Basic Pancake Recipe

Below is a basic pancake recipe and tips on pouring the batter as well as how to master the art of flipping pancakes. Pancakes are quick and easy to make and bring the family together around the table on a rainy day. Pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, pancakes with blueberries and cheese, pancakes with cinnamon and maple syrup... the options are endless. Follow this quick and easy pancake recipe and add your favourite toppings. Yay for pancakes!

Ingredients

110g (4 oz) flour

2 large eggs

300 ml (1/2 pint) milk

Pinch of salt

Makingthe Pancake Batter

Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl, making a pile in the middle,like a tiny mountain. Then use a spoon to make a crater in the middle. Break the eggs into the crater and then mix this with a spoon, when the flour is mixed into the eggs you can start using an electric whisk if you have one, or a hand held whisk if you are going the manual labour route, gradually add the milk. Mixing the eggs in gently before going electric prevents flour going all over the place.

Whizz the whisk until the flour, eggs and milk have made a smooth runny batter.

Chicken thigh recipes

This is such a simple recipe and the fact that you can use a slow cooker means that you can leave this recipe to cook by itself all day while you are out. Serve this tangy citrus chicken dish with noodles or rice and perhaps some broccoli or beans on the side. This recipe serves four people.

You will need:

2 lbs skinless, boneless chicken thighs, in 1 inch pieces
Juice from 1 orange
Zest from 2 oranges
1/2 teaspoon crushed dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried rosemary
4 slices crumbled, cooked lean bacon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
2 crushed garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
3 peeled, diced carrots
1 chopped onion
14 1/2 oz can diced peeled tomatoes
6 oz can tomato paste