you came in with the breeze...

...on Sunday Morning....

Sorry...my title is a tribute to the fact that No Doubt is on tour and will be performing in Houston! Will I be going to the show...less than likely...but I would be interested in going. However, this post (and this blog) are not about music. They are about the fine world of food. One thing we have really enjoyed lately is our Sunday morning routine (thus the song from my middle school past). We have been varying our routine a little, but we try to have a good, sit-down, Sunday morning breakfast where we dole out the bits of the Sunday paper that we are actually interested in and enjoy waking up a bit slowly (even on the Sundays that we go work out first).

Not too long ago, our good friends Mikey and Tami introduced us to a wonderful (and easy) concoction called cornmeal pancakes. This blog is less about snooty food and more about how to make cooking and food accessible for more people. The cornmeal pancake recipe is on the side of the Jiffy cornmeal box. You know the one...the little blue box that costs less than 50 cents in your local grocery store. There is one change suggested by Mikey and Tami (and supported by Mattie and I) to substitute corn or vegetable oil for the shortening. If you want to try the shortening, by all means, but I always have oil on hand (and don't with the shortening). In the picture we have added blueberries to the pancakes and served with venison sausage. It makes for a great breakfast, but an even better brinner (one of our favorite meals...breakfast for dinner). We both prefer fresh blueberries in our pancakes and frozen in our muffins (the frozen ones hold up better to the batter and to the longer cooking time). And while Matt will experiment with the different fruit syrups, on cornmeal pancakes I prefer Aunt Jemima. I think it is because that is the first way I had it, so that is the way I always crave it. Enjoy!