So today has been a dark and rainy day. I think its the closest I'll get to a fall day. I miss fall. Its still hot here although the evenings cool off a little bit. When I got home from work I didn't really feel like cooking anything detailed but wanted something cozy and quick because my hubby would be home soon and then he had to rush off to a meeting. I saw some pancake mix I bought ages ago and decided to make breakfast for dinner. We also had a Fuji apple (love Fuji apples!) that needed to be eaten. There was a bag of potatoes sitting around. Bingo. Apple pancakes, home fries (hash browns), and scrambled eggs with cheese. I've never made pancakes with fruit in them before but these turned out super yummy. I just made sure to peel the apple and cut it up into really small pieces. They turned out perfect. The Fuji apples are firm but so sweet. I don't like mushy apples and the crispness of these worked well with the fluffiness of the pancake.
These are now going to be a staple in my cooking. I don't make pancakes very often. Okay, so I've made them two other times in the past six months and haven't ever bothered before then. But they're so quick that I know I'll be leaning on them a lot with our schedules being so unreliable at the moment.
