Real Homemade Maple Syrup- now that's natural!

I love how we are all connected... someone knows someone who does this or that... and then you end up with 2 litres of fresh, real, from the farm maple syrup.

Thanks to my friend and colleague Kim's family- her parents run a farm just outside Peterborough. I was able to place my special order with the Smith Family Farm for some fresh, authentic, no additives, no preservatives maple syrup.

This is a picture Kim took of her family's real honest to goodness old-fashioned maple syrup making equipment. That's all, maple tree drips into a can, they collect it and boil it! I LOVE IT!

And here I am making Kim proud... Kim's favourite thing on earth is Tim Hortons coffee, this one's for you Kim. Homemade French toast with your family's maple syrup- clean and pure... next to a Timmies coffee, well... not so pure :-) . It's all about balance folks!

Banana Maple Pecan Waffles

Here's a little something I whipped up one morning. I felt like celebrating... so I used my whole wheat pancake recipe as the batter- and REALLY jazzed it up.

Here's the link to my batter recipes, a very healthy beginning... http://simmerandglimmer.blogspot.ca/2011/11/whole-wheat-pancakes-and-turkey-bacon.html

... chopped up bananas- a healthy contribution too.

...brown sugar, walnuts... ok bordering on some little indulgence.

...ok definite indulgence, add some butter, some maple syrup and then.... you get the picture?

Finished product, just put a little bit of this little indulgent mixture on your waflles, pancakes, frozen yogurt or a shoe and you have been just transported to an amazing banana, walnut, maple trip!

And you know... I couldn't resist showing some residual Mickey Mouse wear! Happy Baking to you all!