That Time of Year!

Halloween!

Ophelia dressed in her Halloween finery!

How can you tell it's Fall in South Florida? The temperature has been below 80 in the morning when I leave for work every day (that's 27 Celsius, in case you were wondering.)

And we all know Fall is the time for harvest (except here, of course, lol) and saving, etc. And all those awesome fall foods like soup and stuff. Including pumpkin pancakes. I'd never made pumpkin pancakes before, but as my sister assured everyone on her blog, I tried 'em. (see recipe here:  http://www.caleyskitchengarden.com/2013/10/easy-cheaters-recipe-pumpkin-pancakes.html )

Granted, I didn't have freshly cooked pumpkin. I'm having trouble finding the kinds of them that you cook down here. And I had an old can in my pantry. Waste not, want not, right? It worked for my purposes.

And a side note. No matter if they are regular or pumpkin, this is always the evolution of how pancakes end up getting made by me (I get this from my mom, btw. Hers are always like this, too.)

First cooked batch:

Yes, they got better, lol. Keep going...






Second cooked batch:  

And then the rest are like this:

The finished product (yep, there's more!):


Ta da!

This recipe makes a *ton* of pancakes (I do not happen to have hungry 10 year olds!). So what did I do with 'em all? Ate some, of course, ha! Saved a few in the fridge to eat with peanut butter the next couple of days. And froze the rest. We'll see how they cook up at a later date.  :)

I have more pumpkin, so tomorrow I will attempt the pumpkin cookies/cake recipe. Don't hate me 'cause I cook! Ha ha! 

Tomorrow I will post updated garden pics. It's amazing how quickly they grow... lol

:)