Mashed Banana Pancakes - 8/18/2014

Hello, everyone.  Today, while having breakfast, I saw the remainder of my bananas  (5) that I got last week at one of the food pantries was almost ready to toss into the trash.  I decided that I didn't want to waste the bananas.  So, I came up with a recipe for Mashed Banana Pancakes.  Here is what I had on hand.

5 bananas that were mashed in a bowl
3/4 of a cup to 1 cup of All Purpose Flour
1/4 to 1/2 cup of canola oil for frying
Spiced Vanilla Bean Sugar & Pumpkin Pie Spice
(Spices courtesy of Savory Spice Shop)

I placed the flour on the plate and mixed the spiced vanilla bean sugar and pumpkin pie spice into the flour.  Then, I placed the mashed bananas that I had in a bowl into the flour/sugar & spice mixture.  I heated a frying pan and placed some of the oil for frying up the pancakes.  I took two to three spoonfuls of the batter for each pancake and placed them into the frying pan.  It takes longer for these pancakes to cook because it is a thicker batter than your regular buttermilk pancakes.  It took me 4 to 5 minutes to cook on each side to get the doneness that I was looking for.

After cooking each pancake, I placed them on a paper towel lined plate to soak up the excess oil.  This is a picture of my finished product.

It is more mashed banana than flour.  You can substitute gluten free flour instead of the all purpose flour to make it a gluten free dish. This plate would serve about 3 to 4 people.  Accompany this with more fresh fruit, whipped cream and maple syrup (Not that corn syrup want to be pancake syrup).

That's it for this blog post.  Until my next post, have a great day.

Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla Bean Sugar Fries - 6/3/2014

Hello, everyone.  I was bored and didn't buy dessert tonight.  So, I decided to make some Cinnamon Spiced Vanilla Bean Sugar Fries.

I took shoestring fries, fried them in extra virgin olive oil. I slightly drained them. In a separate cup, I mixed equal amounts of cinnamon and spiced vanilla bean sugar that I got from Savory Spice Shop and tossed it with the fresh french fries.  Here's a picture of it.

It was very good and not too sweet.  You wish you could have been here seeing me make this.  It's quick and easy. It's all in the preparation.

That's it for this post.  Until next post, have a great day.

Spiced Vanilla Bean Sugar Grilled Nutella Sandwich - 5/13/2014

Hello again. Tonight, I didn't have any dessert laying around. However, I did have Nutella hazelnut spread, a hamburger bun, margarine and Spiced Vanilla Bean Sugar from Savory Spice Shop in Colorado Springs, CO.

I decided to make a Spiced Vanilla Bean Grilled Nutella Sandwich. I buttered the hamburger bun and sprinkled 1/4 teaspoon of the Spiced Vanilla Bean sugar onto the buttered hamburger bun.  I then pan grilled the sugared bun until it was caramelized.  It took about 2 to 3 minutes for that to happen.

When the hamburger bun was done grilling, I took it out of the pan and cooled it for one minute.  I then put some Nutella on the bottom bun.  You don't need much because the heat from the bun melts it quickly.  It was quite tasty.  I'm glad I had my shirt off when eating it as it would have messed up my shirt.  Try it sometime.  You may need a fork and knife for this one. Or, if you prefer, wear protective clothing or a poncho while eating it.

That's it for this post.  I hope you that you have enjoyed it.  Until next post, have a great day.