Pancake day, an excuse to break all healthy eating rules and have pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, right?
I thought I'd share my favourite recipe for thick and fluffy American pancakes!
I thought I'd share my favourite recipe for thick and fluffy American pancakes!
It's a Jamie Oliver recipe and it's absolutely fail safe.
I'm strictly a lemon and sugar gal when it comes to crêpes, but with thick pancakes I like to change up my toppings - my favourites are Nutella and fresh fruit or Maple Syrup and Bacon.
Ingredients
Serves 3-4 people
3 large free range eggs
115g plain flour
1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
140ml milk
pinch of salt
lemon/sugar/nutella/fruit/syrup/yoghurt - whatever your desired toppings are!
1. Separate your egg whites and yolks into two separate bowls.
2. Add the flour, baking powder and milk to the yolks and mix to make a smooth, thick batter.
3. Whisk the whites (much quicker to use an electric whisk) with a pinch of salt until they form stiff peaks.
4. Fold the egg whites into your batter - the mixture should almost double in size and look light and airy with lots of air bubbles.
5. Pop a non-stick frying pan with a dash of oil onto a medium heat. Use a ladle to pour a small test piece of batter into your pan.
6. Cook your pancakes for a few minutes on each side, once they start to firm up around the edges, they're ready to flip!
7. Once you've used up all the batter, go crazy with your toppings and devour the most delicious American pancakes you've ever had!
I've made this recipe so many times and it's never failed me. I'm hoping to master crêpes one day - much trickier in my opinion!
What's your favourite topping for Pancakes?
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Happy Long Weekend - the sun is shiiiining!
It's currently Friday afternoon, I've spent all day in a bikini, I've written blog posts in the sunshine and it feels like the perfect start to Summer.
Seeing as we all need something to cool off with in this heat I've rounded up some Pinterest Cocktail recipes I'm dying to try! Just a mini post, but all the recipes are linked below so you can make them to and find out what you need to do so. Let me know which are your favourites!
2. Honey Paloma
5. Frosé
Enjoy! xo
Today I'm sharing with you one of my favourite recipes, Prawn Linguine.
This was my go-to meal whilst at university, it was so quick, full of fresh flavours, very delicious and super filling too.
When Inghams got in touch asking me to share a recipe from one of their gorgeous Lakes & Mountains holiday destinations for their 'Foodie Finds' campaign, I saw Italy on the list and knew exactly what I'd make.
Prawn Linguine Recipe
Serves 2
King Prawns (I buy them already cooked)
Linguine
1 Medium Sized Tomatoes
1 Pepper (Not Green, Needs to be sweet!)
4 Spring Onions
Garlic
Lime
Salt
Pepper
Chilli (optional)
1. Wash your vegetables. Dice the tomatoes, pepper and spring onions and put into a bowl. Crush a clove of garlic, a pinch of salt and pepper and a big squeeze of the lime and mix together to cover the vegetables. I also add about a shot of water at this point, as it can be a bit dry without, but it's not a 'sauce' so don't go overboard!
2. Put your linguine in to a pan of boiling water, stirring occasionally.
3. Just before your pasta is done, toss your big bright bowl of veg into a pan with a little bit of oil and heat it all through. The veg should start to soften, if the liquid looks like it's drying up then add a dash of water with a little extra salt, pepper and lime to keep the flavour.
4. Once your pasta is done, take it off the heat. Add your cooked prawns to the veg, so they heat through. Whilst they cook, drain your pasta.
5. Take your veg and prawns off the heat and serve!
and there you go! A delicious, fresh and easy Prawn Linguine recipe!
It's perfect for just a quick dinner at home or even perfect for entertaining at a dinner party.
I was not paid to write this post, just a bit of fun for the Inghams Foodie Finds campaign.
There's nothing better than a hot chocolate on a cold winters day, right?
So, when Wren Kitchens got in touch asking me to create a Christmas recipe with a twist, I immediately got to thinking about how I could switch up a classic hot chocolate.
All the coffee shops bring out their festive drinks around the start of November, so I thought I'd find little twists to make them at home! I wanted to make something that everyone could enjoy, so this is so simple and it all comes down to whatever flavour you fancy, but here's a few steps and ideas to achieve the perfect festive hot chocolate - with a twist! 
You will need:
t h e b a s i c s
Your Favourite Festive Mug (essential)
Hot Chocolate Powder
Milk
Mini Marshmallows
Whipped Cream
c h o i c e o f f l a v o u r i n g s
orange
caramel
cinnamon
biscoff spread
nutella
peanut butter
gingerbread syrup
black forest/berry syrup
peppermint essence
vanilla essence
baileys (for the adults!)
