I wanted to combine my love of bento lunch organization with a traditional American breakfast meal.
Components:
Heart pancakes-
Base recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/21014/good-old-fashioned-pancakes/
Changes: Apparently we ran out of milk and I didn't notice before starting this recipe, so I used a 50/50 mix of evaporated milk and water. I increased the "milk" ratio to 1 ½ cups, then added even more water to get a consistency that would pour quickly enough to fill the molds without making super puffy pancakes (I prefer thinner ones). Topped each stack with a small scoop of butter.
Bacon wrapped baked eggs-
Base recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/54117/individual-baked-eggs/
Changes: I substituted leftover bacon fat for the butter, used shredded pepper jack and shredded extra sharp cheddar for the cheese, chopped up some green onions, placing a few of the whiter onion slices in the bottom of the cup and topped with the greener ends.
Country fried bacon potatoes –
No base recipe for this one, just diced and carmelized a white onion over low heat, set that aside, pan fried some bacon ends until crispy but still a little chewy, set those aside, chopped up two russet potatoes into cubes, then pan fried the potatoes in the leftover bacon drippings at medium low heat until done, using freshly ground pepper, sea salt, garlic salt, and thyme to taste. Once the potatos are done add the carmelized onions back, crumble up the bacon over everything, mix together and cook for another 1-2 minutes or so. I topped it with some remaining green onions from the other recipe.
Mixed berries – just some raspberries, blackberries and strawberries.
by Starlightriddlex
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Also here’s the link to the pancake molds if anyone wants some: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0000DDVWK?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
They worked surprisingly well. Not one stuck pancake.