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How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)

AND, give your Boiled Egg a good shake in a glass or jar of water (cover the top - lol!), the peels should come right off, and start from the bottom (now we're here - Thanks, Drake! Haha!) of the egg, where the little dint in the egg is... the egg shell will peel off - and, of course, tap the boiled egg all around, too! 

How To Tell If It's A Good Egg, or if your eggs have gone bad - When you place the eggs, one by one, on a big spoon, into the boiling water, if the egg floats to the top - Bad Egg - if it just stays in the bottom, that's a Good Egg! 

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Why not try a little something to make it sooo much easier to peel your boiled eggs?  and it is super-exciting when you first add the baking soda - it'll foam right up, momentarily, then literally, simmer down (do you hate that phrase from all the teachers having said that in your classes, all your life?? lol!) to a normal boil.....

Then, carefully set each egg in the boiling water, with a large spoon...

I thought it might be helpful to see the Boiled Eggs at various stages... we're at Sea Level (we are, for sure, right by the Sea, on the ocean, and, well, errrr, aaahhh, at Sea Level, but we used to live in Calgary, so the timing is different at different elevations - so is a good idea to take your eggs out earlier, if your eggs cook faster at a different elevation... same thing goes for baking, and whatnot... lol!)

Anyhoooo, the Boiled Eggs at the top are 7 minute Eggs, then 8 minutes Eggs, then the 10 minute Eggs.  So, really, it's however you happen to love your eggs, or whenever you remember you were making some boiled eggs! lol!

Yumm, this makes me hungry!  And Eggs are soo good for you... I know there's a whole debate about whether it's okay to eat the yolks, and it's totally okay, very good for you. And, tastier, for sures. 

Adding Baking Soda to the boiling water for your Boiled Eggs, though, is great for Easter, when you might be rolling your Easter Eggs with the family.. sometimes it's soo hard to get the egg shell to break, and it can be frustrating for little ones (and the big ones, too - hahaha! - Not sure how many times we've ended up throwing our Easter Eggs up against a tree, try to get the shell to break - naturally - lol!

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And here's how we like to have our little boiled egg sandwiches - yum!  I like a slice of Havarti on the sandwich, sometimes, too - all very healthy... and sometimes we just like to have the boiled eggs on their own, and I add a wee bit of butter and salt - yum!  A nice little treat : )




How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)



Rolling your Eggs at Easter : )
 http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

Easter - we looove Easter - so lovely!
Easter Sunrise Services can be so lovely : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/04/happy-easter-we-went-to-easter-sunrise.html

We love to Roll Our Eggs on Easter - a fun tradition for the whole family : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

If you want your beautifully decorated Eggs to last forever, just learn to blow them... you need to make a little hole at the top and the bottom, poke a toothpick through the yolk, and you're well on your way... rinse and decorate : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/03/blown-and-painted-easter-eggs-theyll.html

Make cute little Marshmallow Bunnies with the kids : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-crafts-marshmallow-bunnies.html







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You know when you have a really heavy piece of art work, or a really heavy mirror that you want to hang on a wall, it can take forever to get the measurements juuuust right, and finally you can hang up the picture or the mirror? Takes forever, and often a few fights in the middle of the process, depending on who you're working with - lol!

Well, I was out shopping, yesterday, for a nice new mirror - I wanted a full length mirror for the front entry, right, see what we look like on our way out the door - lol!  Plus, I'm at the gym all the time, these days, and I want to check out all the lovely changes - and a full length mirror is best for that sort o' gazing upon oneself - hahahaha!

Anyway, occurred to me, this morning, while my horrible upstairs neighbour was hammering away, oh, I should just switch some paintings and artwork with a lovely big mirror I already have in the Dining Room, that, really, doesn't do a whole helluva lot on that wall - it's too high to really reflect what I wanted it to reflect, and kind of wasted it's usage on that wall, even though that's where I would normally place a big mirror...and it WAS nice, there, but I needed it to be more practical, and sometimes you can just re-position or re-purpose things you already have, instead of going out and buying new stuff, all the time....


