2012 March

{floral friday #51}

March 30, 2012 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 17 Comments

Welcome to this week’s {floral friday}!
Even though I’ve already covered one beautiful type of daisy flower during my floral fridays, I decided to share this one as well. It’s an English Daisy and it was given to me by my mom yesterday as a little “thank you” for helping her paint in my brother’s old room (be prepared for a paint post soon! Hehe).

I love how tightly packed the petals are on this type of daisy. Well, and of course I love the color!

A few facts about the English Daisy:

English Daisy flowers are found around the world, but are native to North and Central Europe.
It is thought that the name “Daisy” is a corruption of “day’s eye”, because the whole flower head closes at night and opens in the morning. {source}
The English daisy is commonly known to botanists by its scientific name Bellis perennis.
The English Daisy comes in a great variety of colors. Anywhere from maroon to yellow and white, pink and even ruby.

I’m partying here! ♥

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{banana & cream pancake tower}

March 27, 2012 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 24 Comments

When I was little, my absolute favorite book was Pettson & Findus: Pancakes for Findus! I knew it by heart and would often “read” it to my mom.

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She still has it in her bookshelf (keeping it for her grand children *cough*) and last week it inspired us make our own “Findus” pancake tower. Yum!

{banana & cream pancake tower}

By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} Published: March 27, 2012

Yield: about 10 pancakes

delicious stacked pancakes!

Ingredients

3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 1/3 cups flour
1 cup milk
1 pinch salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
2 bananas
some honey
1 cup whipping cream
sliced almonds
sugar

Instructions

Combine sugar with the egg yolks and beat.
Add milk, flour and baking powder and mix until all lumps are gone.
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a separate bowls until stiff.
Fold the egg whites into the batter.
Bake the pancakes and set aside.
Cut the bananas lengthwise and fry in a pan until golden brown.
Drizzle some honey on top.
Beat the whipping cream at high speed until stiff. You can also sweeten the whipped cream a little by adding sugar. For us, the bananas and honey were adding the right amount of sweetness though.
To assemble the pancake tower, layer the pancakes with the bananas and cream and sprinkle with sugar-roasted sliced almonds.
To make the sugar-roasted almonds, just combine a little sugar and almonds in a pan and fry until golden brown, stirring constantly.

Notes

none

I’m partying here! ♥

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{floral friday #50}

March 23, 2012 By Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} | 14 Comments

Welcome to this week’s {floral friday}!
I found this beauty at the flower market about 2 weeks ago and I couldn’t walk past without getting a few stems. The buds reminded me of roses and the beautiful blooms of tulips. What a versatile flower! ;)

A few facts about the lisianthus:

The lisianthus is also often called Texas Bluebell, Prairie Gentian or Eustoma.
The botanical name Eustoma comes from the Greek eu, meaning “good,” and stoma, meaning “mouth,” referring to the beautiful petals and throat. {source}
Lisianthus are found in warm regions of the southern United States, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America. {source}
The lisianthus has a long vase life. (I kept them for about two weeks)
Colors include white, light and dark pink, lavender and deep purple.

I’m partying here! ♥

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{floral friday #51}

{banana & cream pancake tower}