You may be getting the hint that you can add pretty much anything to shake up your hot chocolate.
m e t h o d
This one won't test your kitchen skills and won't take any longer than 5 minutes, so you can be on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket, sipping away in no time!
- First of all check the instructions on your hot chocolate to make sure you're following the right steps, but I'd usually try this method.
- Pour milk into your mug, leaving a bit of space at the top. This is just to measure how much milk you'll need.
-Then, decant that into a saucepan and heat it on the hob. Keep an eye on it and be sure to stir it. Whilst this heats up add 2 tablespoons of hot chocolate powder into your mug.
- When the milk is hot enough (but before it boils) pour it into your mug and stir to mix it with the hot chocolate powder.
- You can add your flavourings at any point, but I'd add them in here. So dollop in some caramel sauce, squeeze a zesty orange or add a few drops mint flavouring and a peppermint candy cane - whatever takes your fancy. Then stir, stir, stir.
- Top with mini marshmallows and as much whipped cream as possible and you are good to go!
It's so simple that there's so many ways you could make it, you can pop it in the microwave if you want to save on washing up.
I'm probably going to be trying out every single flavour from now until Christmas, but at the moment I'm loving adding a squeeze of an orange into my hot chocolate for a zesty surprise.
Click here to head on over to Wrens Christmas Kitchen for more classic recipes with a twist, including a Millionaire's Pavlova which I might have to try myself!
Give it a go! What flavours will you be adding?
Today I thought I'd let you in on how I make my favourite cocktail at home! I am a sucker for any kind of cocktail but I love mojitos, especially with some passionfruit added.
You can pretty much make these however you'd like. I've done it in various different ways with various different utensils... on our first attempt, our cocktail shaker was the bottle from my Blend Active Blender. Things have got a little more classy since then & I purchased this copper cocktail shaker from Sainsburys.
I'm also not very precise on measurements either (Good job on the recipe post G, It's going well...) I just do it to taste! But here's what you'll need for your at home mojitos!
White Rum
Soda Water
Fresh Mint Leaves
Limes
Agave Nectar (Or sugar, but I prefer the syrup as it dissolves quickly)
& passionfruit if you want to change it up a bit.
Throw your mint, lime juice (& the rest of the lime, why not ey?) white rum and your sugar/syrup into a cocktail shaker and give it a good old shake. Pour it equally into your glasses then top up with soda water. Ideally have your glass filled with crush ice & some mint leaves, but that's not essential!
As you can probably tell, it's pretty much trial and error every time! I've had some that taste heavenly & some that don't taste of much. Either way, they're so much fun to make with friends, so pop to the shops, grab the ingredients and you're good to go for a girls night in!
Cheers!
I am a huuge Mince Pie lover, I get excited for them every year! I thought it was only appropriate to film a video and write a blog post on the recipe I use to make them every year!
If you prefer to follow a written recipe (which I recommend you do for this, turns out I made a few mistakes in the video but still managed to make amazing mince pies!)
8oz Self Raising Flour
6oz Butter (cut into cubes)
1 tbsp. Caster Sugar
1 egg (separated)
Zest & Juice of half an orange
2 (or 1 large) jar of Mincemeat
Caster Sugar & Orange peel strips (optional) to decorate.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.
Sift the flour into the bowl, rub in soft butter until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Dissolve caster sugar in egg yolk and add 2 teaspoons of orange juice. (I find the dough muuuch easier to handle the way I accidentally did it, probably as it's a lot less dry - two tablespoons of sugar, egg whites & juice of a whole orange - but they both make very yummy mince pies, so either is fine!)
Add this to the flour mixture, along with the orange rind and mix together with a round bladed knife to form a firm dough.
Roll dough on a floured surface until a quarter of an inch thick. The dough is quite sticky, so make sure you move it in between rolling!
Use a big circle cutter for the base and whatever shape you’d like for the top. If you don’t want any mincemeat showing, make sure you poke a hole in the top on the mince pie to let air out whilst cooking.
Place these in the oven for 15 minutes, until golden brown.
Take out and immediately sprinkle caster sugar on top.
Make a cup of tea, flick the Christmas tree lights on, snap an instagram and enjoy!
Please let me know if you make them!
Hope you're having a wonderful few days up to christmas! 5 sleeps to go!
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