Good Morning, Breakfast!

A few months ago, I decided to start doing what I call "Super Saturday". I had come to the realization that we eat the same things every day all week long (namely cereal, cereal, and cereal), and I wanted to experiment and make some yummy breakfasts. They do say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it should also be a yummy meal, right? However, I'm honestly not up to cooking breakfast every day...some days I'm happy to get the cereal into my children's mouths. Thus, I decided to make a goal of cooking breakfast every Saturday. Here are a few of the breakfast extravaganzas we've had so far, along with my rating and some notes about it:
Pumpkin Pie French Toast *****
Super easy to make, very filling, and oh-so-DELICIOUS! It was like eating a slice of pumpkin pie!
http://www.5dollardinners.com/erins-pumpkin-pie-french-toast-5-dinner-challenge/
We went over the top and topped our pumpkin pie french toast with this caramel frosting from:
http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/10/pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls-with-caramel.html

CARAMEL FROSTING

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

2 tablespoons milk

1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 dash salt

3/4 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

It was very rich but worth every calorie!


Crockpot Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal ***
Disclaimer: I didn't cook this in the crockpot. Instead, I was up super early for some reason that morning and just cooked it in a pot. Also, the steel cut oats were kind of expensive, so I ended up just using the regular, ol' Quaker Oats. So maybe, my evaluation of this pin isn't really valid. You can decide.
That being said, I thought this was really good. It was much better than the instant oatmeal, a sort of glorified version. I put the extra oatmeal in the refrigerator and ate it for breakfast all week long. It warmed up super yummy.
http://www.cookingwithjax.com/2011/01/apple-pie-breakfast.html

Here's a similar recipe that I want to try some time:
Throw 2 sliced apples, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon in the bottom of the crock pot. Pour 2 cups of oatmeal and 4 cups of water on top. Do NOT stir. Cook overnight for 8 – 9 hours on low. Breakfast.
From: http://foodpicsgo.com/?p=1618

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes ****
Fairly easy to make and super yummy. Mine didn't quite look like the picture. I guess I will just need more practice. Shucks!
http://slowrobot.com/i/38569


Copy Cat Cracker Barrel Pancakes ****
I had some left-over buttermilk, so I made these pancakes a couple of weeks ago. They were good, hearty pancakes. I've never tried Cracker Barrel Pancakes, so I don't know how they compare, but they were rather tasty.
http://www.christineiscooking.com/2011/10/cracker-barrel-pancakes-copycat-recipe.html


And here's what we had this morning:
Cinnamon Roll Waffles *****
These were super easy and yummy, yummy in the tummy. You just pop a Pillsbury cinnamon roll in the waffle iron, and a few minutes later, it's done. I just topped it with the frosting that came with the cinnamon rolls. Sam, my picky three year old who only eats Cheerios, asked for seconds. Very tasty. The only drawback is that they come out small and get eaten quickly. I had two but could have done another (if push came to shove). You would probably want to plan for three waffles per person.
http://www.littlebitfunky.com/2012/03/cinnamon-rolls-in-waffle-iron-who-knew.html


I promise, one of these days, we will try some healthier, low-fat recipes! Some day...