Frugal In Florida

I discovered Pinterest . Oh my. I've lost a lot of hours this weekend and believe I may have gobbled up any available memory with all the NEW links I've bookmarked. Whew. And I even tried a new recipe within 24 hours of discovering it ... that in itself is amazing. And that we ALL liked it? Even more so! Got the recipe from Baked Bree ... and pretty much made it as she has it but I wanted to give credit where credit is due! Not to mention, her  pictures are way better! 1 1/2 c white flour (although, you could use wheat I suppose) 3 tbs sugar 1/2 tbs salt 4 tsp baking powder (um, mine has the date of April 2011 ... its on my list) 1 tbs cinnamon 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 2 tbs maple syrup (used the last of the real stuff) 1/4 c melted butter 1 tbs vanilla Whisk the dry ingredients in large bowl. Add liquid ingredients and whisk til well combined Heat griddle til water bounces around when a drop is tested. Cook til both sides are brown Frosting: 1 cup...

All mothers know that Mother’s Day isn’t just once day a year. And if that’s the only day you are shown any real appreciation, shame on your children and rest of the family! My 15 year old son makes a Sunday breakfast for us about once a month. I of course, assist but for the most part he does it. The only reason for my assistance is that he’s still learning cooking skills, but is by far much more experienced than a lot of kids his age. All week long, he’s been asking if he could make breakfast on Sunday. At first, couldn’t figure out WHY, then realized that it was Mother’s Day so I said sure. He told me that he didn’t want me in the kitchen at all, and was making a list of things to cook and asking me for certain recipes, like the pancake mix since it would be made from scratch. I was so impressed and proud of him. The breakfast turned out terrific. He made pancakes (from scratch), sausage patties, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast & a fruit salad (watermelon, strawberries, oran...