Mother's Day (Early!)

Mother's Day is Sunday! While Mike and I won't be seeing our moms this weekend, we still hope they have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day MOMS! We love you both!

Cornmeal Pancakes

Easter is one of basically 3 days that Mike's work is closed... I like to make the most of these days!

I have had this recipe from Epicurious laying around for a while and finally had a chance to try it Easter Sunday. I made half the recipe... there were some reviews indicating it made a lot of batter. I also substituted whole wheat flour for some of the all purpose flour. (Both the whole wheat flour and the cornmeal give the pancakes a lot of texture.) I skipped the pecan butter this time but might go ahead and make it next time. There were also some reviews that said they put the pecans into the pancake batter... not so sure how I feel about that.

Anywho. The pancakes were so good! AND fluffy. Finally, I made fluffy pancakes. Success!

Pork & Rice

For our second grill dinner, I put together pork tenderloin crusted with green onion, jalapeno and ginger from Bobby Flay via Envie. I totally forgot to reserve any of the marinade to pour over the cooked pork! This mistake probably explains why the flavor wasn't quite enough. The pork was cooked well but the flavor was really too mild. I like the ingredients and the idea though so I'll have to try this one again!

As a side, I made Tijuana kitchen rice from Guy Fieri. Really good. I have always looked for good Mexican rice recipes and this one is pretty on point. I'll definitely keep this recipe around!