Best Recipes Using Leftover Breakfast Ingredients
Best Recipes Using Leftover Breakfast Ingredients
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. With a little bit of creativity, the day after breakfast can be the most fun.
The easiest way to have complete breakfast of eggs, hotcakes, your favorite breakfast meats like hickory-smoked bacon or Bob Evans signature sausage is to order a family-sized breakfast online for curbside pickup, delivery or takeout.
With the leftovers, you can feed and entertain your kids with creating fun meals using easy to find ingredients in your kitchen. A hotcake makes for the perfect canvas for a sweet treat anytime.
We’ve put together a few ideas you can use to have fun with your leftover hotcakes and breakfast foods.
Hotcake Cut-Outs
A great activity for the kids is to take a cookie cutter and let them cut out shapes from your hotcakes. Eat them as is or use the cutout shapes for an amazing grilled peanut butter and jelly dusted with powdered sugar. Assemble as you would a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then brush the outside of your hotcakes with butter and toast in a hot skillet like a grilled cheese sandwich. Hotcake moustaches are optional.
Breakfast Sandwiches
Hotcakes can also serve as the base for your favorite breakfast sandwiches. Mix and match your favorite farm-famous breakfast meats like our signature sausage patties, hickory-smoked ham, or bacon then top with an egg and slice of cheese from the fridge like cheddar, Swiss or American. Upgrade your hotcake breakfast sandwich with sauces like maple syrup, hot honey or hollandaise.
Breakfast Pizzas
Take your leftover hotcakes (or pancakes) and quickly warm them in a hot skillet. Once warm, you can pick your favorite spread like yogurt, peanut butter or any jams you have around (strawberry is amazing).
Top your hotcake with fresh sliced fruit including bananas, strawberries or blueberries for added flavor.
If you’d like, toppings found in your pantry, including granola, sliced almonds, or if you have a sweet tooth, chocolate chips, can add fun texture to your hotcake creations.
Suggested combos:
Almond butter, sliced banana and mini chocolate chips
Strawberry yogurt, fresh berries and kiwi
Orange marmalade, pineapple, banana and toasted coconut
Breakfast Tacos
If you’re out of tortillas or you want a fun twist, you can use your leftover hotcakes to make breakfast tacos of your own. Best of all, you can incorporate all of your favorite breakfast flavors. Set up a mini-breakfast taco buffet and let your children make their own combinations.
Here’s a savory and sweet version of our favorites:
Scrambled eggs, diced bacon, cheddar, green onions, diced tomatoes and sausage gravy. Serve with a side of leftover home fries
Vanilla Greek yogurt or whipped cream, berries, sliced almonds and a drizzle of honey
BONUS: Celebration Cakes
If you don't have a box of cake mix, some hotcakes, sliced fruit and whipped cream topped with sprinkles makes for a fun and easy way to celebrate! You can even use ice cream, icing or whatever sweet combination you want to make for a memorable birthday (hot)cake!
Finding new ways to enjoy leftovers lets you get creative in the kitchen and is an opportunity to make new memories with your family. Save time when you order a Family Meal To Go and Bob Evans will bring breakfast to you. Get delivery of breakfast for dinner with your online order and use the leftovers for a new Saturday morning tradition.