The Pancake Pen

At our house I do the majority of the cooking.  I really don't mind because Matthew always loves whatever I prepare.  Ironically we both came from families where our father's love to cook.  I have picked up tricks from both of my Dads and a few on my own.  I guess I would say I can throw a meal together without much difficulty.  However, it is nice once in a while to have my food prepared for me.  In our recent months of marriage we generally have not had to work on Saturday mornings so we enjoy eating something other than our usual apples and cinnamon with oatmeal.  Matthew has discovered blueberry pancakes at Aldi (if you have never been to Aldi I would recommend it . . . it saves us money and it is quicker) He was all excited to make pancakes one Saturday morning when all of a sudden I could hear a very frustrated and defeated voice coming from the kitchen.  Well . . . the pan wasn't exactly cooperating with Matthew.  In fact, when he attempted to flip the pancake approximately half of it was stuck to the bottom of the pan. He was about to give up on the pancake adventure when he remembered we have an electric skillet. When we got married we were blessed with many small kitchen appliances and many times I forget about all the things we have.  Honestly, in two years of marriage, we had not touched our electric skillet.  Now, it has become Matthew's best cooking companion.  He can prepare eggs and pancakes with ease.  Currently Matthew is practicing up on his skills in pancake creation for when we have children.  He has made several different types of creatures.  I was telling my mom about how excited Matt was about creating with pancakes and she found him the perfect stocking stuffer. 

He now has 'The Pancake Pen' which makes it much easier to regulate the flow of pancake batter through its silicone nozzle.  The Pancake Pen made its debut in our kitchen last Saturday and here are some of the results:

bear, sun, and leftover batter

for a boy . . . for a girl

octopus with almost 8 legs :0)

Pancakes before The Pancake Pen:

monkey

rabbit