One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Creative Tiredness

30 Aug 2017 50 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Creative Process, Linda G Hill, RiNoWRiMo, writing

“When you let your imagination run away with you, be prepared for the mental exhaustion.” – Ritu

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds challenge.

That was my one line, here’s my explanation:

The last month has seen me write over 50,000 words. I have never written so much in such a short space of time!

And while I wrote, my brain, my imagination went wild. I created this amazing (to me!) story.

Then I had to stop.

All that thinking and writing drained me!

I’m back to school on Monday, and the way I feel at the moment, if I don’t take a step back, I’ll be more tired than I was before the six-week break!

My story is still not finished, But will see its end, sooner rather than later.

But I’m taking advice from my brain now, to step back for a little while to allow my creative self to get her second wind, before charging on again!

Have a great Wednesday Peeps!

Cottage Cheese Pancakes #Recipe

30 Aug 2017 35 Comments

by Ritu in Foodie Pics, Recipes, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cottage Cheese Pancakes, Healthy Eating

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

I love pancakes. You already know that. I shared that information yesterday morning!

And in my quest to be healthy, I have tried a few recipes, including Banana Pancakes – recipe here – and Quark Pancakes – recipe here – and more recently, Oat Pancakes – recipe here – and I am always on the search for more!

This week I tried pancakes with cottage cheese – really!!

They were pretty good, you know!

Cottage Cheese pancakes

Ingredients
- 1/2cup cottage cheese
- 1/2cup rolled oats
- 3 eggs
Instructions
1. Put in all the ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth.
2. Fry in a pan with a little oil or butter on low to medium heat.
3. Flip with a spatula once bubbles start to appear. Cook until both sides are golden brown.

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I served with bacon, and agave nectar!

I found the recipe here at Hurry The Food Up.

I’m Adorable!

29 Aug 2017 27 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Award, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Leibster, Mitch Teemley

Thank you so much to Mitch for thinking of me for the Adorable Leibster Award! I have accepted it before, so as a thanks for the mention, I’d like to reblog it, and direct my dear Peeps towards Mitch’s blog. If you haven’t been over there, please take a trip today!

Mitch Teemley

Rhonda at Pollyanna’s Path nominated me for a Liebster Award (= favorite” or “adored” one in German). I’m flattergasted (sometimes only a made-up word will do). Rhonda’s site is pretty adorable too, btw.

Rules: I’m required to Thank the nominator (gladly), answer the Questions (below), and Nominate others (belower).

The Questions

1. If you could be any animal on earth, what would it be and why?

Duh, an otter. Why? Well, they play constantly, they’re hyper-active, and they love to, ahem, make love. Also, otter’s are my wife’s favorite creatures. So, yeah.

2. If you had to write the soundtrack of your life,what would be the first three songs?

My own. I started writing songs when I was 13, so they form a sort soundtrack for my life. The first, “Sweet Marie,” had a melody stolen from an old minuet. The lyrics: “We never speak of Sweet Marie, we…

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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 48 #Tanka : STONE & TURN

29 Aug 2017 27 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog Post, Blog. Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Poetry, Stone & Turn, tanka

Colleen’s Poetry prompt words this week:

Stone & Turn

Medusa – A Tanka

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Beware, one glance at
Medusa’s serpentine locks
Hypnotising hair
Just a moment’s glimpse – Fatal
Turned into stone forever

Ritu 2017

Oat And Blueberry Pancakes #Recipe

29 Aug 2017 94 Comments

by Ritu in Foodie Pics, Recipes, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Healthy Eating, Oat and Blueberry pancakes

Oat and Blueberry pancakes

I love pancakes.

And in my quest to be healthy, I have tried a few recipes, including Banana Pancakes – recipe here – and Quark Pancakes – recipe here – and I am always on the search for more!

This week I tried pancakes with oats in too!

And they were delicious! So god, I couldn’t not share the recipe with you!

Oat and blueberry pancakes

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup gluten free rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 pot vanilla yogurt
1/2 medium ripe banana
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/3 cup fresh blueberries, plus more for serving

INSTRUCTIONS

Place all ingredients except fresh blueberries into a blender; blend until smooth.
Set batter aside to thicken up for a few minutes. If batter is too thin, add a tablespoon or two more of oats and blend again.
Lightly coat a large pan with butter or cooking spray and heat over medium low heat.
Drop batter by 1/4 cup into pan.
Add a few blueberries on top.
Cook until bubbles appear on top.
Flip cakes and cook until golden brown on underside.
Wipe pan clean and repeat with more cooking spray and remaining batter.
Makes 4 pancakes.

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