I'm grateful that I have time to cook these days. Several years ago, I used to cook dinner almost every night. Then over time as work took up more hours and life became busier, cooking at home became something I did maybe once or twice a week. But now I can cook again, and being in the kitchen makes me very happy. ☺️

I'm excited about expanding my cooking repertoire, and one quick and easy recipe I found the other night was for kimchi pancakes -- courtesy of Basically from Bon Appetit. I'm a kimchi fan and could probably finish a jar by myself on any given day. I love kimchi by itself, in a stew, and definitely in pancake form -- so when I remembered that I had some kimchi in my fridge, I thought it'd be great to finally figure out how to make kimchi pancakes. I didn't realize how simple it would be! You're literally making batter and mixing in coarsely chopped kimchi. That's it.

The recipe from Basically yields eight kimchi pancakes—each one around 4" in diameter. This served my household of TWO perfectly. 😂 I probably could've eaten all eight, but I decided to share.

Each pancake takes just a couple of minutes to cook per side, so it's very fast to make. I think this would be a great snack or side dish to serve to large groups (as the recipe seems easy to scale up). And even if you're not quick enough to snag a crispy kimchi pancake as soon as it's out of the pan, the pancakes are just as good even if they've cooled a bit.

Now that I know how simple it is to make kimchi pancakes, I'm interested in making more Korean-style pancakes -- like scallion pancakes and seafood pancakes and potato pancakes... the possibilities are endless. #pancakesforlife 🥞