So, traditionally, when you are hanging a very heavy piece of art work or mirror on a wall, you would measure the distance between the two 'hooks' that, hopefully, will already be on the mirror or picture...is annoying when the mirror does not come with the things for hanging it up, easily, then you have to hammer in your own - yaah!  Nerve-racking!

But anyway, traditionally, you would have to first determine where on the wall you wanted to hang the picture or mirror, right? Then hold it up on the wall to see where it will look the best...then measure between the two 'hooks', then measure from the floor to the points where you want to hang it, or measure from the ceiling down, to make sure your very heavy object is hanging straight, and in an older place, the floor may or may not be level... there's sooo much work!

Soo, here's how I did it, this morning, and you can totally save yourself a lot of hassle by doing it this way, too...if you like! lol!

Just take a piece of wire, or a piece of string (I happen to have a lot of thin wire around my house, because I make a lot of art with wire - more on that, later : )....Measure the piece of string against the two hooks on the back of your picture or mirror, making sure it's longer on either side by about 2 inches, or so. This is not an exact science, so no need to worry about how many inches on either side, just some extra working room...

See the two hooks? You want to line up your wire or string to the center of each hook. Don't worry, it'll be really easy, once you get started : )

With the wire, you just wind it around the first hook, right in the middle where the nail/screw or picture hook will be... if you are hanging something that is really, really heavy, it would be a wise idea to make sure you find the stud (doesn't everyone want to find the stud! buh'dum-bum!) - by tapping on the wall, or use a stud-finder... when you're tapping on the wall, the sound will be different when you get to the stud, and there should be a stud every 12 inches....and use a very large screw to hold the extra weight, or a very large nail. I like the picture hanging kits you can get - very handy, and they'll say right on the package how much weight they will safely hold up.

So now you have the first point where you'll make a mark in pen on the wall, where you'll hammer in your nail, screw or picture hook. If you are using the picture hook, be sure to take into account the extra inch, or so, of the size of the picture hook...

Stretch the wire or string over to the other picture hook, and either just hold it tight in the center of each hook, or wind it around, so it's easier to see where to make your marks on the wall.

Now you are going to hold the string or wire up to the wall where you want to hang your picture, and make the marks. The great thing about the string or wire being held up against the wall, is you can get the other person, if there is someone else to give you a hand, to stand back and make sure it's straight...and you can see it for yourself, too. Make your first mark on the wall with a pen, then the second mark. 

Hmm, well, that's a terrible picture o' mah' hand! hahahaha!  Ah, well, is important to show you how to do this, right? Lol!  Ignore the hand.... lol!

Just hammer in the nail or put in the screw on each mark, and go ahead and carefully hang your picture or mirror. If it's really crazy heavy, would be so great if you had someone else helping you to hang it : )

Is easier to put one side on, first, then place the other side - is pretty hard to get both sides on at the same time - no need to struggle when you can do it one side at a time, right?

Conversely, and this is only for pieces that you might be hanging on the wall that aren't terribly heavy, you could attach some serious wire between the two hooks and hang it from a center nail, but just be super-careful that it will hold, especially if you happen to live in an earthquake zone.

There, all done!  Took only a few minutes, and it's safe and secure, and looks great!  Yahoo!  I can see what me looks like on mah' way out the door! 

And that's my fancy desk - I love it sooo much!  I scored it for $100, I believe in mah' head - actually, cannot remember how much I got it for, but let's say you're moving, and you need a lot of new stuff, try to go through your local online places, like UsedVictoria, or UsedVancouver (do they have the Used...series in the States, yet? I love it, is great, and in Canada we have Kijiji, which is very useful - I've gotten some seriously great stuff through them, and met some really nice people, too : )  Suss it out, first, and if you have any reservations, don't go, it's just an item for your house... you know the safety drill! lol!

