i admit

i often eat breakfast for dinner. it's one of my favorite meals, so why not? the other day i made bisquick pancakes, just feeling lazy. while waiting for the first little guys to cook (smaller batches yield more of the crispy edges i love), i read on the box that to make them extra good, to add 1TB sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, and 2 TB lemon juice. So I did, and what do you know - it's my new favorite trick. I added a little extra lemon and might add some zest next time. Drizzled with trader joe's blueberry topping (with maine blueberries), it was delish. They taste lighter, more fluffy, and have a hint of lemon flavor. ps i also add a little vanilla.

does anyone else have any good tricks to better the standard recipes -either from a box or scratch?

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happy yellow

I posted about this recipe for no knead bread a little while ago and finally scored the perfect dutch oven for the project! i wandered into williams-sonoma yesterday on my lunch break and found this little thing on a super sale! with my 20% off it was roughly 65% off, so i was pretty excited. Mine is oval and a 2 3/4 quart that barely fit, (but fits!!) into my toaster oven. (did i mention in this tiny joint we only have a toaster oven??) has anyone made bread in a dutch oven? has anyone made anything else in a dutch oven that was so good that you just want to share the recipe?