Happy Friday, gang!
Today, we introduce Super-Fast Friday and I hope you’ll like it. Every Friday, I’ll share a tip or trick or idea to speed up your meal-making time. Kind of like real food in less time, giving you more time to spend with your family. As we go, I’d love to hear your tips as well! Leave them in the comments here or over on our Facebook page.
So. Here’s today’s Super-Fast Friday tip:
We do big breakfasts on the weekends. DH and I enjoy steel-cut oats from the slow cooker and the kids like pancakes or waffles.
Have you read the ingredients on a box of frozen pancakes lately? Can you pronounce all of that?
Yeah.
Double up your batter ingredients when you have everything out anyway. Let the extra cakes or waffles cool completely to room temperature, and then pop them into a freezer zip-top bag and into your freezer. During the week, nuke the frozen pancakes for about 30 seconds or pop waffles into the toaster on a low to medium setting (it helps here to take your waffles out of the iron a few seconds early–they’ll finish toasting the day you want to eat them and crunch up really nicely), butter and enjoy.
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I love doing this. Problem is that my boys are getting bigger and eating more. Now I have to make 5 batches of pancakes if I want any left over! I can’t even imagine life in a few years when they get even bigger 🙂
i even started making my own batter, not the box stuff. way better and yes, i end up freezing some for breakfast later in the week!