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It’s the Year of the Goat
Happy Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year)!
Do you know the traditional way to Celebrate Chinese New Year? Here are 5 other fun activities you can try!
1. Read Your Chinese Horoscope.
Goat: These people are tender, polite, clever, gentle, and kind-hearted. They appreciate art and beauty and have a soft spot for quiet living. However, they can be shy, pessimistic, moody, and worry too much.
Do you know the story of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac? The 12 animals were in a race to determine what the order of the Chinese Zodiac would be. The Rat had hitched a ride, hidden in the Ox’s ear, and jumped out last minute over the finish line! Hence, the first animal of the Chinese Zodiac is the Rat. Moreover, a characteristic attributed to those that are born in the Year of the Rat is wit. Learn the attributes assigned to your animal!
2. Make a Seashell from a Chinese Red Envelope. Or try your hand at Making a Fish!
3. Make a Chinese Hot Pot - this is a great and easy way to share a feast with a group!
4. Make a Chinese New Year Nian Gao (Sticky Rice Cake).
Even though “Nian Gao” means Sticky Rice Cake, the words also sound like the words “year tall.” These Sticky Rice Cakes, are one of several symbolic foods eaten for the holiday for good luck, prosperity, and health! Other foods include fish, dumplings, and oranges, among others.
5. Play Chinese Chess. If you love traditional chess, this is something you have to try!
Bonus Article: How to Make Bubble Tea (a.k.a. Boba or Pearl Milk Tea).
Dumplings are a symbol of wealth!
Make Dumplings in preparation for Lunar / Chinese New Year tomorrow!
Stacks On Stacks On Stacks
Whether you want to:
- DIY Pancake Mix (4 Ways!)
- Step up your Pancake Art Game (try Making a Pancake Mix Container from a Recycled Ketchup Bottle)
- Learn about Pancakes from Around the World (Did you know English Flapjacks are NOT pancakes? These are English Flapjacks.)
- Find Pancake Recipes that match your dietary restrictions
- Get creative with Homemade Toppings
- Or simply try something new…
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Styling Pancakes
5. Make a Mickey Mouse Pancake.
Non-Pancake Pancakes
1. 4 Ways to Make Bisquick Biscuits.
2. Make Mini Maple Pancake Muffins.
3. Make a Pancake Shot (alcohol only).
Regional Specialties (U.S.)
1. Make Buckwheat Cakes. Old-fashioned buckwheat cakes like those that are made in Preston County, West Virginia, home of the Buckwheat Festival. A true buckwheat cake is more like a crepe than a pancake with a nutty flavor.
2. Make Midwestern Cafe Style Pancakes. These hefty pancakes are so sweet you may not need syrup. They are quick to make too as they are about twice the size of an average pancake.
Sweet
1. Make Oatmeal Pancakes (for a slightly healthier option).
6. Make Chocolate Flavored Pancakes.
7. Make Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Take it a step further: Make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pancakes (and consider the Peanut Butter Cool Whip recipe below?)
8. Tired of Chocolate Chips? Add a little crunch: Make M&M Pancakes.
9. Make Strawberry Yogurt Pancakes.
10. Make Chocolate Strawberry Pancakes.
11. Make Vanilla Pancakes (Pancake Mix Method). Or Make Fluffy Vanilla Pancakes. *Add the Chocolate and Strawberry Pancakes of your choice for Neopolitan Pancakes!
12. A flip of heaven… Make Cheesecake Pancakes.
13. GO BANANAS
- Make Banana Pudding Filled Pancakes.
- Make Banana Rum Pancakes (includes shots of Rum).
- Make Banana Split Pancakes.
14. Make Fig Pancakes. Or try this Chocolate Sultana Pancake!
15. Make Pear Pancakes..
16. Make Watermelon Stacked Breakfast Pancakes.
17. Make Carrot Pancakes.
Savory
3. Make Sweet Potato Pancakes.
4. Make Cornmeal Pancakes (great for Tex Mex cooking, also as a Vegetarian base).
Diet-Conscious: Vegan, Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Protein, Fat Free, Low Carb, and more
1. 3 Ways to Make Protein Pancakes.
