Pancakes and Pesto Ravioli

To start with, I have an important question to ask you. Waffles or pancakes? I’m a pancake person all the way, I think they’re easy, super customizable, and just so delicious! Everyone can make them and they’re good for any time of day (brinner anyone?). So today I’m sharing a delightful buttermilk pancake recipe that you can then add whatever you want to make these pancakes your own.

Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Ingredients

2 c all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

3 Tblsp sugar

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

3 c buttermilk

4 Tblsp butter, melted, plus more to grease pan/griddle

Instructions

1) Heat griddle to 375 or pan over medium high heat.

2) Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a bowl.

3) Add eggs, buttermilk, and butter, whisk to combine. Batter should have small to medium lumps.

4) Once hot, brush butter over griddle/pan, or spray with Pam.

5) Pour batter onto pan, approximately ½ cup, spaced about two inches apart.

6) When pancakes bubble on top and are slightly dry around edges flip (about 2 ½ minutes)

7) Cook until golden brown on bottom (about 1 minute)

8) Repeat until all pancakes made!

Notes

If you want to keep the made pancakes warm, heat oven to 175 and keep the pancakes in there on an oven safe plate.

Don’t have buttermilk? Make your own! Just add a little vinegar to just under each cup of milk and let sit for about 10 minutes.

Pancakes are the best with mix-ins. My personal favorite is chocolate chips, or berries, but the options are endless. To add, just sprinkle your mix-in on top of the pancakes just after you’ve poured them into the pan.

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Another one of my favorite foods is ravioli. Another food that is infinitely customizable, so many sauces you can put on them, so many fillings you can have inside, they can be baked, just mixed with sauce, or even just tossed with a little butter. It was hard to choose just one recipe to share here, but this is really one of my favorites.

Creamy Ravioli and Pesto Gratin

Ingredients

1 package frozen ravioli

1 c heavy cream

¼ c pesto

¼ c grated Parmesan

Ingredients

1) Cook ravioli according to package directions.

2) Heat oven to 375.

3) In a large bowl whisk together heavy cream and pesto.

4) Mix in the ravioli and pour into shallow 2-quart baking dish.

5) Sprinkle with Parmesan.

6) Bake until golden and bubbling, between 25 to 30 minutes.

7) Let cool slightly before digging in!