Homemade Biscuits:
2 1/4 cups Homemade Biscuit Mix
2/3 cup milk

Mix well (If the batter is not doughy enough, add a bit more milk until it reaches the right consistency) and drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet.

Bake at 325 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

If you want to freeze them:
Place on cookie sheet and freeze.  Once frozen store in airtight, freezer safe container. Thaw and enjoy!

You could also freeze them uncooked (place on wax paper on a cookie sheet until hard, then transfer to container) and then pop in the oven the morning you need them!

NOW for the Bonus Recipe!

Homemade Biscuits and Gravy

Once in awhile it’s nice to enjoy some comfort food and this is one of our favorites!  It’s a bit of a southern style recipe and it is oh so good!

Gravy Recipe:
1 pound breakfast sausage
1/4 cup flour
2-3 cups milk
2-4 tbs butter
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder

Cook sausage until brown.  The grease can make your gravy very flavorful but it is not healthy at all. So it’s up to you if you want to include it.  If you drain off the grease, save at least a few of the little cooked up bits at the bottom of the pan.  Remove sausage from the pan.  Melt butter (the amount of butter you use depends on how much grease you left in the pan).  Mix in the flour and whisk together until brown and smooth.  Add more butter as needed to get a smooth consistency.

Whisk in milk a cup at a time.  Mix until smooth and thick and it begins to bubble.  Add more milk as needed to maintain a thick and smooth consistency.  Return sausage to pan.  Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Simmer for about 10 minutes.

Serve over the biscuits above and enjoy!

 

I am not a fan of prepared foods. I try very, very hard not to buy prepackaged foods. I mean, have you read what the ingredients are in a box of frozen waffles?  I try to follow my golden rule of food as often as possible.

So in an effort to provide healthy choices to the boys for breakfast without spending an hour making them something from scratch while scrambling to get everyone on the bus on time, I make up plenty of breakfast items ahead of time and freeze them.  Just as easy as the boxed frozen foods, but way better for us!

These items include homemade, from scratch: Pancakes,Waffles, Bagels and Biscuits. So on a busy morning, it’s very easy to warm up one of these items, pair them up with some eggs or fresh fruit, and you have a healthy and quick breakfast. 

Here is my pancake recipe, I’ll be posting the waffles, bagels and biscuits soon as well!  I usually double the recipes on a weekend morning and then freeze whatever is left for the week.

Pancakes:
2 cups Homemade Biscuit Mix
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tbs Milled Flaxseed
1/2 cup Water
1 egg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
(I do not sweeten my pancakes, but if you prefer to, I suggest using a bit of agave nectar in place of white sugar)

Mix ingredients together until well blended. There are a couple of secrets to perfect pancakes and this is one of them: Mixture should not be too thick…if it is lumpy and comes off your spoon in clumps, add more milk or water until just a tad runny, but not so runny that it will puddle all over the place.  Am I making sense? How about a picture: Make sure it looks like this:

Got it? Ok, cook on a hot griddle.  I keep mine at about medium heat.

*Pancake Perfection Hint #2: Cook on the first side until bubbly.  Your pancake won’t be overcooked this way!

Then flip, cook the other side until it steams, then they are perfect!

Enjoy with some warm maple syrup!

Or just eat it like a big cookie.  You choose.

Make sure you make enough for left overs.  Then place on a cookie sheet or baking rack and freeze.

Once frozen, store in airtight, freezer safe container.

Stick in the toaster or microwave to warm up just like you would the boxed kind!

These pancakes are super good for you, easy and way cheaper than anything packaged!

Check out some more recipes by fellow Mom bloggers at Beauty and Bedlam’s Tasty Tuesday post!