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Why not put a little syrup into the pancake batter before you back them - problem solved!

Simply recipes has some good ideas for cooking on a budget: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/cooking_on_a_budget/

And she has also added a category of budget-friendly recipes:
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/type/budget/

How about a black bean soup? http://www.canadianliving.com/food/quick_and_easy/black_bean_soup.php

Or maybe a frittatta recipe? This one is a basic and can be adapted to what people have.
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-a-frittata-170717

Maybe a bean chili?
http://www.dietitians.ca/Downloadable-Content/Public/Recipe-Crowd-Pleasing-Vegetarian-Chili.aspx

And to top it off, some great tips for cooking on a budget.
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/cooking_on_a_budget/

Anything by Dana Carpender. She has a few out - her slow-cooker book is really good, but so are the others.

My hope is that someday I'll have an oven that doesn't randomly heat anywhere between 50 degrees below and 50 degrees above what I actually set it to.

I have a set of four of them as part of my grandmother's Royal Albert china set - they are known as tea sets, and they're very useful when having tea and dainties/cookies. I think they were most common in the 30's, 40's and 50's when women entertained more formally at home.

She should be good with dishes that are lower in carbohydrates and sugar and higher in protein and even some fats. Things like scrambled or shirred eggs, veggies, multigrain breads/buns, lower-sugar sauces or dips like hummus with a whole-grain pita, those sorts of things.

As others have said, there's no way a two-year old floor should be doing this if it was done properly. When the grout comes up and the tiles crack so soon, it ususally means something is wrong with the floor itself. It could be unlevel, or the sub-floor is moving (this can happen if the sub-floor is nailed down rather than screwed down). Any patch job will be just that, and you'll be throwing good money after bad. You're likely better off getting a professional to look at it and give you advice.

We do cabbage and pork chops. We slice the cabbage finely, like you would for slaw, but leave it in long strips.

We start by sauteeing some pork chops in the pan until about half-cooked through (flipping once), then take them out and top up the pork fat with some oil.

We add the cabbage, some balsamic vinegar and some brown sugar, then stir until lightly softened. Then add the half-cooked pork chops on top and put on a lid and let it sit for a while, stirring every 10 minutes or so. We usually leave it for about 45 minutes to get the cabbage good and cooked, but so it still has a bit of bite. It's delicious!

Go for an old-fashioned, romantic look of hanging the cups on cup hooks in the bottom of your kitchen cabinets or a shelving unit in another room. You can stack the saucers together out of the way.