Whole Wheat Waffles

My husband is a waffle-maniac. I really had no idea about this joy of his until he came home from Walmart with a manly grin upon his face,
said " I BOUGHT THIS" and sat a waffle maker on the counter.

Always, in my younger days I used a mix for everything. Just like other college educated young ladies out there.
So the time had come to find a proper recipe for Waffles. I mixed and tweaked till I found perfection.
Dave and I spent much time poking, prodding and pouring to make that waffle maker create crisp, gold puffs of waffle yumminess.
Here is our recipe. (It is even a little healthy)

Whole Wheat Waffles

Makes 5 waffles (In our waffle maker)

2 cups whole wheat flour 

3 eggs

2 tablespoons baking powder

dash of salt 

1 3/4 cup milk 

1/2 cup oil or margarine 

1 tsp honey 

Mix it all up till nice and fluffy. 

Add to a hot waffle iron for about 5 minutes (or until your fancy iron's lights goes off) 

Enjoy the warm delicious breakfast you made. 

Huevos Rancheros

Ingredients 
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup diced tomato 
1 chopped Anaheim pepper
2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro 
4 eggs
salt, pepper and chili powder to taste

Heat oil in a frying pan and add onion, pepper and tomato. Cook for about 5 minutes.
Add cilantro and spices, cook for about 8 more minutes. Until tomato gets soft

Break eggs into pan, in four places. Cook until bottom of egg is set and white is almost cooked. About 8 minutes. Cover and cook till middle of egg is well set.
In our home, we prefer well cooked eggs so we placed the pan under the broiler for a few moments to ensure a fully cooked egg.

You can top with cheese if you like and serve with corn tortillas

(Taken from Taste Of Home)
I was able to go to their cooking school with my dear friend. Amazing time!

Pumpkin Pancakes!

This morning I made Pumpkin Pancakes
as a special Bella & Conner treat.
My friend, Lydia has been making them for years
and I have always thought
" I should really try that"
Today all thinking was put asunder, and the doing came out!
Here is the recipe I used!
I followed it exactly, even to the time of flipping the pancakes and they came out totally scrumptious.

Martha Stewart's Pumpkin Pancakes

whisk 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 

2 tablespoons sugar; 

2 teaspoons baking powder; 

1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, and salt; 

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg; and a pinch of ground cloves. 

In a separate bowl, stir together 1 cup milk, 

6 tablespoons canned pumpkin puree, 

2 tablespoons melted butter, 

and 1 egg; 

fold mixture into dry ingredients. 

Cook over medium heat in a well oiled skillet or griddle; pour in 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. 

Cook pancakes about 3 minutes per side; serve with butter and syrup. Makes 8 to 10.

Strawberry Pancake/Waffle/French Toast Topping

2-3 cups of fresh mashed strawberries
1 and 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup

Combine all but syrup in a sauce-pan. Stir frequently and allow to boil.
As the mixture thickens add the syrup.
Allow to cook for about five more minutes.
Delicious on pancakes!
Melissa~Original

Old Fashioned Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted    

• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Smooth Sailing

Lately Bella and I have been enjoying drinking a lot of smoothies.
I find that I can get a lot of nutrients without a lot of bulk in my stomach.
Belle also loves the sweet taste of the fruit.
Here is one my favorites to make


1 small silverware spoon full of flax seeds
1 small silverware spoon full of wheat bran
8-10 frozen strawberries (or fresh) frozen are what is inexpensive for me
7 Frozen blackberries
1 banana
1 large handful fresh spinach
3/4 of a fresh tomato
1 whole fresh fruit chopped up (I use either pear or peach)
Soy Milk
1 small container of vanilla yogurt ( I do not use sugar free because I am pregnant)
2 small silverware spoons of Orange Juice concentrate
Ice

Add flax seeds, wheat bran, tomato, and spinach blend first
Add rest of ingredients, making sure you have enough soy milk
Add ice to taste.

Nutritional Benefits

Vitamin A
Iron
Protein
Folate
Calcium
Vitamin C
Potassium

Biscuit Week At The Mrs. W's Home

Good evening friends,
This week I am working on the art of making biscuits.
I was thinking wife thoughts today and realized that
I am not very good at making delicious, fluffy biscuits.
So it is a week of.... get ready for it... "practice making biscuits perfect".

Here is my recipe for my first try

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Sift all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Using two knives, cut in shortening until crumbly. Add milk and mix in well. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and cut with a biscuit cutter. Bake at 400 degrees for fifteen to twenty minutes.

Enjoy!

These were quite good in flavor, but I made them too thin. :)

I still have a few more days to keep trying!!!!

The Breakfast Casserole Recipe

12 slices white bread
6 eggs
1 package of link sausage
2&1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon mustard
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 cup milk
2 cups shredded cheese

~ Cube bread and put in a casserole dish
~ Fully cook sausage and place over bread
~ Combine eggs and milk (add salt and pepper if you like)
~ Pour over all
~ Add cheese and let sit over night in fridge

~ In the morning combine soup with 1 cup milk and pour over all
~ Bake at 325°F (160°C) uncovered for 1 hour 15 minutes.

This was given to me by my mother in law
and has been a big hit where-ever
I have taken it.
One morning, my husband was having some manly man friends over
so, I made 3 casserole pans of this. They devoured all three! (Shocking!)
Enjoy this!