The food that wasn’t
Today I planned to share a fabulous recipe for Bacon and Chocolate German Pancakes with you, only something went wrong. Terribly wrong.
After I read roughly half the food produced in America is never eaten, costing the average household $600 per year, I woke determined to be frugal with our food. Only I think my ideology overtook my good sense. Or surpassed my culinary skills.
Because our 2-year-old, who gleefully accepted what he thought was chocolate cake for breakfast, spit out his pancake and screwed up his face. “Mama, what did you feed me?” he cried, trying to scrape the last bits of it off his tongue.
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Bad mama.
It was bacon fat, rather than butter. Whole wheat, rather than white. Unsweetened cocoa powder rather than chocolate chips.
What can I say? I get it now. The sleep deprivation makes me a little insane.
This post is a part of Real Food Wednesday, where I join other bloggers for tips on how to prepare real food (which I obviously need).
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Even when grossed out, that is a precious face.
Good try, frugal mama.
Oops! Too bad about the pancakes. Better luck next time, right?
That is a precious face. They’re so darn honest at that stage.
Cooking from our cupboards takes us to strange places. I’ve been there, sister!
LOL!!! We all have disasters. I love your son’s reaction. Baby girl gives me you-must-be-crazy looks all the time!
LOL! Wonderful post!!!!
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Look at that angry customer! Too funny. I’ll have his serving.
haha!! awesome!
You would have probably gotten away with it too! If it weren’t for those medelling kids!
I kid. You would have been ok if you had just added sugar to the chocolate.
Thanks, Amy! I was wondering where I went wrong…
I can never get away with leaving out sugar or sneaking in too much whole-wheat flour either. (The bacon fat sounds good though.)
…the most expensive food you can purchase is the food that is thrown away…
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