Often recipes claim that flapjacks are a healthy snack. This is a tad misleading. While they are packed with healthy oats, they are also a haven for vast quantities of butter and sugar. They have their place though. Their portability makes them a great snack to take on a day out walking or in the…
Week day breakfasts are usually done on the run, a cereal bar or something easily slipped into the lunch bag to gnaw on when we get to work. However, at the weekends when we have more time, we like to take things at a more leisurely pace here at Chez Mutherfudger. A favourite is pancakes,…
While packing my lunch bag for me, dear half found some overly ripe bananas and was about to throw them away when I stopped him. I like bananas when they are very ripe, but even for me, these were too ripe to eat for lunch. They are, however, perfect for banana muffins. Throw in some…
Shrove Tuesday, or as it is more affectionately known, Pancake Day, is this week. The English pancake is larger and thinner than its Scottish or American cousins, and is more in line with French Crêpe. There are a multitude of topping ideas other than the traditional sugar and lemon juice, or golden syrup. If you…
Pancake day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on the horizon, but I want to send an important message to you dear readers and tell you that pancakes aren’t just for pancake day. At Chez Mutherfudger, we have pancakes for breakfast most weekends. Instead of the fragile French crepe or the stodgy British pancake, we have developed…
For a long time, I didn’t think I liked cinnamon. Growing up in a household that used very little in the way of herbs and spices in cooking, I wasn’t too familiar with it. My introduction to cinnamon came in the form of some horrendous boiled sweets a friend brought back from the US. I…
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