NOM NOM on a budget

PANCAKES

my middle cousin did well on his report card this term (semester? six weeks? two years out of school and i’m already this far removed from education terminology) and sometime in car, during the conversation about getting a new hat or tshirt as a reward, pancakes were brought up as a more desirable alternative to waffles. (i don’t know if i agree—a very special food-place in my heart is reserved for chocolate chip waffles fresh out of the waffle maker…)

i’ve always wanted to do breakfast *right*—pan-cooked breadgoods, fruit compote, clotted cream, not-aunt-jemima maple syrup—like a plate of ihop’s rooty tooty fresh and fruity, but homemade and with less fake fruit. this is a nice first step :)

for the compote, i sliced strawberries, heated them on the stove with butter and sugar (next time i will use less sugar and less time on the stove - i think these came out overdone) and a dash of lemon juice.

for the pancakes, i followed allrecipe’s good old fashioned pancakes recipe (4.5 stars from 3,717 reviews!) they were fantastic!