Breakfast

I woke up at 6 AM this morning for no reason at all because I did not have class until 12:30 PM today. I put the coffee on and tried to figure out what to make for breakfast. Usually when Dan is over I'll make some type of egg, which are not my favorite food by far. In the pantry I found an old box of pancake mix.

I love pancakes, because it is so easy to tweak the recipe, and make something completely different. I started combining the pancake mix and the cup of water (I prefer making pancakes from scratch) and then I saw bananas on the counter. 

I cut one up and fried it, then threw the caramelized bananas into the batter. (If you do this at home be careful if you have eggs in the pancake batter, let the banana's cool first or the batter will start cooking in the bowl.) Then I added a dash of nutmeg and cinnamon and about a cap full of vanilla extract. Once the griddle is heated up I just cooked some pancakes (or flapjacks as Dan calls them) and presto! Banana bread pancakes. They taste just like banana bread.

I went to wake Dan up with a cup of coffee and then I had a great idea. I started another batch of pancakes.  This time I substituted the water with some left over coffee. I made the mistake of adding it while it was still hot so the batter started to cook in the bowl. >_< After tasting the batter, it was very bitter, so I had to add about a handful of sugar and a cap full of vanilla extract. I cooked a few more pancakes with this batter.

We found out the banana bread pancakes are good when topped with maple syrup but if you make the coffee pancakes just top them with butter and a sprinkle of sugar. Needless to say breakfast was amazing. Sorry I did not take any pictures along the way, it was too early to remember the camera.

Hobo Pie

Summer 2010, Dan and I went on our first camping trip together. We stayed at the Rifle River campground up north.  It is absolutely beautiful, by the way.

Well, while planning the trip, Dan found out that I had never made "hobo-pie," so he insisted that we make it. Apparently, the recipe is extremely easy, which is perfect for a camping trip. As long as you have a sandwich iron.

One of these things

All you need to bring is a can of your favorite pie fillings, a loaf of bread, and some butter or non-stick spray. Oh, and having a can opener helps too. Unfortunately that was one thing we forgot to bring. Luckily Dan had his knife.

I helped stab the can open too.

"That's not a knife, this is a knife!"

First get your campfire ready, let it burn down so you don't burn the pie. Next you butter the bread and put one slice in the iron butter side down. Then scoop some pie filling in the center of the bread and then put the second slice butter side up (kinda like making a grilled cheese sandwich). Then close the iron and put it into the fire for a few minutes. Then pull it out of the fire, open the iron and use tongs to grab it out of the iron if you have them. You don't want to burn yourself. After you let it cool, dig in! This treat definitely gives the average campfire 'smore a run for its money, even though we had those too. 

They were so yummy!