Using up special ingredients: Sourdough Starter discard

I don't like wasting things.  It drives me NUTS to see food thrown away, including leftovers.  Sourdough starter is just flour and water - and not a lot of either one, really.  So it's not a lot of money.... but it still kills me to do it.  So I went looking for recipes to use up starter that is supposed to be discarded.

Thankfully, I'm not the first (or the last) to feel this way.  There were lots of options.

This weekend, we're trying the Sourdough Pancakes from Joy the Baker.

Ingredients:
1 cup sourdough starter (discard)
1.5 cups warm water
2.5 cups flour
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions:

1. The night before:
• Mix starter, water, and flour in a large bowl.
  
• Cover with plastic wrap and a tea towel.  Leave on the counter overnight.
  
• Note: If, like me, you keep your house cool, you can put the bowl in the oven with the light on (produces just enough heat) or preheat it to the lowest temp, turn it off, put the starter inside.
2. The next morning:
• In a separate bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients.
  
• Slowly combine both bowls and whisk together.
  
• Let stand 5 minutes.
  
• Drop onto a hot, greased/buttered griddle and cook for a few minutes.  Flip once to brown the other side.
  
  
3. Enjoy!
• Serve with butter, real maple syrup, berries, etc.

These were light and quick. I got about 24 pancakes using a 1/3 cup measure.  Packaged them up in little containers and now I have a treat for breakfast at work each day (plus this morning's breakfast, of course)!