Pancake Day 2010

OMGoodness!!! This is the ULTIMATE! Bacon Pancakes...I can't believe I haven't thought of this before....DUH!!!
(oh yeah...February 16th is Pancake Day also known as Shrove Tuesday...back to the food)

The little note in the advertisement says:
Rath Bacon Strip Pancakes are the tender little pancakes youmake by pouring Aunt Jemima Pancake batter over cooked-crisp slices of our flavory True bacon. Then bake as usual. Complete recipe is on every Rath Black Hawk Bacon package.
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pages found at RecipeCurio.com

If the yummy bacony goodness isn't enough for you, you can try these Super Simple Pancake Muffins. They're sure to be a hit with kids of all ages.

PANCAKE MUFFINS
Sometimes the best recipes are based on the simplest ideas.
Like this one: Make pancake batter & bake it in muffin tins! It’s that easy. Enjoy!

Spring the recipe!
Ingredients
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter
12 tbsp filling: try Nutella, fruit jam, or cream cheese
confectioners sugar for sprinkling
maple syrup for serving

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously coat the bottom & sides of a 12-muffin tin with butter. Make Bisquick pancakes per instructions on the box. Fill each cup in the muffin tin half-way. Add 1 tbsp of filling to the middle of each muffin, then cover with the remaining pancake mix. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven, place on serving dish & use a flour sifter to sprinkle with sugar. Serve with warm syrup.

recipe found at thesimpleme.com

How to Peel a Potato

Everyone loves a good cooking tip!
Well, I do anyway....and this one is pretty good.

Some of y'all may know this one already but it came as a pleasant surprise to me.
Now I have go to the kitchen and boil a few potatoes to try it out.

Enjoy the video and check out the hostess....does she look familiar???

Sausage and Lentil Soup

Picture to come...I have got to find the dang cord to the camera!


Yes!! I actually managed to cook something! Amazing isn't it?
Truthfully I've made this soup once before. And typically it didn't turn out exacttly the same.
Not really surprising because I have a habit of not exactly following the recipe... exactly.....I try..really...but somehow it never works out.
But in both cases, the soup was good. Today's soup needed a little adjusting. I like more "soupiness" and less "stew" so I added more broth and more spices.
I also like my food spicy. The recipe below is a combination of 2 different recipes but is a basic recipe.
(Today soup, Tomorrow..???? Who knows??!!)


Sausage and Lentil Soup
Ingredients
1 lb Italian sausage (You can also use Italian turkey sausage)
(I used 1/2 sweet italian sausage and 1/2 chirizo_just cause it was there. But I think spicy sausage is better.)

1 large onion, chopped
6 cups chicken broth (I used about 2 cups more)

2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained (I used 4 cans and with spices)
2-3 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon salt (oh please! as if that was enough)
2 cups dry lentils
1 bay leaf
black pepper
basil
oregano
parsley
thyme
garlic powder (always!)
(basically I use whichever spices appeal to me at the time)

Directions
1)Brown sausage; drain off fat (ummm..sometimes I drain but a little fat adds flavor...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!).
2)In a large pot combine all ingredients bring to boil.
3)Reduce heat,cover.
4)Simmer for about 1 hour or until lentils are tender. I let mine cook at least 2 hours before trying it.
Add water if necessary (I did), for desired consistency.