Meals ~ January 25-31 ~ Homemade McGriddles
Having breakfast for dinner is a family favorite in our house. I include it on our menu at least twice a month. Recently I decided to give some Homemade McGriddles a try. They quickly became a favorite. These little McGriddle type sandwiches are very versatile, I served them for dinner one night along with breakfast stew and some fruit, and also made them a couple times for Sunday morning breakfast. Be sure to make extras too, they keep well and make a quick breakfast when you are in a hurry.
Directions:
- Make a batch of silver dollar (small) pancakes, I use this recipe
- Slice and cook sausage patties or cook some bacon in the oven like Jen does (this works great, I’ve been cooking bacon this way ever since her post)
- Scramble 1 egg at a time in a bowl, then fry, trying to keep the eggs from spreading (I need to get one of those handy cookie cutter type egg holders)
- Assemble pancake, egg, sausage or bacon, add a slice of cheese and top with another pancake
I’m glad my family enjoys having breakfast type food for dinner, it’s not only delicious, but it’s a frugal meal too, depending on how much meat you serve. I keep the cost of the meal around $5, but sometimes a little higher if we add bacon.
Additional notes: I forgot to add that sometimes I add syrup to the pancakes while they are cooking (Thanks Connie for reminding me). And, the breakfast stew link takes you to the breakfast tacos recipe, I use the same recipe, I just don’t put the mixture in the tortilla shells.
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Now onto what we are having this week…
Monday ~ Chicken Stir-Fry, Rice
Tuesday ~ Beef N’ Noodles, Mashed Potatoes
Wednesday ~ Breakfast
Thursday ~ Vegetable Soup, Cornbread
Friday ~ Enchilladas, Mexican Rice
Saturday ~ Corn Dogs, Onion Rings
Sunday ~ Shanghai Wings, Rice
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Category: Breakfast, Menu Planning
Love the idea of homemade takeout:-) I do breakfast biscuit sandwiches:-)
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The link for breakfast stew goes to a breakfast taco recipe. Is that the correct link? Breakfast stew sounds interesting!
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CupcakeLady Reply:
January 24th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
@Erica, Yes, that’s correct. I use that same recipe, we just don’t put it in tortillas. Thanks for asking, I’ll make a note on the post about it.
~Liz
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Yum, I want to come to your house to eat this week!
Could you give a recipe for the Shanghi wings? I am very intrigued by that! (mmmmm)
And I am SO craving a McGriddle now – yours look so yum.
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CupcakeLady Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@Keri @ Spirit of Power, I’ll be working on a post with the recipe soon. I’ll let you know!
Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
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OMGosh! McGriddles are my fav, I splurge once a month on them but I’ve never tried them at home. I will def be trying this, thanks for sharing!
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I’ll have to try that recipe. My hubby loves McGriddles, but we almost never eat out for breakfast so he almost never gets to eat them.
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Hmmm…never thought of doing that. Great idea! Also heading over to check out breakfast stew…intrigued for sure!
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Holy Smokes this is fab and the boys would freaking love this!!! Thanks for the idea
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Ummm those look so good! I never though of making those at home! I will have to give those a try!
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Wowee! We really have stopped eating fast food but my family LOVES McGriddles…I will have to try this over the weekend. Thanks for sharing!
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Love this idea!! Yum!
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GREAT!!! idea and my grand-daughters will LOVE!!! these.
Come by and visit so you can enter my GREAT!!! waffle maker giveaway.
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Stopping by from TTMT and loving all these yummy ideas!
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Though I have made homemade McMuffins, I haven’t ever tried the McGriddles. They look super easy and delicious!
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CupcakeLady Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
@Kristen, Thanks for visiting and for leaving a comment on BlogFrog!
~Liz
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I bet these would taste good with syrup on the side too. Yummy!
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Yummy My favorite breakfast at mcdonalds is the mcgriddles.
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Hmm luscious!
. Thx for sharing
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Those look really good. MY kids would love them. Thanks!
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Thanks for your website – I’ve been coming here often and have found great recipes! Can’t wait to try the “Breakfast Stew”. I love quick and easy breakfasts to go – and I’ve been making HOMEMADE Egg McMuffins, Sausage and Egg Biscuits and McGriddles for awhile now!! I even make double and triple batches occassionally and freeze them – leave the cheese off for freezing, then add it after a quick re-heat in the microwave – before we head out the door! Instead of scrambling or frying one egg at a time, I’ve been using small microwave proof ramekins, covered w/ a wet paper towel – they are the perfect size to cook eggs giving them that “poached” look (you could also scramble them)….I can cook up to 6 at a time in 30 second increments until done to our liking….it usually takes 5 minutes or less and they can cook while you assemble the other parts!
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I make these quite frequently. I scramble my eggs and put them in a greased muffin tin. Then I bake them in the oven until set (350F for 10-15 min until set) Then I asseble them and wrap in paper towel. Put these in a freezer ziploc bag with directions on how to reheat in microwave (1 min flip then 30 sec-1 min). My kids eat these many mornings for breakfast.
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Oh my, can’t believe I’m just finding this. I ate a McGriddle sandwich almost every day when I was pregnant. (Note: I don’t recommend this, but it seemed like a great idea at the time:) The thing that does it for me is the maple flavor in the pancakes. I will have to experiment and see if I can get this. If you don’t mind squares, another way to cook your eggs is to just bake them. I use a 9×9 pan (lined with my magic no-stick foil), scramble about 9-11 eggs, dump and bake. I cut into 9 squares and use them for egg mcmuffin sandwiches.
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