Last weekend, I made pancakes…..and I survived!! As much as I love to learn how to cook, any attempts at doing so have made me into a pariah of sorts in our kitchen. Consider the time I volunteered to help cook Sinigang na Baboy (Pork in Sour Broth). I was put in charge of the kangkong (water spinach) and what I ended up with were stalks because I stripped the leaves and threw them away. I don’t know why I did it. I do have common sense though, just don’t put me in the kitchen.
Anyway, I decided to cook DW pancakes for lunch with bananas and raisin. I thought it would be a nice change from the lugaw and fish and fruits he always has for his meals. For this project, I used Pillsbury’s One-Step Pancake Mix. I like this brand because I didn’t need to add eggs and at this stage, we’re still screening for food that DW might be allergic to. DW eats egg whites now and he could probably eat the whole thing when he gets older. One other thing is that all you need to do with this mix is just add water! Seems fool-proof enough I say 😀
For the ingredients, you just need these:
raisins and bananas!
Chop the bananas coarsely and mash them a bit so that you could still bite into chunks of banana in the pancake. Throw the raisins into the pancake mixture as is. No need to measure, just eyeball it. I used 1 cup of raisins and about a cup and a half of bananas for this batch.
Mix ’em all up, fire up a teflon pan so that you don’t need oil or butter to coat the pan and therefore add fat to the pancakes.
Create mini pancakes so your little one can grab them like cookies
One satisfied customer…
You can also add oatmeal to the batter but I skipped that because the last time DW had a bowl of oatmeal, he developed rashes:(
I plan to feature really easy recipes here at my blog. I want to do grilled cheese sandwiches next! Wish me luck 😉
If you have easy recipes, I’d love for you to share them! Maybe I could make them and see if they’re fool proof enough, I’m a willing guinea pig haha!
Cheers,
annaVi says
February 19, 2010 at 1:58 pmwow! at least you’re not afraid to flex your muscles in the kitchen after your sinigang na baboy attempt! congratulations on your pancakes! you can add anything to this batter, you can try adding peanut butter if DW isnt allergic to peanuts. or mashed veggies like potatoes and greens like brocolli for a healthier option! try jessica seinfeld’s recipes for treats fit for a growing boy like DW!
neva adelane says
February 22, 2010 at 9:43 amHi AnnaVi – thanks! peanut butter sounds yummy hehe
Hi Osang – I’ll try your pizza sandwich pero baka si BDW lang umubos nun hehe
osangga says
February 17, 2010 at 4:05 pmTry the pizza sandwich!! hehe. Pero baka di pa pwede si DW dun.. spread spaghetti sauce lang chaka sprinkle cheese sa bread. Voila! :)chaka ang s’mores, sobrang dali lang. 😀
Steff says
February 17, 2010 at 9:30 amnevie – a treat for you and dan, try mixing it with choco chip baking (semi sweet or dark) and sliver almonds=) you can also stew some apple with cinnamon and raisin then top it on a classic pancake=)
neva adelane says
February 22, 2010 at 9:44 amHi Steff! – MMM!! great ideas but how do you stew apples?? hehehe
Mom-Friday says
February 16, 2010 at 10:16 ampancakes are always a hit with the kids! and your combo is really a classic, best-seller talaga yan with bananas and maple syrup, and I too use Pillsbury, but with egg na 🙂
maandp says
February 15, 2010 at 10:15 pmPretty soon, you can make cheesy caldereta too! 🙂 I’ll try out those special cookies we’ve been talking about… not the one that makes you loopy. 😛 By the way, you should try putting the raisins in hot water for a few minutes so they don’t dry up and remain chewy when you cook them. It’s what I do for my oatmeal-raisin cookies. 🙂
neva adelane says
February 16, 2010 at 9:42 pmmaan – madami pa akong lulutuing pancakes to match your kitchen culinary skills! haha 😀 thanks for the tips about the raisins!
faye says
February 15, 2010 at 11:36 amthanks for the recipe neva! maia loves pancakes and haven’t tried making them with banana and raisins yet. will try them next time! hmmm the oatmeal suggestion is also interesting. aso far maia loves eating carrot and/or cheese pancakes (i just grate them and mix with the batter).
neva adelane says
February 15, 2010 at 8:22 pmhi faye! cheese pancakes! sounds yummy 🙂 will definitely try that soon. thanks!