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Pancake Art Ideas: Kid Food

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pancake drawing

Ideas how to make Pancake art.. talk about a fun activity to do with older kids on a day off school or a weekend morning. Pancake drawing is very easy you need a flat top griddle, Large squeeze bottles, food coloring, and Pancake mix.

I got my 24oz squeeze bottle at a restaurant supply store for $6.00 for all 6 bottles. I  choose the large bottles so they were easy to clean (the ones I bought were dishwasher safe).

This is the art we created,  my husband did the owl.  I did the flower, palm tree, and Turtle.  My son did the large flower.pancake art

KID TIP: I recommend this project for a kid over 8 and supervised since you are dealing with a HOT surface

Ingredients:

  • Pancake mix – add water kind
  • water
  • food coloring
  • powdered cocoa (for brown)
  • Non Stick spray

Tools:

  1. Make pancake mix in a separate bowl  I used add water pancake mix so I could adjust the thickness too thin it runs too thick it wont come out of the bottle (think thick homemade ranch dressing)
  2. Pour pancake mix in to squeeze bottlessqueeze bottles filled with colored Pankcake batter
  3. Add food color or powdered cocoa for brown , replace top, cover with finger and shake (It will spit out a little from pressure of shaking)
  4. Turn on electric griddle on low temperature setting while creating art,  so to not over cook/burn before done
  5. Spray Griddle with non stick spray
  6. Start drawing  NOTE if the squeeze bottle clogs smack bottom on table, use toothpick, or add more water if needed.
  7. You have to build the pancake art picture in reverse, (see I wrote love backwards and put it down 1st)pancake word on a griddle
  8. Then draw the next layerpancake
  9. Then fill in with a background color  to hold the drawing together.
  10. Turn the electric griddle to a high temp to cook the pancake.
  11. Wait for the pancake to bubble and dry out before flipping (check stability of pancake art before flipping you can add more mix behind the art to insure stability)pancake with love written on it

This is my daughter house:girl making pancake art

Great way to teach a kid to think differently about layers.  Eatable art for a fun morning.

For More Great Kid Food Ideas check out my Kid Food Pintrest Board

How often do you make pancakes from your crew?

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Avocado Egg #TastyTues

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egg in an avocado

I am obsessed with Avocado and eggs so I combined both.  It is a yummy cool avocado and tasty breakfast add tomatoes and you have a healthy meal. Avocados in eggs is also one of the prettiest meals you can make in the morning and all brain food to kick start the day.

Egg Cooked in an Avocado

  • 1 egg
  • 1 avocado (firm not  mushy)
  • Butter
  • Tomatoes
  • salt
  1. Cut your avocado in 1/2

  1. Remove the avocado pit (hit the pit with a sharp knife then slowly pull back pit should come with the knife)
  2. Cut the bottom off  the avocado(ok if you cut into the pit hole- helps egg to cook)cooking avocado
  3. Place butter in pan, place in avocado in pan
  4. Separate yoke from white,  place yoke in avocado hole in frying pan, you can add hot sauce in the holeegg cooking in a avocado
  5. Cover the Avocado with lid and cook on low, till yoke is starting to cook, you might have to add a little water to the pan to steam the egg depending how hard or soft you want your egg.
  6. Then carefully remove avocado /egg
  7. Cook whites and garnish the Avocado with tomatoes, add Hot Sauce (I prefer wing sauce) tomatoe egg and avocado

enjoy!

This avocado egg is a surprise and different meal in the morning.