Waffles & Pancakes!

Classic Waffles Mix

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon baking powder

2 tablespoons white sugar (or honey/other sweetener)

2 eggs

1-1/2 cups warm milk

1/3 cup butter, melted (or oil)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For Pancakes, add another 1/2 cup of liquid.

This mix is extremely customizable! I used wheat flour, fresh blueberries, and some coconut milk as part of the liquid to make silver dollar pancakes for my boys the other morning.  I use an old GE Belgian waffle maker for waffles and a Cuisenart  griddle for the small pancakes. 

Favorites This Week!

Kenji, over at SeriousEats.com, posted an excellent article for grilling steaks this summer. Actually it's more about: The Food Lab: 7 Old Wives' Tales About Cooking Steak That Need To Go Away.  Let me give you three myths that I hear the most to interest you in reading the article:

1.  "Sear your meat over high heat to lock in juices."
2.  "Use the "poke test" to check if your steak is done."
3.  "You should let a thick steak rest at room temperature before you cook it."

And there are four other myths with the science to debunk them. Great job Kenji!

While out today i found the following in a local Walmart on sale for $1.50! Yes, hotdogs bragging to have been made with Bacon! But as the WEBstarauntstore.com tweeted me today "...apparently every other meat as well!". LOL!!! I think I would try them once in the name of research!

Next up I found that the 12 pack bottles of Landshark beer have an iron-on transferrable that you can put on a tee-shirt. Wow! What will they think of next? You get an iron-on and they get free advertising. 

I am not a beer drinker at all. But the concept was interesting. 

Just another day at work!

What Summer Brings...

My wife's parents called in May to say "We are coming to see the boys and we want you to leave." What? What! Uh, ok! We then started to plan a few days at the beach, just the two of us...Let me say that again for all you parents out there, A FEW DAYS AT THE BEACH JUST THE TWO OF US! Yes!

Moving on...Our itinerary went a little something like this: get up stretch, open door smell ocean, off to coffee and breakfast, beach, lunch, beach, dinner, cool ocean breeze while on balcony looking at beach. Repeat. 

Now back to my current reality, Sigh! Since my job at the academy is only 10 months (a school year) I am working at a prior job but only for the summer. In these days of high unemployment numbers it's best to have a good work ethic, integrity, and NOT burning those bridges behind you when you leave one job for another! I still work for the academy but I am off during June and July. People in the school system will immediately understand.

Posting may slow down because of the hours I work and my summer job is at a beverage company, so not much cooking going on for me. But fortunately for the rest of our family my wife can really "THROW-DOWN" when it comes to cooking. She is no beginner!