Surprise mom with whole-wheat pancakes with strawberry sauce, extra-crisp bacon, and a mug of spicy chai.
This simple but special breakfast includes healthy whole-wheat pancakes with fresh strawberry sauce, bacon, and a mug of made-from-scratch chai.
Menu Timeline
30 minutes before breakfast:
- Make the strawberry sauce. Allow to cool.
20 minutes before breakfast:
- Begin heating a large nonstick griddle or skillet over medium-low heat.
- Make the pancake batter.
10 minutes before breakfast:
- Cook the pancakes. Keep them warm in a 200°F oven as you finish cooking the remaining ones.
- Cook the bacon.
- Start the chai, let it steep.
Just before serving:
- Gently reheat the strawberry sauce until just warm.
- Strain the chai and add the milk and sugar.
- Plate the bacon and pancakes and dust with optional confectioner’s sugar.
Shopping List
Fresh Produce
- 2 pints fresh strawberries or 4 cups frozen unsweetened strawberries
- 1 small lemon
Meat, Eggs & Dairy
- 1 cup lowfat buttermilk
- 3/4 cup nonfat milk
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 6-8 slices bacon
- 2 large eggs
Other Groceries
- 3/4 cup whole-grain pastry flour or whole-wheat flour
- 1 Tbs. loose black tea, such as English Breakfast or Darjeeling
- 6 green cardamom pods
- 1 small cinnamon stick (about 1-1/2 inches long)
- Confectioners’ sugar (optional)
Pantry Staples
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbs. granulated sugar; more to taste
- 2 Tbs. pure maple syrup
- 1 Tbs. honey
- 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 5 cloves
- Cooking spray
- Table salt
- Black peppercorns
