever homes. Find more information on this amazing group here. It took a lot for me not to try to walk out with one beautiful 9-month old pit bull mix with a tail that never stopped wagging!

After the tour, the group moved to Masa for some sangria and tapas.

 

 

Saturday we went out for some celebrations, starting at Drink for snacks & cocktails.

 

 

 

 

Next we hit some tourist spots outside of the Children's museum...

 

 

 

...and made our way to Trade for a late dinner.

 

 

 

 

Their appetizers are alright, their cocktails are better, and their flatbreads are the best.

 

 

 

 

 

We wrapped up the night in Brookline with a few more stops before calling it a late night. In the morning I whipped up some homemade crepes with bananas, sugar-cinnamon, and syrup (recipe for crepes tomorrow).

 

 

Sunday night dinner I made the first dinner I can remember ever making by myself: onion-cornflake crusted baked chicken (recipe Wednesday!).

 

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