New Magnet Sets Featuring Pizzas and Tacos and Sasquatch, Oh My

Panda With Cookie is pleased to announce the addition of a new line of products! Just in time for the gift giving time of year, we have fun magnet sets that are packaged and ready to give.

I am so excited about my new magnet sets. The first three are available in my shop now and include the Breakfast of Champions, which features a cup of coffee (or is it tea?), a pink frosted donut (mmmm, donut), and a pancake with maple syrup and a wee pat of butter.

Pictured at the top of the page is the Oregon, Huzzah! set, featuring Sasquatch (Bigfoot to his friends), a pine tree, and the state of Oregon. Finally we have Friends Forever which pairs tacos and pizza with a frosty mug of beer. All sets come on cardstock and are sealed in a plastic bag.

I’ve been busy this summer and fall working on new products and updates to the website. The blog and social media may have been fairly quiet, but behind the scenes I’ve been working away steadily.

I’m pleased to now offer international shipping options and updated USPS shipping options that include tracking and insurance. I’ve been working on many show applications for November and December and will have a list of places I’ll be posted soon. I’m excited to be showing with a plethora of new products this season and hope to see you in the coming months.

As Seen On TV: The Rollie Sausage Pancake

It’s Wednesday and that means for the month of September you’ll be seeing my adventures in the world of As Seen on TV. I purchased a Rollie a couple of months ago and you can meet and learn all about him here.

I decided to break in my Rollie by making one of the things suggested in their enclosed recipe booklet: the sausage pancake. A delectable sausage encased in perfectly cooked pancake using vertical cooking technology.

I started out with Tofurky sausage links and a box of Bisquick. I quickly whipped up a vegan version of the pancake recipe on the back of the Bisquick box. Then I skewered one of the Tofurky links and placed it in the Rollie.

Once in, you simply pour in some pancake batter and wait for the magic to happen. It’s a bit difficult to get a good pour into the vertical cooking chamber with the skewer coming out, but I wiped away the excess and then waited and watched. Within a couple of minutes the batter began to rise as promised in the Rollie video.

Unfortunately my batter was rising right out of the vertical cooking chamber, which meant it was not going to cook. I quickly scooped out what I could with a spoon. One of the keys to a successful Rollie is to not overfill the vertical cooking chamber. The cookbook recommends using 1/4 cup of batter, and though that seems slight, when combined with the volume of the sausage it will indeed be enough.

The pancake sausage did not rise out of the Rollie as seen on tv, so I set a timer for roughly 8 minutes and then pulled it out when it seemed ready. Ta-da!

A lightly browned pancake sausage rollie emerged intact. I ate it with a touch of maple syrup for dipping. Was this the best breakfast I have ever eaten? It was not. But I think some adjustments to the basic Bisquick batter would take it up a notch or two. I would use more spray oil next time, and leave it in for a bit longer to try get a better brown on the pancake exterior. But I am happy to have my first Rollie success and look forward to next week’s experiment.