Heroic acts before 10am

Doesn't matter what kind of hero you are: slaying dragons, rescuing villages or simply getting kids on the bus every morning with their pants on, if you start your adventures on an empty stomach you're not likley to make it through the day (at least with that winning wit and disposition).

Lots of people will tell you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and let me tell you, it never feels as true until you've gone without and tried to save the world.

Every morning we're out, I make sure there is breakfast for my mob. I do my best to always have something hot too, especially on cold mornings. Oh yeah, and coffee. LOTS of coffee.

Here is a typical morning in the hero business for Sasha:

Get up at 8am, which may sound like nothing to those real life warriors who brave the 6am (or worse!) commute to work, but trust me, if you didn't get to bed until 3am or even 6am because you were busy fighting off evil hoards, it's a pretty damn heroic hour to be awake.

I get my griddle heated, and the pancakes going. (BTW, Shake N' Pour can be a life saver when there's no proper place to wash dishes. However, these can get pricey for my 21+ member family, so we use a box mix and bring wash buckets)

I use my crock pots to hold pancakes as I go to keep them warm. While I cook the massive stack of cakes, I scramble the two dozen or so eggs and make myself tea. I also try and have coffee for my husband, who will wander off to scavange lost shiny things with his brother in the early hours.

I cook the eggs, and place those in a crock pot as well to keep warm (crock pot liners=win)

I heat the bacon (Which I cooked at home, directions in previous post) I always do this last because it A) is guaranteed to stir the latest risers, and B) is guaranteed to bring the thieves in to snatch more than their share.

By now it's nearly 10 am, and most of my company will be waiting eagerly for breakfast. What a pleasant thing it must be, when exhausted, chilled and dreamy to awake to the smell of bacon and coffee! I know the full belly pleases me just fine. The crock pots mean that even my latest sleepers will get hot breakfast too.

Once fed, I set about prepping dinner into the crock pots so it can cook through out the day.

Yep. Epic morning!

I make pancakes when I'm helping run a game too. Those fluffy little disks are heaven to most folk first thing in the morning. Pure magic, if you ask me.

Makes me hold an immense and new appreciation for my mom, who has me and my brother out the door every morning by 7am, fed, dressed and not looking like we were raised by wolves. Though i am sure some mornings, she wished we were.

Now, i freely admit to using a box mix for my pancakes. Why? Because it's simple when your' out in the woods (or have a meeting to get to) and I'll be honest, several of the store brands are just as good as scratch.

But that doesn't mean you have to leave it there if you feel a little creative energy in the morning! Here's a few quick way to take plain pancake to Epic pancake:

*mix cinnamon, butter and a little mix together in the bowl just until you get a crumbly consistency, then add it to the pancakes as you pour them on the griddle. Cinnamon streusel anyone?
*Fresh fruit is always a go: blueberries, bananas, strawberries, apple and cinnamon...
*Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips...
*Instead of adding water to the mix, add apple cider..no, seriously!


So remember; enjoy breakfast before every adventure!

Joyous Journey!