I do it.I'll bet you do it too.
I'm talking about breakfast for dinner. It's what I make when I don't have the brain power to make anything else. Because breakfast food tends to be pretty easy.
The folks at Krusteaz
did a survey and this is what they found out:- Nine out of ten (91 percent) Americans say they eat breakfast for dinner, with 56 percent doing so once a month or more often.
- For families, the trend is even more prevalent. 67 percent of respondents with children in the household say they have breakfast for dinner once a month or more.
- A variety of factors contribute to the rising popularity of breakfast for dinner, with the main appeal being ease of preparation versus a traditional dinner meal (43 percent).
- For families especially, it's also "a fun way to break up the monotony of weekly dinner night" said 44 percent.
- When it comes to preparation, mom is most likely to lead the preparation of breakfast-for-dinner (42 percent), followed by dad (19 percent). Another 17 percent say it's a joint effort between parents and kids.
- Half of all adults (52 percent) choose dinner as their favorite meal of the day.
- Most adults (62 percent) eat dinner as a family at least four nights a week, with over one in three (37 percent) saying they do so every night.
- Those with children in the household are even more likely to have dinner as a family at least 4 nights a week (72 percent).
And when I say giant, I mean ginormous. Like, it's really a cake, sort of. I suggest cutting it into wedges to serve.
I made this in my rice cooker
which seems odd, but it actually cooks. The rice cookers with sensors actually pay attention to ... something ... which is how they know your rice is cooked. I think it's the temperature.In any case, it's that same sensor that tells the rice cooker when your ginormous pancake-monster is done.
If you have a rice cooker that doesn't have a sensor, I guess you're on your own to figure out the timing on the cooking.
Walnut Rice-Cooker Pancake
2 cups Krusteaz pancake mix
1 1/2 cups water
Generous 1/2 cup walnuts
1 tablespoon maple sugar
Combine the pancake mix and water and mix well. It's fine if there are a few lumps, but it should be mixed. Add the walnut and stir to combine.
Pour this into your rice cooker.
Yes, I said rice cooker.
Sprinkle the maple sugar
on top.If your rice cooker has settings, you might need to fiddle around to get the perfect setting for making pancake cakes, but I used the sushi setting. Next time I might try the brown rice setting. We'll see.
In any case, the top of the cake (which will be the bottom when you turn it out) won't brown, so it will look pale even when it's cooked. You might see browning around the edges, though, since it will brown where it makes contact with the rice cooker bowl. To check for doneness, poke a toothpick in, just like with a cake.
Turn it out onto a rack and then put it on a plate for serving.
While you'd normally eat pancakes warm from the stove, I actually liked this better after it was cooled, and I liked it better plain or with a little butter, rather than with syrup.
But I'm weird. So try it warm and try it cooled and see which you prefer.
And, if this is breakfast for dinner, you might want to serve it with some bacon and eggs. Otherwise, it's sort of like cake for dinner. Which, now that I think about it, isn't such a terrible thing.
This is NOT a sponsored post. Krusteaz has sent me products in the past, but this time around, I just wanted to have some fun with the info they sent me.
