#16: Heavenly Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Who doesn't love breakfast for lunch (or even dinner!).

For today's lunch, I whipped up some chocolate chip pancakes.  Not the most healthy choice, but absolutely lip-smackering delicious.

You'll need:

1.5 cups all-purpose white flour

3.5 tsp baking powder

Sprinkle of salt

1 tbsp white sugar

1 1/4 cups milk

1 egg

3 tbsp butter, melted

Ok, first - sift all the 'dry' ingredients - the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.  Once that is all mixed thoroughly, add the remaining ingredients and mix until smooth.

For the chocolate chips, I just eye balled as I poured them in.

I used a griddle, at 400 degrees.  Just keeping an eye on them, I flipped when they were browned on the bottom.  

Once all done, pile on a plate and smother with syrup.  Good to go!

Oh - and we got some succulents for the kitchen window sill.  I love these and itching to get some more!   The best part, is that they are incredibly easy to take care of.

#14: Avocado Tomato & Toast

Mornings are never very easy for me, but this breakfast helps get the day started!  With simple, fresh ingredients, I always feel great after having this.

You'll need (to make 2 servings):

Bread of your choice, toasted (2 per person)

2 Avocado 

1 Tomato 

1/2 Red Onion

Sprinkle of Garlic Powder

1 tsp Lemon juice 

1. Chop red onion as finely as possible

2. Cut avocado and put into a separate bowl.  Smash into a guac-like state

3. Mix in the red onion & lemon juice to the avocado

4. Sprinkle garlic powder over mixture & mix

5. Spread over toast

6. Cut tomato and put on top of toast/avocado

7. Enjoy!

Meal 2: Saturday Morning Crepes

Saturday mornings are a favourite in the house.  Besides being able to sleep in, watching Criminal Minds marathons and seeing friends and family, we start the weekend by indulging in some delicious crepes.

You'll need:

1/2 cup of milk

1 egg

1/2 tsp of vanilla

Mix the above ingredients together before adding:

1/2 cup of flour 

Once you have mixed in the flour, make sure that the batter has a smooth consistency before pouring into a greased frying pan.

You'll need to flip the crepe at least once until both sides are golden brown.

To finish, I like to add some fresh strawberries or bananas to it, but they are just as delicious when eaten alone!

Makes about 3 crepes.  We will normally double this recipe for the two of us!