Grocery Lane: Berry Good

April 24, 2013

Berry Good

It is no secret that I love pancakes. I don’t know where my love for flapjacks has come from in my adult years because my mom didn’t fix them that much when I was growing up that I can remember; besides the obligatory Mickey Mouse,snake and turtle pancakes when I was younger.

I think I have such a respect for pancakes now because:

1. They are super easy – especially if you have a griddle on which to cook.

2. They are so versatile! You can add anything to them and they usually taste delicious!

I have loved experimenting with these “flat breads”, essentially, and have made all sorts of combinations from regular pancake mix as well as actual cake mix. Some combinations such as:

Pumpkin
Gingerbread
Cinnamon and Apples
Blueberry Walnut
Chocolate Peanut Butter
Banana Bread
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana
Dark Chocolate Raspberry

but never strawberry. Don’t ask me why – I love strawberries and know that fruit obviously works well in pancakes, but the thought of strawberry pancakes never dawned on me until a couple of weekends ago. The result? So good… so good… so good! (think Sweet Caroline song in your head).

And what’s even better is that I used frozen strawberries since I didn’t have any fresh on hand and they were delicious!

I started by mixing 2 C pancake complete pancake mix with 1 1/2 C water (yields 12-16 pancakes). Then I added roughly 1 C (give or take) chopped frozen strawberries. You could use fresh here. I also added a tablespoon of brown sugar for added sweetness (I use Splenda brown sugar which tastes just like BS – ha! – but with fewer calories).

Then, as I was mixing this concoction up, I noticed I had a few ripe bananas laying around and decided to throw those in to my leftover batter, since I had already cooked my first batch, to make Strawberry Banana Pancakes. Another great and easy addition to add yet another layer of flavor.