24 Days Of Togetherness & 2 Ingredient Pancakes

A friend recently introduced me to the Carrots 'N' Cake blog and since day one I've been hooked. Tina, the author, has the cutest pug named Murphy and always has great recipes and ideas. I stole one recipe and one idea and thought I would share them with you since they both coincide with one another.

The first was her idea called 24 Days Of Togetherness. I surprised Andy with this activity last Sunday, so we've already got a head start. It's really very simple. I wrote down 24 different activities, most inspired by the Holiday season. 

Each day we pick one activity to do. So far, these are the activities we've done.

Sunday - Watch a Christmas movie (We chose The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Monday - Drink wine and listen to Christmas music
Tuesday - Use coupon on the fridge. (We have a handful of coupons that are going to expire at the end of the year, I thought including this as an activity would remind us to use them!) We chose the buy one sushi roll get one free at a sushi restaurant in Mount Pleasant
Wednesday - Make breakfast for dinner
Thursday - Find a happy hour to attend

Now, the second thing I stole from Carrots 'N' Cake was the recipe for 2 Ingredient Pancakes! Andy and I decided to make these Wednesday since our activity was to make breakfast for dinner! These things are super easy, they are gluten free and you can top them with whatever you like. All you need is one banana and one egg. Try to make sure you use a small banana and a large egg. If the banana is on the large side, use two eggs. This will help the pancake stay together.

To make the pancake, place all ingredients in a small bowl and blend until smooth. I like to use the Cuisinart hand blender. This thing is pretty awesome and it gets the job done in about 30 seconds. It also comes with this handy mixing beaker.

Once ingredients are combined heat a medium sized skillet over medium to low heat. Make sure it is not too hot. Grease pan with cooking spray, pour batter into skillet. I like them thicker, but you can spread batter around to get more of a crepe consistency. You want to cook them very slowly over low heat, about 6-7 minutes. Once it starts to bubble and the edges pull away easily go ahead and flip it! Cook for a few more minutes and it should be done.

We sautéed some butter, apples, ham and cinnamon together for our topping.

Finished it off with some shredded swiss cheese, a bit more cinnamon and some maple syrup! Yum!

We wanted to do one savory pancake and one sweet, but they both ended up being pretty sweet. The last one we topped with plain greek yogurt, a few dark chocolate chips and the left over walnut-toffee crunch from our Thanksgiving dessert. I think I liked this one best, the chocolate and toffee ended up melting together making it super delicious.

Some other topping ideas would be almond butter and bananas, mixed berries and whipped cream, shredded chicken, salsa and avocado. The pancakes really don't taste much like banana so any kind of toppings you choose work out well. Hope you enjoy!