#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.

Meal 11: Cucumber Salad

Growing up, cucumber salad was often at our dinner table, as a side to dinner.  It was a favourite in the house and it's no different now that I'm older.

Although it's technically a side dish, I often will whip it together for a quick lunch, when I'm not overly hungry.

As today was one of those days, I thought I would add it to blog.

You'll need:

1 cucumber (this will fluctuate depending on the number of people eating)

3 tbsp vegetable oil

2 tbsp white vinegar

2 tsp onion powder

2 tsp garlic powder

Pinch of salt

First, you'll need to peel the cucumber, then slice it thinly with the grater.

Once the cucumber is all sliced, pour the vegetable and vinegar over top the cucumbers.  Sprinkle the onion powder and garlic powder over top, finishing with the salt.

You may need to tweak the amounts to your liking, so after mixing all the ingredients together, give it a little taste.  I normally tend to add a bit more of some of the above ingredients, before I'm happy with the result.