Pretty Pancakes

I made these pink, purple, blue, and green heart-shaped pancakes for my daughter's 7th birthday breakfast. She was not feeling well, so breakfast in bed with pretty pancakes and a candle to top them off, was a necessity to keep her in good spirits on such a special day.

Cinnamon Roll Waffles

Thank you to Pinterest for giving me this easy idea of using the Pillsbury canned cinnamon rolls in my waffle maker for a sweet breakfast. Then drizzle the icing, just like syrup, all over. Yummy!

French Texas Toast

French toast is one of my favorite breakfasts to make, because it is simple and delicious. I prefer to use Texas Toast rather than regular, plain, white bread to make the meal more filling. Sometimes, I will top the French Toast with fresh, cut strawberries for a bit of a healthy start to the day.

Ingredients:
Eggs
Whole milk
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon sugar
Confectionery sugar
Texas Toast

I start by deciding how many eggs to use, generally going by a 1:1 ratio of eggs to bread slices. Since I have four young children, I often have to cook at least six french toasts.

Directions yielding serving size of 6 Texas French Toast:
 
Crack 6 eggs into a large bowl, add approximately 3/4 cup of whole milk, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon sugar, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Whisk until well mixed, then turn on oven top to medium to high heat, and grease a flat iron griddle with either PAM or lite butter. Once the griddle is hot, start dipping the Texas Toast into the mixture, and place onto the griddle. After the French Toast is cooked on both sides, put on the plate and sift a teaspoon of confectionery sugar on the top. Placing fresh fruit such as strawberries, or blueberries, adds color to the plate, and plenty of flavor to the dish.

Southern Breakfast on a Cold Winter Morning

Southern style sausage gravy and biscuits makes for the perfect breakfast on those particularly cold mornings. I love giving my children a taste of my family's southern flavors. Here is the way I have learned to make a delicious sausage gravy:

Cook a whole Genoa sausage (mild) in a large frying pan into small crumbles. Many people then add regular flour, but I use a seasoned flour and completely cover the sausage. Then I add whole milk until there is about three times as much milk then sausage, and bring to a boil. I also add a small amount of sugar to taste, because the spice of the sausage is sometimes too prominent for my children. After the milk is boiling, I stir and then let simmer. Once thickened, I pour onto large biscuits and serve. Yummy!