Pecan Pancake Craving Buster

So I woke up feeling like I really wanted a pecan pancake from Cracker Barrel. Yes, this is something that I would consider eating before raw foods and believe it or not I might have even considered it a healthier choice for breakfast... esp if I could have made it myself with a whole wheat batter.

When I woke up craving it, I pretty quickly convinced myself I could find a better choice. My standard smoothie was not going to cut it however. I just did not want a green smoothie.. what can I say? So as I think about what I do want...

Things got worse, Astrid woke up and immediately said... I want a blueberry muffin. I know you are already thinking of all the things I could have said to redirect this to a healthy choice... but that is not what I did. I said "hmmm, I think Cracker Barrel has blue berry muffins."
Can you believe I did that? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, I have to go... I have set it all up neatly and nicely... as I bathe and get dressed I think about how I can have ONE, just one pecan pancake, skip the butter (on top at least) and go for the 100% Maple syrup. It is not raw... it will not make me feel good... I will not like myself but then... I will go to Whole Foods and buy my food for the week... just one time will not hurt.

Ahh... but then I thought about how I woke up not hungry, with no hypoglycemia. How just now I was starting to get hungry and it was 10am. I thought about how I would feel tomorrow post pancake. I thought about how I would feel when I went shopping on a hefty pancake stomach. How I would jam up the works for the detox I was doing. I drank some water. And then I looked at the frozen blue berries I had. The fresh strawberries, the walnuts, the coconut flakes, the banana, the dried currants. My taste buds started waking up... mmmm! Wait a minute.
The dehydrator was full of everything I had left over from the week. A mango, a couple plums, apple chips.... as I opened it and the smell spread... soon, Astrid was asking for some of that mango. I showed her the blueberries... and by now I had decided on a raw muesli for breakfast... she did not want that... she wanted to make her own "trail mix" which was just about my muesli without almond milk.

We had the best breakfast. Thank God for a well stocked kitchen and a dehydrator full of succulent treats! They made a pecan pancake and a blueberry muffin pale in comparison.

Success! By the way I've got a great link to follow on this blog... get some inspiration for your own raw muesli.