Fluffy pancakes

You will need (to make enough for two):
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 30 grams butter (melted and cooled)
- 300 ml milk
- 225 grams plain flour or self-raising flour for extra fluffiness
- Fruit and maple syrup for the toppings 

1. Put all the ingredients into a blender and mix it all together. 

2. Heat your griddle or pan on the stove.

3. Add the mix to make medium-size pancakes (two at a time in a large pan) and flip over when the upper side of the pancake starts bubbling.

These are always a nice twist on the traditional crepes and a great start to the day. Stack them up, drizzle maple syrup all over the, add some fruit and sprinkle with icing sugar. The best part is that they take five minutes to make and serve.

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Turkey banh mi

YOU WILL NEED (TO MAKE ENOUGH FOR TWO):

- Leftover turkey (breast and skin)
- Sweet chilli sauce
- Olive oil
- Mayonnaise
- Lime
- Parsley
- Garlic
- One carrot
- 1/3 cucumber
- White cabbage
- Red chilli
- Fresh coriander
- 2 medium baguettes

Christmas has come and gone and you now have enough leftovers to feed a mini army. Please don't through it away - there is so many great things you can do with them.

I wanted to make a 'light' and fresh sandwich for boxing day - and so I opted for the Turkey banh mi. Jamie Oliver has a great recipe for a leftover turkey sandwich with coleslaw, sweet chilli sauce and spicy mayo. There is a good little step-by-step video too that is very useful when you are cooking a new recipe the day after Christmas day. I changed the recipe a little and maybe a bit simpler by ignoring some of the ingredients that I didn't have in my kitchen. 

1. Heat the oven at needed temperature to cook the baguettes
2. Heat the pan with some olive oil and heat up the leftover turkey
3. Add the chilli sauce and cook for an additional minute
4. To make the spicy mayo - I simply add one clove of garlic, parsley, coriander and lime.
5. For the coleslaw - I simply grated some cabbage, carrots and cucumber
6. Once the baguettes are done cut them open and let to cool for a couple of minutes, spread a bit of mayo, add the turkey, then the coleslaw, some more spicy mayo and then add some coriander and red chilli.

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Xmas French Toast

We ate so many pancakes and waffles over the last year that I have started adding french toast into the mix more often - as well as some more healthy options of course.

This is your traditional french toast (see recipe here - minus the stuffing part) but instead of adding maple syrup I added a couple of teaspoons of butter brandy and some finely chopped bananas; perfect for a Christmas breakfast. 

Brandy butter, for those of you who are not British, is traditional used at christmas time and added to mince pies of Christmas pudding - instead of cream or ice cream. It is delicious and add a nice kick to the sweetness of the french toast. You can buy it a M&S and Waitrose, or you can make it yourself (it is dead easy).

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Stuffed french toast

YOU WILL NEED (TO MAKE ENOUGH FOR TWO):

- Sourdough bread
- Three eggs
- Cream cheese (I use Philadelphia)
- Caster sugar
- Vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
- Strawberries (or raspberries, bananas, peaches...)
- Almond milk (normal milk works just as well)

This is a great and delicious twist on the more traditional french toast - Pain perdu. The main ingredients are cream cheese and fruit, lots of it. You can use any fruit that comes to mind just remember to put a good dose of cream cheese mixture to hold it all together.

1. Mix four tbs of cream cheese, one tbs of caster sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla extract
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, 4 tbs of milk, one tbs of sweetener/sugar and a couple of drops of vanilla extract together in a shallow bowl until combined.
3. Spread both pieces of bread with the cream cheese mixture and add the sliced strawberries to one slice of bread leaving a slight space along the edges of the bread and close to make sandwiches.
4. Dip both sides of the stuffed sandwiches in the egg mixture.
5. Heat a frying pan over a moderate heat and Melt the butter in the frying pan. Fry each sandwich gently for 3 to 4 minutes, turning halfway through cooking, until nicely coloured and warmed through.
6. Dust with the icing sugar, drizzple with mapple syrup, cut in half and serve

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