Oh, and here's a little tidbit about my beautiful desk/armoire... the moving guy moved it without me knowihg he was on his way - is a little backward, here, sometimes, with people not seeming to understand how texting works... blah!!  Like, if you text me at 9:30pm to say you're on your way with the armoire, and in no way am I expecting to see a mover at 9:30 at NIGHT, and you don't get a text back, that's because I did not get your text, so this is not going to work, right??  Well, apparently, that's not how things go down, around here, so I get a call from this mover's WIFE, which was so weird, to say is he there? What the hellll??  Whole thing, so crazy. Ended up, the guy was nice enough, but he didn't bring any moving equipment, and this armoire weighed a ton, so I had to go get my own equipment out of my car... how many girls have their own moving equipment?? lol! Anyway, so now I'm helping, too, and when we went to bring the armoire out of the elevator, it wouldn't budge, so I said, oh, there's a lip on the elevator entrance, we'll have to lift it up on one side, and did this guy listen to me? No. Because I'm not a man,. That is the sort of thing that infuriates me - when a man will only listen to another man - ugh! 

So the mover insisted on doing it his way, and the whole armoire cracked in two, started falling apart, right in front of my eyes - was awful, and insanely dangerous. It fell apart, entirely, by the time we got it down the hall to my apartment... what a disaster, and he still charged me $60 for the move - bleah!!  What a joke. And then it sat in the corner for about a year, I had no way of getting it back together, it was soo heavy, and so much work, like a puzzle, to piece it all back together, so, eventually, I found a fantastic carpenter (took me a year to even find a reliable carpenter), Sean, I think his name was, and he put it together - but took 4 of us to lift the thing up, and put it in place... but it looks great, now, right? lol!  hahaha!  Just took a minute to get it all done, but now my desk looks how I had visualized it, and I loves it!! 

See you soon, and I hope this little idea helps you out, too, makes your life a little easier! : )  Ailsa : )

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French Toast - the easy way! : )  Yum, do you love French Toast?  It's soo super easy to make, is really fast, and you'll probably make enough to pop some slices of French Toast right in the freezer, then you can just heat them up in the toaster for a quick breakfast, another day - fun, right?  And soo delicious, it's crazy!

I just got a new griddle - it's a Rival from Walmart - think I got it for about $18 - what a good deal, right?  Yahoo!  I used to always have a nice big griddle in the house, but I guess that had slipped my mind when we were buying everything for this place... happens when you move a bit, like we sometimes do...

Anyway, I had been feeling guilty about just throwing out all these loaves of bread - you know, you buy a loaf of bread, you're sure that someone will have a sandwich, or some toast, or something, then there are lots of other yummy things for breakfast and lunch, and before you know it, you're throwing out another loaf of bread.  Well, French Toast to the rescue!  Never toss out another loaf of bread, again! lol!

So here's how easy:

Ingredients

loaf of bread, sliced

3 eggs (add more eggs if you have a lot of bread - this made 8 slices)

Splash of Milk - mmm, a 1/4 cup, maybe? lol!  I measure in mah' head! haha!

Splash of Vanilla - probably 1 teaspoon... I just pour it in! : )

Butter or Margarine for the pan...

You can add cinnamon, if you like, or let people add cinnamon later, if they like...)

See how fast and easy to make this French Toast?  I use a pie plate, because it's so easy to dunk the bread in : )

Just mix the egg, milk and vanilla with a fork, 'til it's nice and creamy, everything's mixed together... and you can heat up your grill at the same time - I put mine at 6, to start, since this is a new griddle, and I wasn't sure how hot '6' would be - turned out, too 6 was too hot, so I turned it back to 4. Much better.

If you know me, and I hope you do (!) lol! , you'll know that I love butter. You can use margarine, too, will both be delicious, but I just happen to have a fair bit o' butter around the house, so I use butter...

Put a little pat of butter in the center of the skillet or griddle - I just use a knife, and go quickly, but use your plastic spatula to spread the butter or margarine around, to cover the whole area.

Dip the bread, one slice at a time, into the egg mixture, both sides, make sure it's well covered in the mixture, then place it right on the griddle. When you get a few of them on the griddle, move them gently to make sure they don't stick...

  Yum! Iz you' hungry, yet?? hahaha! Me, too! : )

They will cook very quickly - the French Toast looks a'licious, right?  Yum!  Such a tasty and healthy breakfast, too - and the kids will love it!  By the time you get your last piece of French Toast on the griddle, it'll be time to flip all the rest of the pieces. You just want them to be nice and brown - you'll know! You'll laudably say, 'Yum'! hahahaha!