4. Make Pancakes with Soy Milk.
5. Make Vegan Red Velvet Pancakes.
6. Make Vegan Pancakes. (Danish Pancakes below also includes a Vegan recipe!)
7. Make Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes.
9. Make Gluten Free Pancake Pie.
11. No Wheat, No Gluten, No Sugar, No Enriched Ingredients! Make Almond Pancakes.
12. For those that need a flour substitute (Paleo): How to Make Coconut Flour.
*Find two more Vegan topping recipes below!
Around The World
1. Make Authentic French Crepes. The word crepe, like the pancake itself, is of French origin, deriving from the Latin crispa, meaning “curled.”
2. Make Bindaetuk (Korean Pancakes). These pancakes are usually eaten at the New Year along with several other dishes to provide good luck and good health.
3. Make Blinis (traditional Russian pancakes made with caviar).
4. Make Canadian Pancakes (like Scottish Pancakes but are larger and served hot).
5. Make Chinese Pancakes (can be eaten a side dish with other Chinese foods, such as Peking duck).
6. Make Danish Pancakes, 4 Ways: Beer flat pancakes, Aebleskiver Danish pancakes, Buttermilk aebleskiver Danish pancakes, and Vegan aebleskiver Danish pancakes.
7. Make Dorayaki (pancake-like cake originated from Japan).
9. Make Okonomiyaki (sometimes called Japanese pancakes or Japanese pizza).
10. Make Palacsinta (Hungarian dessert crepes).
11. Make Scottish Pancakes. The Scottish are known for their Scottish Pancakes in particular. Because the acid in the buttermilk reacts with the baking soda, these must be cooked as soon as possible after mixing.
12. Make Syrniki or творо́жники. Russian sweet fried cheese fritters or pancakes, garnished with sour cream, jam, honey, or apple sauce.
13. Make an Uttapam (South India).
14. Make Vietnamese Crepes (Bánh Xèo).
Homemade Syrups
1. Make Lemon Syrup.
4. Make Maple Syrup.
5. Make Artificial Maple Syrup at Home.
8. Make Violet Syrup (the flower!).
9. Make Grape Syrup.
10. Make Fig Syrup.
11. Make Ginger Syrup.
Homemade Butters
1. Make Honey Butter - 3 Ways: Regular, Spicy, and Strawberry.
2. Make Rum Butter.
3. Make Strawberry Butter, 2 Ways.
5. Make Rose Butter (the flower!).
Whipped Toppings
2. 7 Ways to Make Cool Whip Frosting: Classic, Strawberry, Peanut Butter, Pineapple, Powdered Sugar, Cream Cheese, and Extra Rich Cream Cheese.
3. Make Whipped Cream, 3 Ways: Classic, Flavored, and Cream Cheese.
4. Make Chocolate Whipped Cream.
5. Need your Whipped Cream to retain its shape? How to Stabilize Whipped Cream.
Other Toppings
1. Make Vegan Bechamel Sauce (savory).
2. Make Caramel from Condensed Milk, 4 Ways.
Dear Pizza, I Knead You.
Because Pizza is forever.
Our Top 4 to Try:
1. Leftover beer? Or essential part of a future Pizza: Make a Beer Pizza Base.
2. Make a Heart Shaped Pizza - because this is how you really feel.
3. Make Taco Bell Mexican Pizzas at home!
4. Turn Frozen Pizza into a Gourmet Delight, it’s easy.
Pizza Bites
1. Create Deep Dish Pizza in a Muffin Tin.
3. Make Pepperoni Pizza Puffs.
4. Make Pizza Pops.
Pizza-fy All Foods
1. Bread-ish:
- Make English Muffin Pizza.
- Make Tortilla Pizzas.
- Make Mini Flatbread Pizzas.
- Make Pizza Using Hot Dog Buns.
- Make French Bread Pizza.
- Make a Pizza Bagel.
2. Non-Breads:
Traditional Styles
2. Make New York Style Pizza. Or Make a Healthy New York Style Pizza.
4. Make Homemade Pizza Hut Pan Pizza.
5. Make Calzones. Or Make Half Whole Wheat Calzones.
Dessert
1. Make a Pizookie (Pizza Cookie).
Back to the Basics
1. Make Pizza Dough.
2. Toss Pizza Dough.
3. Make Pizza.
4. Cooking Methods:
Diet-Conscious
1. Make a Crispy Half Whole Wheat Pizza.
2. Make Pizza Dough Without Yeast.
3. Vegan Pizza?
Have you ever wondered? Figure Cost Per Square Inch of Pizza.
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