OKLAHOMA CITY — Jacob Andrew Laws, 28, was arrested Monday afternoon for attacking his wife because he was unhappy with breakfast, according to an Oklahoma City police report.

Displeased with his pancakes, Laws began to verbally and physically attack his wife Jessica, according to the police report. Laws took his flapjack distaste to an extreme level when he allegedly grabbed his wife by the neck and threw her to the floor. She got up, but Laws then threw her on their bed and began hitting her, read the report.

According to officials, Laws got on top of his wife and slapped her repeatedly in the face and began strangling her in front of her two children.

Police said when Laws was finished attacking his wife, Jessica drove, with a friend, to the Will Rogers Briefing Station with her two children. Police photographed the red marks on her neck and face, but have not yet released those photos.

Laws was arrested for domestic abuse and assault and battery. He also has arrest warrants for failing to appear in a Canadian County courtroom for DUI charges and fraudulent check charges.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent spent two and a half minutes on CNN.com explaining certain breakfast foods to avoid.

I believe breakfast should be the healthiest meal of the day. After all, you want to put some high grade fuel in your body to start the day right. Eating something greasy and high in fat is only going to slow you down.   Of course you’ll feel great when you’re eating that type of crap, but later, the regret sets in.  Sort of like “why did I have those damn sausages?”  Start the day right and last through the night.

Here are the three breakfast foods that the doctor recommends avoiding.

• Pancakes – 29G of Fat
• Sausage Links – 32G of Fat
• Cheese Omelette – 33G of Fat

Still, avoid pancakes for breakfast?  Ridiculous.

~ Kin

Recall, recall, recall. Will this ever end? The latest recall victim is a lady who we’ve grown to love in our kitchen. No, not mom. I’m talking about Aunt Jemima! Quaker Oats Co is recalling a small number of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix products because of possible salmonella contamination.

A small quantity of the following products are being recalled: Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix: Original, Original Complete and Buttermilk Complete.

Here are the other details:

• 2 pound and 5 pound boxes
• Best-before dates of February 8, 2009 through February 16, 2009 that are stamped on the top

Source: msnbc.com

I love pancakes, but I was tired of the whole plain pancake and syrup thing. It took me sometime to find the right combination and steps in developing this dish. It took me forever to figure out why my pancakes were so heavy and flat, and not light and fluffy. Well, I eventually figured it out when I got an idea while I was watching ‘Unwrapped’ on the Food Network.

Pancakes
1 cup – Whole White Wheat Flour
2 tsp – baking powder
2 tbsp – amber agave nectar
3/4 cup – water
1/4 cup – coconut milk
1 – whole egg
1 – egg white
1/4 cup – crumbled dark chocolate pieces (I used Dove Chocolate)

Combine the flour and baking powder in a large bowl and mix. Combine the water, coconut milk, agave nectar, and whole egg in a separate large bowl, mix until bubbly and frothy. Whisk the egg white in a separate bowl until it is frothy as well. Combine the contents from the two large bowls together. Fold (don’t mix) the ingredients together until the mixture is uniform. Lumps will be present. Gently fold in the egg white until the mixture is uniform. The mixture should feel light and airy. Finally add the chocolate.

Cook as you would with any other kind of pancake mix. Once the top starts to bubble, flip the pancake to the other side. Remove from heat and serve.

Glaze
1 tbsp – amber agave nectar
3 tbsp – coconut milk

Combine the ingredients together and mix well. Spread onto the pancakes.

You can store these in the freezer with freezer bags.  They are great as an anytime snack, just pop into the microwave and reheat.

As always, please make sure the food is thoroughly cooked before it is consumed.