What a great run of events we have this week! Today is National Yorkshire Pudding Day, tomorrow is Chinese New Year and the following day is Shrove Tuesday!
Q: What do all these days have in common?
A: Flour, eggs and milk!
So today we can tuck into our Sunday Roast (nut roast for us) alongside our vegetables, roast potatoes and good old Yorkshire puddings.
Tomorrow we can enjoy a lovely Chinese takeaway, restaurant meal or homemade dish. I love to make the following Mushroom Fried Rice:-
Cook long grain rice as per instructions (adding frozen peas for the last two minutes of cooking)
Cook mushrooms in a little oil and butter and season with pepper (add chopped spring onions)
Scramble an egg and add to the cooked rice
Add the mushrooms and onions and a good long slug of soy sauce
Serve with sweet chilli sauce and a side of Thai crackers (suitable for vegetarians).
Another favourite is Veggie Chinese Pancakes using either tofu or mushrooms instead of duck.
Then, if you haven't had enough batter in one week, you can go for lovely sweet or savoury filled pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Below is a picture of my breakfast this morning (just a rehearsal for Tuesday) and my waffles eaten last weekend using the same recipe!
If you want to bump up the entertainment value you could have a pancake race. In my camping days we used to have a sports weekend and one of the races for the adults involved lighting a Primus stove, cooking a pancake and tossing it three times before running across the finishing line. A child-friendly version is sometimes done in primary schools and I remember my daughter's class excitedly discussing who was the "biggest tosser" in their year, whilst the teachers passed secret smiles to one another!
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