Upside Down Baked Pancake & Just Catching Up

I don't remember if I shared this one back at Christmas time or not. This was one of Liam's favorite gifts! LoL! A battery powered toothbrush! In between every present after opening this one, he had to stop and go "brush his teeth"...just like in the pic above! He's so cute!

Friday evening, we all ran up to Wal Mart to pick up a few things we needed around here. While we were there, we came across a nice grill that Danny really liked. He very much needed a new one. So, since we were already piled up with stuff, I suggested he come back the next day to buy it. That way he can have the whole van to haul it in! And so he did!

Last night he grilled out for the first time on his new grill. We marinated some yummy steaks! OOOOOOOH, they were SO GOOD! Along with the steak, I had some green beans in the crock pot for most of the day with some bacon & onions! I even made a delicious chocolate cake. I had some strawberry glaze up in my cabinet, and I cut up some strawberries, mixed them together and put it all on top of the cake! I snuck a little piece...and it was AWESOME!!

I also wanted to share another recipe I tried out. Upside Down Oven Pancake. EVERYONE liked this one! Danny liked it because it wasn't too sweet, but had just a hint of sweetness to it.

First off, I had to make some syrup!

After melting the butter in the dish, I added some bacon...

Then the crushed pineapple...

Mixed up the pancake mix, added to the top...

Then baked it!

While I was waiting to it to bake, I got a little creative. I decided to fan out some strawberries, and find my powdered sugar to sift some on top! I even sliced some bananas to add on the side as well!

Well, that's really all I have time for today. It's Sunday, again, obviously, and so Danny is back to work. Catch up day here for me.

Here's wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday!

Oh, and BTW...here is the recipe for the...

Upside-Down Oven Pancake Prep: 15 min, Cook: 20 min.

• 1 Tbs. unsalted butter
• 6 ounces Canadian bacon, sliced
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, well drained
• 2 Tbs. brown sugar, packed
• 1-1/2 cups buttermilk baking mix
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 cup maple syrup

Preheat oven to 400°F. Melt butter in a 9 inch round oven-proof skillet in oven until melted. Arrange bacon slices, overlapping slightly, on butter. Spoon pineapple evenly over bacon. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Combine baking mix, milk and egg in a bowl. Beat vigorously 30 seconds (batter will be slightly lumpy). Carefully spread over pineapple. Bake uncovered 20-25 minutes, until golden brown. Run knife around edge to loosen. Immediately invert onto serving platter. Serve with maple syrup.

This recipe serves 4 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 4 only.

Per serving: calories 575, fat 15.6g, 24% calories from fat, cholesterol 80mg, protein 15.0g, carbohydrates 96.3g, fiber 1.4g, sugar 67.1g, sodium 1213mg, diet points 13.0.

Dietary Exchanges: Milk: 0.1, Vegetable: 0.0, Fruit: 0.3, Bread: 1.9, Lean meat: 1.4, Fat: 1.8, Sugar: 3.5, Very lean meat protein: 0.0