Easter Egg Pancakes

Happy Easter, everyone!  He is risen!....and this fun, festive breakfast is a sure fire way to help your kids rise and shine too! Here we go!

 

 Step 1- Mix your batter  using your favorite pancake mix. (I prefer Heart Smart Bisquick)

 

 

Step 2 - Separate batters into bowls and dye using food coloring of choice.

 

Step 3-  Pour batters into plastics squirt bottles

 

 

Step 4 - Remove skillet from heat source,  draw pancakes on skillet and return to heat source to finish cooking. 

 

And now for the finished product......



 

 

Check out this face!!!!

 

Happy girl!
 

 

Sometimes I like to leave the pancakes somewhat unfinished so she can decorate them like a healthier sugar cookie!  She is using candy buttons, sprinkles and glitter gel icing.  He is risen, indeed! 

 



Cute Caterpillar Pancakes

Cute "Caterpillar" Pancakes

Ever wonder what to do with your leftover pancake batter?  Don't waste it!!!!  After you make your next pancake creation, take the leftover batter and make little circles that you can freeze in a ziplock baggie and use later!  During Kennedy's testing week I used mine to make a "bookworm" or catepillar pancake!  She loved it and it helped get her energized, full and focused for the big test!  I used my black glitter gel icing to draw legs and feelers right on the plate!  So stinkin cute yet so stinkin EASY!



"For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you." - Proverbs 2:10-11

St Patrick's Day Pancakes

St. Patrick's Day Pancakes

with Pot of Gold

(you don't need the "Luck of the Irish" to make their

breakfast magically delicious!!!)

 These pancakes are a perfect way to kick off St. Patrick's Day!  Not to mention, they're super easy and guaranteed to make any day a

 "Lucky" one!!!  Let's get started.... 

 First, gather your materials.  You'll need:

-your favorite pancake batter (I prefer Heart Smart Bisquick)

-nonstick cooking spray

-squirt bottles (one for each color you wish to use)

 Next, pour batter into separate bowls and dye with preferred food coloring

(I like to use paper bowls so there is less clean up!)

Carefully pour each batter into its own bottle.

Next, set burner/burners to med-low heat and spray pan with nonstick spray.

 Now for the fun part!.....begin to draw your rainbow!

HELPFUL TIP- remove pan from burner while you draw to give yourself plenty of time; then, place pan back on burner after you have finished drawing your pancake.

 When rainbow has fully cooked on one side, carefully flip!  Place on a separate plate to cool when done.

 Next, draw your outline for the shamrock.

 and then just fill it in!

 I made one more to balance it out.

 Assemble your plate as you see fit!  You can use whipped cream or icing for the clouds and for the "gold" in the leprechaun's pot.  And don't forget the Pot of Gold (vanilla yogurt dyed with food coloring and dusted with gold sprinkles!)  So, the only question left is...will it win over my little strawberry blonde lassie?.........

 Oh yeah,...I think she likes them!!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Everyone!!!!!



Cheeseburger in Paradise Pancakes

"Cheeseburger in Paradise"

Pancakes

(seriously......these are entirely made of pancakes)!!!

 

OMGoodness!!!  Your kids are gonna flip over these!!!

 

 So, you want an easy way to win "Mom of the Year"?....well here it is!  The breakfast they'll talk about for weeks!  Can you imagine their little faces when they see these one Saturday morning?....well, let me tell ya, it's PRICELESS!  And the best part is it is absolutely do-able!  In this tutorial I will walk you thru it step by step.  So, are you ready to become a "Rockstar" in your very own house?  Well here we go!... 

 

Step 1 - Make batter

 

Whip up a batch of  your favorite pancake batter.

(I use Heart Healthy Bisquick but any mix will do)

 

 

Step 2 - Make hamburger buns

 

Spray two ramekins with nonstick spray and fill with pancake batter 1/4 to 1/3 of the way full.  Bake in your oven at  ?degrees for ? minutes.

 

 

 

 

Step 3 - Dye batter

 

Pour remaining batter into four separate bowls.  (I like to use paper so I can just toss them when I'm done).  Dye three bowl with food coloring.

 

Bowl  #1 - RED (for tomatoes)

Bowl #2 - GREEN (for lettuce)

Bowl # 3 - Yellow (for cheese)

 

 

 

To Bowl # 4- add enough cocoa powder to make it the color

of a brown burger patty.

 

Bowl # 4 - BROWN (burger)

 

 

Step # 4 - Pour each batch of batter (excluding brown burger patty batter) into separate squirt bottles. Helpful tip-I keep my bottles in a bowl upside down so the batter is kept at the tip of the squirt bottle and ready for use. 

 

Optional-I used a fourth squirt bottle of plain white batter to add depth to my veggies as seen in the folowing tutorial pics.

Step 5 - Prepare pan

 

Spray your nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set stove top to med-low heat.

 

 

Step 6 - Make Pancakes

 

Temporarily remove pan from heat and begin to draw your pancakes (in  any order) on the skillet.  Start with the outline....

 

 

then fill in the rest and place your pan back on the burner to finish cooking over med-low heat.  Flip when ready.  

 

Step 7 - Make burger patties

 

Pour brown batter onto pan just like making "plain-old pancakes" and flip when ready.  (So easy I didn't think it needed a picture)!



 

And Finally...

 

Step 8 - Build your burgers!!!!

 

I like to bring my kiddo in on this part!  As we all know, kids LOVE to do things for themselves!!!

 

 

Oh yeah....I think she likes them!

 

This is how WE build a burger!

First top the burger with cheese... 

 don't forget the veggies!!!

 

For a bonus, I whipped up some icing and dyed it red for ketchup, yellow for mustard and left one white for mayonaise for her to garnish it like a real burger!!!

 

 It looked so real she had to taste test it to make sure it wasn't REALLY ketchup, mayo and mustard ; )

 looks like it passed the test!!

She's having a BLAST with this one!!!



   

 almost done!....

 

there!!!

 

 

and now.....IT'S BURGER TIME!!!!!