Day Two of Making Amends

I'm a Chef, one of the things I do really well is making meals for my lady.  So, today I'm going to make her a meal I know she will enjoy.

I know that doesn't really help you.  I did tell you I'd make a few suggestions.  So, here's what you do...

If you don't have it in the house, go buy some strawberry jam (or some other red spread if your lady is allergic to strawberry), sour cream, cream cheese, and the ingredients for a recipe of sour cream pancakes.  I have a couple on my Pinterest page.  If you're a wussy, buy a pancake mix.  If you use the "Edna Mae's sour cream pancake recipe," which you can find on the page link, you'll hit a homerun!

Instructions for the sauce on top of the pancakes:

With a blender (or in a KitchenAid mixer), blend your cream cheese really well.  If you didn't leave it out to soften before mixing, you better have it in a KitchenAid .  If you let it soften, any hand-held mixer will work.  Put 1/4 of the block of cream cheese in the blender or mixer and turn it on until the cream cheese looks like you could spread it really easily.  Add in 1/2 cup sour cream, 1 cup of whatever jam you bought, and 1 tablespoon sugar.  Mix it all together really well.  (Make sure to taste it to check that it actually tastes good.  If you want it more fruity or sweet, add the necessary ingredient.)

My wife prefers light sugar, so I added less than 1 Tablespoon to the pancakes and didn't add any to the topping.

Next, make pancakes in the shape of hearts.

That is really way easier than some people make it out to be.  Just drop a little on the pan (which should already be hot, but not too hot) and then drop some more right next to it.  With the back of a spoon, drag some of the pancake stuff off the top into the shape of a point (you know, the bottom of the heart).  Let it cook for just a little (maybe two minutes if your pan temp is good) and then flip.  You've really got to cook up the whole batch of pancakes, but do NOT... I repeat: do NOT put ALL the pancakes on your lady's plate unless you want her to be even more angry with you.  Don't ask me how I know NOT to do that one!

Of course, if you have a heart-shaped pancake ring, use that.  It will save some time.  A heart-shaped cookie cutter could work, too.  If using the cookie cutter option, just be sure to make round pancakes large enough so that you can cut the heart-shape out of them.

Pile a few of the pancakes together and drop globs of the luscious red topping stuff on top of the pancakes.  Make sure to bring it to your lady while she's still in bed.  Tell her you love her at least twice.  Make sure to eat when she gives you bites.  She'll share... once or twice.  Make sure you accept her offer and eat with her.  Eating together is bonding.  We need to make sure we're bonding.  We messed up, bonding is really important... especially now!