The BFD (Breakfast for Dinner)

On the occasional Saturday or Sunday evening, sometimes we just want something soft, sweet, and comforting - pancakes!  (Sure, we could do the whole 'morning pancakes' thing...but always found ourselves napping in a carb stupor afterwards, zzzzz!  Which is, evidently, less of a problem when done as BFDs.)

Here, our fridge contents lent themselves for some extras on these particular pancakes:  Namely, rum and banana slices (a bit bananas foster-esque, I suppose).  And yes, we usually serve them alongside lite sausage links and omelettes that Julia Child may not give the 2 thumbs up - but perhaps at least a slight nod!  (The vigorous pan-shaking and 60-seconds just leave me a bit scrambled...{pun unintended}).

 

What are your BFDs like (or even BFBs - would it just be Bs in this case?? - or BFLs if you'd prefer...)? 

Bacon-Wrapped Scallops with Shrimp Kebabs and Calamari

 

 

We had had a fairly heavy meal the night before, so I opted for a lighter, low carb meal this evening.  Lowe's Food had these scallop & shrimp kebabs in the 'clearance bin', so I paired them with homemade calamari (one of my favorite restaurant appetizers, but always a bit overpriced).  The panko didn't quite enrobe the squid as well as I would've liked (probably needed an eggwash pre-dip)...still yum, though!

Recently, I've been watching old Julia Child (the inimitable!) videos on YouTube, and she had an episode on The French Chef about kebabs/skewers in particular.  Her advice - which I found to be so true - was to keep the items on the skewers about the same cooking time...thus vegetables and bacon should be separate from the meat, since they all have different cooking times.  How sensible!  In this case, the bacon on the scallops really needed much more time than the quick-cooking seafood items...

If bacon was wanted, perhaps...cooking it separately, THEN wrapping them on the scallops??  Any ideas?