Quick, easy, healthy breakfast every day

While most of our culture places the greatest weight on the final meal of the day, dinner, we think breakfast needs far more attention than it gets.  Weekday mornings can be hectic, but that doesn't make breakfast any less important.  For a while we were buying frozen breakfast foods, but not only is this expensive, it also exposes the family to those dreaded pre-prepared meals we try so hard to avoid, meals that tend to be higher in salts and/or sugars than their homemade equivalents, and run through a variety hands and machines before landing in our homes, making them more susceptible to contaminents, such as BPA.  You've heard me rant about it before, but this isn't just a rant, it's a simple solution for at least one problem area.  Taking time to make a fresh breakfast every morning is out of the question in our house, so one day every weekend we make a big breakfast of either pancakes or waffles and foil up the extras (foil, remember, can be recycled and is devoid of the concerns associated with plastic wrap) to be dropped in the toaster throughout the coming week.  Make those pancakes or waffles whole wheat for an added health benefit, and add pecans for additional protein.  We top them with fresh fruit for added nutrition!

Whole Wheat Pancakes

Ingredients:
  ● 2 c. whole wheat flour
  ● 3 tbsp. sugar
  ● 1 tsp. salt
  ● 3-4 tsp. baking powder
  ● 1 1/2 - 2 c. milk (depending on how thick you like your pancakes)
  ● 2 eggs
  ● 5 tbsp. oil

Directions:
Mix dry ingredients together. Beat eggs well. Add milk, oil and eggs to dry ingredients. Mix well.  Pour 1/4 cup onto a preheated griddle and flip when bubbles start to pop and surface begins to appear dry around the edges.  Add chopped pecans, blueberries, or other fillers by sprinkling onto wet surface a few seconds after pouring pancake onto griddle.  You can spoon a little extra batter over top of the fillers if desired.  Undercook slightly any pancakes that you wish to keep for plopping in the toaster later in the week.  This recipe makes enough for us to eat on the weekend and have letovers for Calvin during the week, so double it if you need more extras than that.