Cross utilization

By Working in the restaurant at school chef would always ask what do we have in the kitchen and how many ways can we use it. Well, I can say I do think of that a lot now. On Thursday I made cupcakes for office event, I have no idea what type of event I just know how to make cupcakes 😬. But I made strawberry & butter pecan. I went to about 5 different stores to find some candied glazed pecans, ans I just bought some fresh strawberries from the market. 

But after making about 40 cupcakes of course I had some pecans & strawberries left over.. 

So the weekend comes and my kids come to visit, (little cousins who I call my kids) and breakfast comes, but spending all my money to buy ingredients for cupcakes my fridge is extra empty and lonely. Sooooooo, my little cousin we call him DC. He makes scrambled eggs and I make pancakes. But I remember I have strawberries and pecans, and believe it or not we have butter pecan syrup. Shocker! I did not plan this.. But I throw a couple slices of strawberries in with the pancakes & the add pecans in some pancakes & boom! Breakfast of champs.