Yummy pancake recipe

Happy Friday!

A high school teacher of mine used to say those two words all the time at our Friday assemblies.

Do American schools have assemblies? When the whole school gathers together once a week for...I don't know really, I guess it was an update meeting on the school happenings, with some motivational words from the principal and sometimes a guest would come in and speak to us. I remember one time we had the cold water swimmer Lewis Pugh (at first I butchered the spelling of his name but thank goodness there's Google). He's a former Camp's Bay High student and he came home to blow some energy and inspiration into our little minds. I took his words to heart and began following through in writing goals and working hard to achieve them. He spoke about long term and short term goals and showed us how to utilise great planning skills in the process of achieving our heart's desire. His words made a huge impact to my television career and now I use them to cultivate new talents. Thanks Lewis Pugh!

Baby boy is napping and in 30mins I'll be babysitting a new friend of his so I want to take the next few minutes to relax and do nothing. Today is mostly about doing nothing since yesterday I was up early to make pancakes for dear husband. Then I decide to spring clean the pantry closet. This escalated to spring cleaning the whole kitchen. And yes, dear baby boy was right there helping his mommy. We later made dinner together, salmon with a spinach and bean salad. It's another hit of a recipe from Racheal Ray. She's by far my number one go to for dishes that are husband and baby friendly. Well, now back to the pancakes. Husband used to love the packaged version but since we've moved to homemade things he now prefers the fresh yummy pancakes. My favourite recipe takes forever but it's delicious. It includes a proper arm workout when beating the egg whites. Never in my life did I think that a beaten egg white could really become white and firm. I mean I used to see it on cooking shows but it looked like a gimmick or something only chefs could achieve. But it works! Of course you already knew that. Now I suppose we're all clear on how far removed I used to be from anything kitchen related. It was only once the pancakes were done that I realised that we had no syrup. And so we (that's me trying to be inclusive) made our own pancake syrup. It is only once you taste the good stuff that your eyes become magnified and you realise the nonsense manufacturer's are selling customers. Give this recipe a try and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Homemade Pancakes 

(8 servings)   

• 2 large eggs - separated
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
• 1 cup milk (plus some for consistency)
• 1 and 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Beat the egg whites until stiff - set aside. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and salt until well combined. Add baking powder, beat until just mixed. Add flour, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth (try not to over-mix).

Gently fold in the beaten egg whites. Let batter sit for 15 to 30 minutes prior to cooking.

In a large frying pan or griddle over medium heat, melt 2 teaspoons butter.

Dollop batter in 1/4 cup to 1/3 portions per pancake. Once the tops are covered with bubbles and the edges appear dry, flip the pancakes and cook the other sides to golden brown. Add additional butter to pan for each batch of pancakes.

Serve hot with your favourite topping.

Recipe credit goes to www.mrbreakfast.com

So delicious. Then just look up an easy syrup recipe that involves sugar, water and honey.

Try this out. You'll be so glad you did.

Side note:

Be extra careful when making syrup. I by mistake dropped a pancake in the steaming hot pan of syrup and darn near gave dear husband a third degree burn. Consider yourself warned.