How do you make plain buttered toast more exciting? Adding grated garlic, salt and pepper does the trick well but incorporating chopped fresh herbs is an even better idea.
Make your pancake batter, stir in bacon, bell peppers and scallions, then cook as usual. Instead of the traditional sweet syrup, pour melted cheese over them. Oooh, these pancakes are really good.
Enjoy an Italia meets America experience with BLT bruschetta. The five BLT ingredients — bacon, lettuce, tomato slices, bread and mayonnaise — are boosted with cream cheese and garlic.
“From scratch” simply means there are no pre-mixed ingredients in the recipe. Use melted butter, do not overmix, heat the pan before pouring in the batter and, remember, wait for the bubbles before flipping.