It is still, technically Monday. Not too late for a weekend wrap-up.
We did a lot this weekend. Friday night we went out with my brother, Frank’s cousin and a couple friends. It was a long night, but a nice time. We covered lots of ground, had plenty of fun, and finished the night off at a favorite Mexican restaurant with a delicious platter of shared food.
Saturday I woke up and made pancakes. Mmm. Later, we bummed around and then stopped at an anniversary celebration (parents of a boy on Dante’s soccer team). Got to catch up a bit with folks we don’t always see. Then it was home to watch some television with the family.
The next day we went to an impromptu soccer tournament, local festival where we played BINGO and the kids played some cheap games to win cheap toys. Oh, and I made waffles Sunday morning (they didn’t turn out so well).
Nice weekend. But back to the pancake-making. My mom’s been making buttermilk pancakes for the boys for lunch the past few weeks on occasion. She’d watch them (actually, she’d entertain them) for a few hours while I went in to work, and they would delight in some of her “famous,” “best-ever” pancakes. I’ve been requested to make them at home, but keep forgetting to get the recipe. So I had to improvise. A try at it last week left me with some not-so-good ‘cakes. But this recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes was a keeper (not only is it a keeper, but it introduced me to Google’s Knol, which is pretty darn cool).
My favorite eggs.
What happens when you get too cocky…
What happens when you pay attention… (this is Lootie’s batch, he has a syrup-love)
For Franny and Dante, who love chocolate chips.
It was a yummy recipe, with great instructions (read the instructions, if you like making pancakes… I like his way of mixing in 1/2 of the dry to wet, and then mixing in the rest of the dry). I tried using it for waffles and it was a bummer; didn’t work. But that’s OK. It makes delicious pancakes. Will have to make a point of getting my mother’s Famous, Best-Ever Buttermilk Pancakes recipe to compare.
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GIVEAWAY – Good-As-Money
I have 2 coupons to give away, courtesy of Eggland’s Best Eggs (they sent me some for me and some to share).
(1) for a Free carton of Eggland’s Best Eggs
AND
(2) 50¢ off coupons for Eggland’s Best Eggs
Simply leave a comment here telling me what you’d use the eggs in and I’ll pick a random winner on Friday. Make sure you use an email address I can contact you with. 🙂 Yup, that’s it. You don’t have to follow me, you don’t have to blog about it. Just leave a comment so I have a way to contact you.
Egglands eggs are yummy! Some of the delicious things I would use them for are egg salad for my hubby, in pancakes for my son and in my Hawaiian potato salad for myself!
I have been craving egg salad these days–made with relish, wasabi mustard, mayo and crisp celery!
So, I would boil up the entire carton and make a huge ol’ batch of egg salad to last me the week!
Melissa
Ok, I’ll be honest, they’ll just get scrambled…but when you stay at home with a “special” kid while hubby works, anything that saves a dime is well worth trying for.
I would make some yummy sunny side up eggs to dip some toast in. .. simple and soo good!
Holly’s the winner!!! Holly, I will email you for your address. Congrats. 🙂