Recipe: Applesauce Pancakes

A couple months ago, my husband was having pains in his side so he went to the doctor where they told him that he probably just pulled a muscle in his side. But just in case it was something more serious, he should try out the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast) and to come back if the pain didn't go away. (The pain did go away after a couple days.) I was trying to find something that would work for everyone in our family for dinner so I came up with the idea to do breakfast! We came up with this recipe for applesauce pancakes topped with bananas. We actually really liked the taste of these pancakes and they're a little healthier than your average pancakes so we've been using this recipe ever since! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 Tablespoon melted butter
½ cup milk
1 egg, beaten
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 ¼ cups applesauce

Steps:
1. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl.
2. Combine butter, milk and egg.
3. Stir into dry ingredients.
4. Add vanilla (unless using flavored applesauce) and applesauce; beat well.

5. Spoon batter into a hot, well greased griddle. When the batter starts to bubble, flip the pancake. Cook until golden brown on the bottom and then serve!

After the pancakes were done, we cut up a couple bananas, put them on top, and then poured a little syrup on top. Done!

St. Patrick's Day Cinnamon Rolls

We decided to make a green St. Patrick's Day themed breakfast! Ever since our little one has become big enough to actually understand what's going on around him, my husband and I have really gotten in the holiday spirit and I'm not just talking about Christmas. We get in the spirit for every holiday! Christmas, New Years, Superbowl, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, 4th of July, you name it, we love it! Plus, most of the things we do are fairly easy and inexpensive. Like these clover cinnamon rolls!

Ingredients:
-canned cinnamon rolls (8-ct)
-green food coloring

Steps:
1. Preheat your oven according to your canned cinnamon roll package. Ours said to preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Grease a 9x13 pan.
3. Make 6 hearts by unrolling the cinnamon roll, fold in half, then roll the edges toward the middle. Place 3 hearts into ¾ of a circle and the other 3 hearts in the same way on the other side of the pan. With the 2 remaining cinnamon rolls, unroll them, fold them in half, and then put one in the open space between each set of 3 hearts.

4. Bake according to the packaging. We baked ours for 13 minutes.
5. While your waiting for your cinnamon rolls to finish baking, take your icing that came with the package and squeeze it into a small bowl or squueze bottle. Put a couple drops (I used 5) of green food coloring in and stir. To make this easier, I actually microwaved the icing for 10 seconds. It made it runnier.

6. When the cinnamon rolls are done, let them sit for a couple minutes to cool. Then spread or squeeze the icing on top and serve!

I think they turned out great! What are you doing for St. Patrick's Day?

Valentine's Day Breakfast

I'm taking a week off from organizing my house to bring you a special breakfast! My husband and I don't really get a lot of alone time so since my mother-in-law was in town this weekend, we decided to pretend like it was Valentine's Day. We had a great date day (more on that later). For breakfast, we had Red Velvet Pancakes and Heart Bacon.

For the pancakes, my mother-in-law had brought a mix. It even came with it's own glaze. (I added the sprinkles) For the bacon, I just shaped it the best I could and cooked it on the griddle.

This was a great breakfast! and I think it's perfect for Valentine's Day.

Recipe: Biscuits and Gravy

I seriously love biscuits and gravy. It's my favorite breakfast in the entire world. Homemade, that is. I've had lots of biscuits and gravy at restaurants and it's never that good. It just never tastes right. I'm not sure if my recipe is just amazing or what. It's actually the easiest recipe I have.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground sausage (I prefer mild, but some people like spicy)
½ cup flour
4 cups milk
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of pepper
8 count can of biscuits (that's right, I don't make those homemade)

Steps:
1. Preheat the oven according to your can of biscuits. Brown the ground sausage.
2. Mix in the flour until it's dissolved. Put the biscuits in the oven.
3. Add the milk, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Stir often.
4. Keep cooking until your gravy is the consistency that you desire.
5. EAT! I cut open my biscuit and cover them with the gravy.

If you for some reason use WAY less gravy than I do or you really love gravy with A LOT of sausage, you could always half everything except the sausage and biscuits.