Buckwheat pancakes

Every December my family meets in Wisconsin Dells at the Chula Vista Resort. We rent a large sweet that sleeps 14 people. It's fully equiped with a kitchen, hot tub, fireplace and many other ammenities. This year, each of us chose a meal to prepare. I drew the short straw, so I made breakfast.

To be honest, I didn't have many ideas on what to make. After all, I wasn't in my kitchen, so it was difficult being creative. I finally decided to bring our always trustworthy Sturdiwheat pancake mix.

It took me less than 10 minutes to mix the batter. It took equal parts water and pancake mix in a bowl. I made enough batter for 25-30 "original" pancakes and 10-15 buckwheat pancakes. Both are always very good. Today, however, I didn't have cooking spray so I used the old school technique of buttering the girdle. It made the pancakes a little crispier than normal. Butter always makes things taste better, too.

We all had fun eating pancakes this morning. It doesn't get much better than a lazy morning with family and food.