smpx 37: dried fig

After a massive grocery shopping event on Saturday, we had several options for SMPX this week. We decided on fig pancakes. I don't think I've ever bought figs before, I know I haven't ever cooked with them. And really, I probably haven't eaten them outside of Fig Newtons and a couple fresh ones I picked off a tree at the beach last summer.

So I chopped up some dried figs and mixed them into the batter, and saved a couple for garnish on the top. These came out really well. The figs were sweet and chewy and were especially tasty with butter and maple syrup.

*** 1/2

We give dried fig pancakes 3.5/5 stars.

smpx 36: vanilla crepes

To make up for last week's really gross orange pancakes, we needed this week to be awesome. We've been wanting to do something besides our regular griddle pancakes, so we bought vanilla crepe mix and I cooked some up in a skillet.

Even added strawberries & whipped cream! We loved them. SMPX is back on track.

****1/2
We give vanilla crepes 4.5/5 stars.

smpx 35: orange

Disgusting! Watery and gross. I don't think we thought this one through.

*
We give orange pancakes 1/5 stars. Next week: crepes!

smpx 34: sweet potato

We needed something simple and fast this weekend, so we used Bruce's Sweet Potato Pancake Mix (made in Texas) and cooked up a batch. Good ol' Bruce.

We've been wanting to make sweet potato pancakes and it doesn't get any easier than this "just add water" mix that cost like $1.39. And they were good. Actual pieces of rehydrated sweet potato and everything.

Our pancakes even turned out better-looking than the ones on the package. Maybe I should send Bruce's fancy Texas marketing company this photo.

***1/2

We give sweet potato pancakes 3.5/5 stars.

smpx 33: mango

I chopped up dried mango and added it to the batter mix. Must have been dealing with a crazy sweet tooth, because I also added brown sugar and honey. The finished pancakes were topped with a little more of the secret ingredient.

Surprisingly, I didn't kill us with sugar overload. These were chewy and fruity and pretty darn good.

****
We give mango pancakes 4/5 stars. Next week: something exciting in celebration of National Pancake Day.

smpx 32: caramel apple

Cameo apples are the best. We'd already made apple pancakes, but as an excuse to use them again we made caramel apple pancakes this Sunday.

We cut up an apple, added some of the caramel syrup to the whole wheat batter, and cooked them up. Instead of syrup we used a little bit more of the caramel. They were okay; a little dry. Some applesauce would have been good to add to the batter.

** 1/2

We give caramel apple pancakes 2.5/5 stars. Next week: sweet potato pancakes?

smpx 31: breakfast sandwiches

I got a one-egg pan for Christmas and have been itching to use it to make breakfast sandwiches. So this past weekend we used the blue corn mix to make mini pancakes. We stacked egg, cheese, and vegetarian sausage patties in between the pancakes and ta da!

The pancakes were a little too crumbly for breakfast sandwiches, so the finished product was messy. But it tasted really good.

****

We give blue corn pancake breakfast sandwiches 4/5 stars.