Budget Friendly Pancakes

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What You Need:

1 C four
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp of cream of tartar
2 Tbsp butter, diced
1 egg, lightly beaten
2/3 C of milk

How to Make It:

Place the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar into a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
Add the butter and rub it into the mixture with your fingers until crumbly.
Stir in the egg until blended in well.
Slowly add the milk, stirring as you add, adding only enough to give the batter a thick consistency.
Heat a lightly greased skillet over medium heat.
Spoon the batter into the skillet and cook 3 minutes or until the edges become bubbly.
Turn and cook for 2 additional minutes or until a light golden brown.

Makes 3 servings

These pancakes are a tasty morning starter. Use ingredients you already have in your kitchen to make it a much smarter budget breakfast than buying prepackaged pancake mix. Top these pancakes with fresh mixed fruit, honey or even jelly instead of our beloved syrup.

Preparation Time: approximately 15 minutes
Cooking Time: approximately 5 minutes
Total Time: approximately 20 minutes

Nutritional Information: (approximate values per serving)
Calories 90; Fat 4g; Saturated Fat 2g; Carbohydrates 12g; Fiber .5g; Protein 3g;
Sugar 1g; Cholesterol 32 mg; Sodium 36 mg

Scary Spider Punch

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cauldronWhat You Need:

12 gummy spiders
1 vinyl glove
1 gallon green fruit punch, chilled
2 (1 liter bottles) ginger ale
1 qt raspberry sherbet

How to Make It:

Fill an ice cube tray 2/3 full of water.
Gently place a gummy spider into each of the ice cube tray compartments.
Put in freezer until completely frozen.
Fill the vinyl glove 2/3 full of water and tie the opening closed tightly.
Freeze the glove until solid.
Place the fruit punch and ginger ale into a punch bowl.
Fold in the raspberry sherbet.
Add the frozen spider cubes and lay the frozen hand in the middle of the punch bowl.

Kids love the taste and the scary aspect of this punch. You can use any type of fruit punch you like and lemon lime soda can be used instead of the ginger ale.

Makes 32 servings

Preparation Time: approximately 10 minutes
Freezing Time: approximately 4 hours
Total Time: approximately 4 hours 10 minutes