Hot Cakes

I promised our Friday night dinner guests pancakes but that was before I knew that the air conditioner was going to stop doing its job to make our house hospitably cool.  But alas I stood over a hot stove and flapped some jacks anyway.  I got all of the cooking done before our guests arrived hoping that the kitchen would begin the cooling process.  It was still sweltering.  

Whats on the platter:  Sausage links are Shelton's Turkey Breakfast Sausage. 
Patties are Morning Star Farms Maple flavored Breakfast Sausage.
Pancakes:
1 1/2 cups fresh ground soft white wheat
1/2 cups oat groats ground into flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 free range eggs
1/4 cup light olive oil
1/4 cup local honey or white grape juice concentrate
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups organic milk
1-2 ripe bananas mashed
Combine all dry ingredients.  Beat eggs.  Beat in remainder of wet ingredients, except banana.  Combine wet and dry, mix well.  Fold in mashed banana.  Lightly coat large hot pan with light olive oil.  Pour, flip, repeat.
I use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to pour the batter out in equal amounts.  Serve with real maple syrup.
We also enjoyed a fruit salad of mango, papaya, and kiwi.
After chatting and sweating for a while we decided to make nice cold cherry-peach smoothies to cool off.