Everybody loves pancakes.

Our most recent passion has been to make some really good pancakes. After being inspired by an America's Test Kitchen recipe, David and I have already enjoyed two mornings full of pancakes.

First time:

Here we tried the basic recipe - only because we couldn't find the blueberries that David wanted. The pancakes were delicious! I even added some chocolate chips to a few. But, the consensus was that they were better without.

Second Time:

The quest for blueberries was successful! They were very tasty, but we have decided that they were too large. How could this be a problem, you might ask? Well, on the ATK show they used previously frozen small blueberries...like the kind you would use for a dessert recipe. Not knowing that this would cause a problem, we used them anyway. The reason they weren't the best was because they held up the center of the pancake so that it was too far from the heat and there were many occasions that the pancakes weren't cooked all the way. So I finished the batch without blueberries and MY opinion is that the pancakes are best when they are just plain. The recipe is so tasty that you don't even have to use syrup!

Dinner:

And how could I be married to David Swafford without knowing how to make a chicken pot pie?? Not just any chicken pot pie, but his mom's recipe of course! So I tried it...in a foreign land with some substitute ingredients...and it wasn't that bad. The biggest problem is that the original recipe is for a larger thus shallower pan. So I mixed everything so the ratios were right, and then had to take some out. I think it was still a little too deep causing it to be too runny, but we're getting there. The crust was good though. Self rising flour is really cool.

The next bit of exciting news is that David and I are leaving for a vacation tomorrow. We are headed to the south of France in hopes of warm weather, lots of site seeing, and a good amount of time on the beach...in the heat! Hopefully the weather there will stay warm...last time we were at the beach it was a disaster. :o\

Until we return...