St. Patrick's Day Fluffy Pancakes

So I have been searching for this recipe for awhile...my Great Grandma used to make it and rumor is my Uncles would take these down by the dozen while growing up.  They are so light and fluffy that I can understand why a teenage boy could do that :)   I was so excited when I finally found it!!!

The weekends at our house when we have all 5 together is hectic...to say the least, but always involves a big breakfast!  I was so excited when I realized at 7am I was still the only one up...even my 2 month old little guy was back asleep from his 5:30am feeding :)

All ingredients needed.....baking soda, baking powder, salt, butter, eggs, buttermilk (or in my case I didn't have any so I made a substitute w/ milk & vinegar, flour & sugar

Very important that you separate the egg yolks and egg whites...I almost forgot but was able to salvage...

Pour egg yolks into your bowl and mix well.....then add the dry mixtures & mix together

Be sure not to overmix

Add in the melted butter at this step and mix...again don't overmix

Take your egg whites and beat them until stiff

NOT STIFF ENOUGH.....Keep mixing

This is how the egg whites should look after a good 4-5 minutes of mixing

Add to the batter and fold in with a spatula

Add some spray to your pan and some green food coloring to you batter...and you have yourself some Lucky St. Patty's Day pancakes!!!

Ingredients

• 3 eggs (separated)
• 1-2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1-1/2 cup flour
• 4 tbsp. butter (melted)

Directions

Beat egg yolks well, beat in buttermilk & add all dry ingredients.  Add melted butter...be sure not too overmix.   Beat egg whites until very stiff and fold into batter.  Add green food coloring and mix.

Makes about 16-18 pancakes

My New Blog & Sour Cream Noodle Bake

So I have been wanting to create a blog that I can post fun things about...not necessarily personal like my other Family Blog.  I love the idea of putting all my favorite recipes on here as I have been trying to cook more for my family instead of eating out a million times a month.  With 5 kiddos...that gets crazy expensive!  I so amazed by all the fun recipes out there on Pinterest and other's blogs.

So here I go....

I have some amazing memories of HS....go Parkie South!!  I met some of my most amazing friends that I still cherish to this day.   Well one of my most fond memories were our Spring Break trips....and one of those trips was down to Destin, FL my sophmore year.  During that trip I was introduced to Sour Cream Noodle Bake!  I was just recently brought back to memory lane in my venture to start actually cooking for my family instead of just relying on the big guy each night.

If you haven't tried this....AMAZEBALLS is all I can say!  And sooooo darn simple.  Plus a huge bonus was the fact that ALL of my kids love this dish.  Which is very hard to say...I have quite a few picky ones!

You will start with a few simple ingredients....I happened to actually have all of these on hand :)

Egg Noodles, Sour Cream, Cottage Cheese, Tomato Sauce, Cheese (I used Colby & Monterey Jack...but you can also use Cheddar) & Ground Turkey (or Ground Beef) 

   Brown your ground turkey in a pan 

 

Once ground turkey is complete...add tomato sauce

Be sure to add salt & pepper into your meat mixture

While the meat is browning...go ahead and cook your egg noodles

In a seperate bowl, mix the cottage cheese & sour cream together

Add a bunch of ground pepper to this mixture as well to give it some good flavor!

When the noodles are complete....drain and then add the cottage cheese/sour cream mixture to the pan

Mix real well

Grease a 9x13 pan...in this case we were delivering to my Sister In Law so I used a disposable pan

Put half the noodles/sour cream mixture down first

Then put half the meat mixture down spread evenly over the noodles

Take your cheese of choice and spead 1/2 cup over this layer

Repeat Noodles, Meat Mixture, Cheese

Place in the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and enjoy this yummy goodness!!

Recipe - Sour Cream Noodle Bake

(Inspired by Katie Konrad Ingenbohs & Pioneer Woman)

Ingredients

• 1-1/4 lb Ground Turkey (or Ground Beef)
• 1 can 15 oz Tomato Sauce
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Ground Pepper
• 8 oz weight Egg Noodles
• 1/2 cup Sour Cream
• 1-1/4 cup Small Curd Cottage Cheese
• 1-1/2 cup Grated Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese

Instructions

Preheat Oven 350 degrees

9x13 pan

Brown the ground turkey in a large skillet, drain if needed, add tomato sauce.   Add salt & pepper.  Stir & simmer while preparing other items

Cook egg noodles, drain & set aside

In separate bowl, combine sour cream & cottage cheese.   Be sure to add lots of pepper to taste.  Add to noodles & stir.

Assembly - add half the noodle mixture to the 9x13 pan.   Top with half the meat mixture, then sprinkle on half the cheese.   Repeat - noodles, meat mixture and a layer of cheese

Bake for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted nicely on top.

Check out this recipe & many others on Recipe Magic 

ENJOY!!

ERIN