Corner Cafe Photography Blog

I am popping in really quick today. The weather is so beautiful and I can’t stand to be inside (so this post will be free of photos.)

The crepes recipe I shared went over so well that I wanted to share another favorite (non-breakfast) crepe recipe we make often in our home.

I make these crepes for Jon to pack in his lunch, for Ezra and I to eat during our lunch or even for a quick, easy dinner night. They are super delicious and we LOVE them! As I shared before Ezra is pretty picky when it comes to eating foods (not snacks) and bread isn’t something he likes very much, but crepes are a favorite of his.

Lunch, snack, dinner crepes

2 large eggs

1 cup of flour (I use half non-bleached all purpose & half whole wheat white from trader joes)

3/4 cup milk (I use 1%)

1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons of melted butter (and sometimes I use melted organic coconut oil instead)

Place all your ingredients in a blender or mixer and mix well. Grease the saute pan with butter or cooing spray. Cook on medium (or medium low) heat for about 1 minute until the sides get slightly crispy, then flip for just a moment. Remove and place on a plate.

Variations-

Add shredded cheese  & spinach once the first side is cooked and flip in half. (Ezra’s favorite way to eat them)

Add shredded cheese & ham while cooking

Spread with almond butter and mashed banana

Spread with cream cheese & strawberry preserves (Ezra also loves this!)

Fill with seasoned ground beef (we use grill seasoning) and cheese and flip in half. (Tastes similar to a hamburger)

*Recipe adapted from here

Today we got to take a peek into my growing belly and look at our girl in 3-d. What an incredible experience to watch your child kick you as you can feel it from the outside. I loved looking at her features and getting a glimpse into who she is as she grows. She looks so different than Ezra and I just cannot wait to meet our daughter! We are so in love!

A bit about her name-

Years ago, Bobbi + Mike (some of my favorite photographers) photographed a family that had the cutest names. Clary was the mom’s name. As I read her name I wrote it down in a word document next to the words “future girl’s name.” Fast forward a few years and we were pregnant with Ezra, before we knew his gender we had decided he would be named Ezra if he was a boy and Clary is he was a girl. Well we all know how that one ended. We planned maternity photos and newborn photos with our Ezra; I had loved Clary’s photography so we hired her and shared with her our love for her name. Over the past year and a half I have found myself reading ingredient labels and noticing “Clary Sage” in those ingredients. I would be reminded that possibly one day that may be our daughter’s name. As soon as we found out we were having a girl we knew her name would be Clary. There were no doubts. And we LOVE the name. I always wanted my kids to have names that were unique, but not too different. I wanted my daughters name to be unique and feminine. I think Clary perfectly fits that description. (In case you don’t know for sure, you pronounce it ‘Claire-E’) Her middle name was not as easy to decide. We never had a definite full girl’s name. We just added to the list of possibilities rather than taking away. I had my favorite and Jon had his, but then there were new favorites and other fun possibilities. We finally took time away from thinking on names and really didn’t talk about it for weeks. A few Friday’s ago Jon planned dinner out for us and as we drove I shared that although I didn’t feel 100% yet about one of his name choices that I thought it could be Clary’s middle name. He laughed and asked why I even brought up her name since we hadn’t talked about it in so long. Little did I know he was taking me to dinner to tell me he wanted Clary to have the middle name I loved, the middle name that was my maiden name, and he had decided he wanted her to have that name quite a while ago, but just hadn’t told me. How crazy is that?! I, of course, was shocked. I told him we did not have to use that name; I felt bad that it was my favorite and I didn’t want him to just be giving in. He assured me he wasn’t and that he loved it too! I think having a family name is just so special and we believe she will adore her name. So her full name is…

Clary Christy

Our sweet, dear Clary, we sure cannot wait to meet you darlin’!

This weeks tasty Tuesday is one of Ezra’s favorites! It’s a smoothie. I make Ezra a daily smoothie for his mid morning snack before nap time. He always gobbles it right down & sometimes I do too! I will include the recipes to Ezra’s two favorite smoothies, but obviously you could make any kind you want by simply throwing in some ingredients.

Ezra’s favorite smoothie

1 container vanilla Yo Baby yogurt

3-4 strawberries

a handful of blueberries (I often use frozen because Ezra prefers to eat them frozen anyway)

1/2 of a banana

a handful of frozen peas

Enough milk to make it consistency you want

& sometimes if Ezra’s lucky he gets a splash of mango juice (only if we have it on hand)

Ezra’s second favorite smoothie

1 frozen banana (I freeze my bananas in smaller pieces in order for the blender to cut them up easier)

a scoop of almond or peanut butter

1/2 cup frozen cauliflower

enough milk to make it the consistency you want (we prefer this one to be more like ice cream & eat it with a spoon)

I am still trying to get veggies in my boy as often as I can. These smoothies help me tremendously. Thankfully he has begun to find some veggies he really enjoys eating raw, but he hasn’t found a taste for any of them cooked yet.