Some people like fluffy French Toast, but I really, really love when the French Toast is squished down - I'm not a fan o' da fluffy - I do the same thing with pancakes, squish them down - lol!  I like them really crispy...yum!

If you, too, like your French Toast crispy, just take your spatula and squish the whole slice right down, and you can turn it one more time, press down with the spatula, again, to make it extra-crispy : )

If you like your French Toast fluffy on the inside, no need to squish the bread down, just flip the pieces of bread over - deeelish!

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See how super-easy it is to make French Toast?  Better than the restaurants, too, because it won't be icky and limp...yick, who wants that?  Fresh and lovely is the way to go : )

Of course, I cover mine in maple syrup - I'm Canadian, I think we're required by law to love Maple Syrup - hahahahaha!  Noo, I kid, we just love Maple Syrup, naturally! lol!  I used to love taking my own kids, and my 'school kids' (I'm a teacher) to the Sugar Shack when they are collecting Maple sugar, and making it right there on the spot, right out in the trees - is so much fun, if you ever get a chance to go and get fresh Maple Syrup, for sure take the family, you'll all love it, and usually there's a horse drawn cart that goes around, so you can see the syrup come out of the the trees - everyone loves to see that, is so cool - thanks, Nature, for the delicious treat!

Aunt Jemima is our favorite Maple Syrup - yum, juust right. Only the Original, we can add our own butter! lol!  My son, Aidan, likes his French Toast with Cinnamon (makes me want to make a stripper joke, here, but that's massively inappropriate, and how easy would it be to have a stripper, Cinnamon, come over for breakfast, anyway? My guess is she sleeps in... lol!  Noo, that's silly...!)

Okay, so if you like cinnamon, the spice, not the stripper (!), you can add it in with the egg mixture, and cinnamon is excellent for managing your blood sugar (not just all the sugar on your plate - hahaha!), and is generally very good to add cinnamon to your diet... or serve the cinnamon on the side...

And you can use whatever bread you happen to have sitting around, waiting to be eaten... so now you never have to throw away your unused bread, again - yahoo!  And you can just pop the extra pieces of French Bread in a baggie, put them in the freezer, they'll be so nice and easy to pop in the toaster for another meal : )

Happy Eating!  Ailsa : )

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This is so cool - let's say you've now been binge watching your fave shows, and you STILL have 4 more seasons left of your brand new-to-you show, soo you don't want to get up off the couch, but, also, you know you should probably get you' some groceries?

Problem - Solution! lol! 

Check and see if your area is covered by either VONS or Safeway... they cover some of the same areas, and some different areas - does that make sense? lol!

I loove this Delivery Service for Groceries and whatever you might need, right to your door, just in general, but what a great idea in bad weather, no more stooopid traffic, or if you're not feeling up to going out to the store, or you just don't feeeel like going out to the store...or if you're like me, and get so caught up in whatever you're working on, and don't want to stop just 'for food' - haha! And no need for Taxis, if you need to take a cab to the grocery store...that's a huge savings, right there, right?

Wow, Grocery Delivery Service - that's fantastico!! Yippee!!  Hello, Future - you look great! : )

I think this is such an amazing new service for your groceries - and anything you ever need from the grocery store - if you've ever had a time when you had a tiny baby, or you're super-busy (same thing - hahaha! All the New Moms will be laughing, now - lol!)..but if you're busy at work, or busy at home, or traffic, or you're busy binge-watching your favorite shows - hahahahaha! This might be the new wave of the future, right? Ordering your groceries online?

And I would imagine you would save a lot of money, since you would just buy what you actually need... might really work for dieting, too, since, well, if we're in the store, and be 'we', I mean 'me'...anyway, let's say I've got my grocery list, then I'm at the store, and I think, you know what, I'll just nick down the Candy Aisle, see if Chocolate is on sale (see how much I like Sale Chocolate - hahaha! Is it tastier, or just less expensive?? We'll never know! It's all gone, now - hahaha!)

Not that you couldn't just 'browse' for that, anyway... right? Me thinkin', now, o' course, where is the Sale Chocolate, online?? hahaha! But let's say you're you, and not me, and you have a LOT more self control than maybe ME do... so you order all the things you really wanted, and not just a whole cart full o' Wunderbars, on sale... hahahaha! Wouldn't THAT be fun - just a cart-full of Sale Chocolate?? haha! Okay, clearly, me needs a treat! lol! : ) #SaleChocolate! Ha!

