It's Pancake Day, yes it's pancake day, yes, it's p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day!

When I was a child, pancake batter was always made with a packet mix and a matyred expression. Imagine your family requesting a simple pudding made entiely from leftovers, as if a mother doesn't have enough to do, don't worry about me though, I'm perfectly happy to be everyone's slave, etc etc...

Then I moved in with my husband and he was amazed that I would waste money on a packet mix for something so simple (and this is a man who once tried to make chips in a frying pan). So I told him that if it was so easy, he could make them. And he did. In fact, I'm not even allowed to fry the pancakes as I get a bit above myself and try to make them ultra thin like French Crepes and then they break. So I'm the last person you should take advice from about the panckes themselves. I'm pretty damn good on ideas for fillings, though:

• banana and Nutella
• jam and icecream (unlikely sounding but probably my favorite)
• dried fruit, honey and greek yoghurt
• marmite and cream cheese
• ham and grated cheddar
• cooked spinach and cream cheese