Mother's Day Dinner

  Jake made an awesome dinner tonight. I am going to do this a little backward tonight, I am starting with dessert because it was amazing!

  He made a chocolate souffle. Here is the recipe he uses.
3 tbs. butter- divided  (we use margarine), 2 tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder, 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 large egg yolks, 2 large egg whites, 2 tbs granulated sugar, pinch of salt, pinch of cream of tartar

 Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Use 1 tbs of the butter to grease 2 8 ounce ramekins, Coat with the cocoa powder, tapping the extra out (Jake prefers to use sugar for this instead). Next, in a large microwave safe bowl, microwave the chocolate and remaining 2 tbs butter in 30 second burst, stirring between each burst, until melted and smooth. Stir in the vanilla and egg yolks, one at a time.

  In another bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the egg whites, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar, just until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in the the egg white mixture into the chocolate. Spoon into the prepared ramekins. Bake until puffed and set, about 20 minutes.

Now back to breakfast, no dinner, rather breakfast for dinner. He wanted to try the bacon inside the pancake thing. He took the bacon placed it on a cookie sheet (with sides) lined with parchment paper, placed it in the an 425 degree oven, for about 15 minutes. Next he prepped the veggies for the omelet. He chopped, 1 small onion, a couple of the sweet bell peppers, and spinach. Next, he cooked the onions and peppers until they were tender, then added the the spinach just long enough to wilt it. Next he started the pancakes. This wasn't so easy and I ended up helping him. He used a boxed blueberry, whole wheat pancake mix. In a large skillet he put in some butter, then pored a small amount of pancake mix then placed the bacon down, then a little more pancake mix. It took a while, it didn't look perfect but it tasted good. Finally he turned the pan with the veggies back on, added some butter, and added the scrambled eggs. He cooked it until the egg was almost all the way cooked, he then added some shredded sharp cheddar cheese, flipped half over and it was done!!! His omelet was great!!!

 He did a great job, from dinner to dessert!