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Ha! I like this picture of Julie Chen,... I'll just leave it in here - lol! : )

I DID love when Julie Chen introduced Thursday Night Football, on Big Brother - haha! That sorta made me laugh - otay, otay, it totally made me laugh - is there a huuge amount of cross-ever, there?  Maaay-be! Well, at the very least, everyone who watches Big Brother will either watch The NFL, or will live with someone who loooves to watch da NFL, or they KNOW someone who looves the NFL - so, good job, Julie Chen! lol!

Plus, doesn't Julie Chen look amazing? Wow! Good job on your Whole Life, Julie Chen!
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Soo, I just was wondering if I could BAKE the French Toast, right? 

Yes, that's right, me trying for an even easier way to makes da French Toast - lol! 

See everything in the picture - including my cup of tea, which I always have, somewhere nearby...lol!

Oh, there's the Parchment Paper - why not try that, then no clean up, either?? lol! 

Is there no end to my laziness?? hahahahaha! (No, doesn't look like it - haha!)

So you just make the usual eggs, milk and vanilla, whisk it with a fork, dunk in each piece of bread...

Then place them on the pans.. oven to 350, the usual... 

 Then I popped them in the oven...

And I flipped them, once... the Parchment Paper gives them a little wrinkle - cute!

You could just grease the trays, if you wanted to go that route... : )

And quickly made Beans 'n Toast (yum!), since I needed something substantial and fast...

Beans 'n Toast is a Scottish delicacy - hahaha! Yum! Me luv! lol!

I left the French Toast in the oven for at least 30 - 45 minutes, I think - really, I started doing something else, (oh, yeah, had the Beans and Toast, and watched Ellen - lol!), so, maybe it was an hour? lol! 

Anyway, just look at them when you think of it, flip them once, then you can have them, or pop them in the fridge or freezer when they've cooled a bit, have them ready to just pop in the toaster, for a busier morning - or any other time you're in the mood for some delicious French Toast! : )

An, Voila - it DID work... haven't tried it, yet, will serve it to my son, in a wee bit, and I'll try some, too... not sure I'll do this, again - will let you know how delicious it is, compared to our usual way.. no butter or margarine, though, when you're grilling the French Toast, the normal way... and, frankly, that's prolly a huuge part of the delicious flavor... we'll know soon enough, and I'll let you know how it tastes : ) 

So, I had the Baked French toast, this morning, and it was exactly the same as the normal French Toast... so, really, it's a toss up - now we know it's good, one way or another, and, frankly, I'm glad I tried it, so at least I didn't waste all that bred - it was on sale for $1.00 a loaf, and me no could resist buying 3 loaves - lol! And it IS really handy to just have French Toast in the Fridge or Freezer, ready to pop in the Toaster, for a fast and tasty breakfast, any time...

I think the chances are really high that I'll just make the French Toast my usual way, on the grill, the griddle (what do they call that in America - hahahaha!) - but the house smelled great, too - yum, so, Win-Win-Win, right? Deelish, healthy, smells great!

And that probably saved a fair bit o' da Calories, too, or Fat Grams, if you're looking into that... although, me luvs mah' French Toast with a wee bit o' butter on each bite, and a LOT o' delicious Maple Syrup (I'm Canadian, I think it's a requirement of Citizenship, no? lol!), sooo, you know, it's all a balance... I think healthy is healthy, and there's nothing wrong with your food being Healthy AND delicious, right? Balance, Baby! (I balance the syrup with the butter.. TaaDaa!! A balanced Canadian Breakfast - where da bacon at? hahaha!)

To Great Breakfast Food!! Ailsa : )

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I'm just gonna add in my #Pancake Trick, right here - lol! 

I'm jus' gonna put all the pics on here, quickly, since I'm on my way to go and make the pancakes, in honor of #NationalPancakeDay - lol! Thanks, Twitter, for letting me know what day it is - haha!

And Add Vanilla to your Waffles mix, too - will be so delicious! #NationalWaffleDay, Baby!

