Pancake Bar

In our religion, one Sunday per month we have a "fast day." We abstain from food and water for 2 meals (24 hours), and give the money we would have spent on the food to our bishop. This is how we take care of the poor. It's also a time to deepen our prayers to the Lord and keep our minds more open to Him and his will in our lives. It is a time to fill up your spiritual bucket.

Naturally, at the end of Fast Sunday, the whole family is famished. Our kids seem to feel it even more. Since breakfast has been skipped, this seems like the perfect time to have breakfast for dinner. One of our favorite things to do.

Tonight we had a pancake bar. I planned to make a wonderful whole wheat pancake, made in the blender. But the baby had just gone down for a nap, and I didn't want to risk waking him with the noisy blender. So we got out the trusty old Krusteaz pancake mix and decided to get fancy with the toppings.

We had Nutella, whipping cream (freshly beaten), bananas, blackberries, chocolate chips, maple syrup, buttermilk syrup, mango-peach-pineapple fruit compote, strawberry compote and cinnamon as topping options.

My husband made us some eggs to give us something savory to go with it. And don't forget a tall glass or milk or orange juice. Delicious!!