I came up with a super easy way to make the pancake mix, and I wish I had thought of this, years ago, so, on the off-chance you haven't thought of this, already, too, here we go... prepare to be amazed! haha! (Or, maybe, a little dazzled by the ease? These pancakes are so eaaasy! lol!)

Put your grill at 5, or the highest temperature - you want the griddle nice and hot, then put the butter or margarine on the grill, pour the pancake mix in nice little rows - or whatever size of pancakes you like : )

And with the Bisquick, it's just 2 cups of Bisquick, 1 cup of milk (or water, I'm guessing), and 2 eggs, but I add a little more milk, since that'll make for a lighter pancake, and sometimes I'll pop in 3 eggs, will make it a little healthier, and then I add 2 tsp. of Vanilla - yum!

If you're making your Pancakes from scratch (no box! lol!):
1 1/2 Cups Flour
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
Mix ahead of time, make into little baggies, if you like : )

Add:
1 1/4 Cup Milk (you could prolly use water!)
2 or 3 Eggs, your choice!
2 oz. melted butter or Margarine, use the rest of the margarine for 
the grill, will make your pancakes crispy & delicious! Yum!

By the time you've poured your pancakes, chances are high that you can flip them, right away...

But, the general rule for making pancakes is to watch for the bubbles, and when the bubbles are all over the pancake, flip it : )

I think you can do whatever you like, because you can always let it cook on both sides, squish it down with your spatula, if you like your pancakes flat and crispy, and don't squish them if you like your pancakes all fluffy on the inside : )

But if your pancakes aren't cooked completely with 2 flips, just keep flipping them 'til they look juuust right to you! Enjoy! : )

Okay, so when you make your pancake mix (just use the Bisquick box - is so fast and easy, always perfect, then add a teaspoon of Vanilla - yum!), either use a great big 4 cup measuring cup (you can buy them at the Dollar Store, now - yippee!!), or mix your pancake mix in a bowl, then use the measuring cup to pour the pancakes...

Mixing the pancake mix right in the extra-large Measuring Cup will change your life (just a little, but every little life hack helps, right? lol!)

Then you just put the margarine on the grill to melt, move that around with your spatula, then just go ahead and pour on the pancake batter.... sooo much faster and easier than the old fashioned way, with the big ladle, right? I can't wait for you to try it, too! : )

I always have an extra batch, since I like to use up all the pancake batter (who doesn't? lol!), but, this past year, my lovely Dad told me about these pastry treats he had seen on a show, The Marilyn Show, in Canada, and so, in my attempt to make them for my Mum and Dad, I happened to figure out how to sift the Icing Sugar on the treats - 

All these years of making fancy treats, and I've never just sifted the Icing Sugar right onto the pastries, but it's brilliant, light and tasty, and so now, when we have the extra pancakes, I just take the sieve, pour in about a half a cup of Icing Sugar, and you just tap on the side of the sieve, lightly, you'll have this gorgeous wee treat, and it's soo fast! (See the theme, here? Tasty, Pretty, and, err.... Fast? haha!) (And Easy! hahaha!)

See that delicious Icing Sugar Sprinkle? So pretty! Lacey, if you will - lol! 

Just pop them in the fridge, eat them like cookies - or, 'cakes' - pan-cakes - haha!

I press down on the pancakes, because I like them flat, not fluffy, but this is personal preference, here, so, do your own thing, baby! 

Presto-Chango! Squish!! I love the pancakes when they're crispy - so good!

A teaspoon of Vanilla will mean you don't need as much Maple Syrup - or, maybe you do?? haha! Whatevs, all food is good food, in moderation... and Maple Syrup has all sorts of nutritional value - don't let the sugar police get in your head, too much - a little of everything is totally okay : )

One plate of pancakes for now, and a giant plate of pancakes, for later! Yum! 

When the pancakes have cooled a bit, pop them in a large baggie, freeze them for a quick meal, another day - you can just pop them in the toaster, no bother - easy peasy! 
: ) 

OR, you can dust the extra pancakes with the Icing Sugar, and have them as a wee schnack, later  - Double Yum! 

Okay, now I'm starving - better go make those pancakes! 

Happy Eating! Ailsa : )