Summery Sweet and Savoury Pancake Recipes with Waitrose Fruit & Veg
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In our household, pancakes are enjoyed all year round. We love experimenting with pancakes, and adapting our easy pancake recipe to create fun pancake rainbows and pretty American style banana pancake stack. We went to Waitrose to stock up on seasonal fruit and vegetables, and decided to incorporate them in our pancake recipe.
Upon arrival I signed up to myWaitrose loyalty scheme, offering free tea and coffee in store, savings on groceries and exclusive members-only prizes and experiences.
While I was enjoying my cappuccino, thanks to myWaitrose card, I browsed the fruit and vegetable section, which had a large selection of good quality fresh produce.
We try and have as much of our 5-a day as possible, by adding an extra portion of fruit and vegetables to our meals. With that in mind, I purchased Waitrose own label blueberries and raspberries to make sweet pancakes, and courgette, celery and carrots to make savoury pancakes.
We prefer thick and fluffy American style pancakes, made with self-raising flour, but you can make thin pancakes instead if you wish. The pancake recipe is basically the same, simply add fruit or vegetables to it.
Blueberry and Raspberry Pancake:
Blueberry and raspberry pancake is a sweet delight, it can be enjoyed for breakfast or as an afternoon treat. Little man loved the fresh berries in the pancakes, it was served with icing sugar dust and a drizzle of maple syrup.
There is no sugar in the sweet pancake recipe, as the berries are quite sweet this time of the year. We loved adding fresh fruit to pancakes, we are already thinking of making apple pancakes in the winter, yum!
Here is the recipe for our blueberry and raspberry pancake:
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 100g blueberry
- 100g raspberry
- Butter for cooking
- Mix the self-raising flour, milk and egg in a large bowl until you have a smooth batter. Add the blueberries and raspberries, roughly mashing the berries.
- Heat a non-sticking frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter. Once melted, add a ladle of batter (you could add more batter, depending how big your frying pan is)
- Once the top of the pancake begins to bubble, turn it over and cook until both sides are golden brown. Repeat until all the batter is used up.
- Stack the pancakes, decorate with icing sugar and berries. Drizzle maple syrup and serve.
Courgette, Carrot and Celery Pancake:
Courgette, celery and carrot pancake is ideal as a light family lunch, you can incorporate as many different vegetables as you wish. I recommend adding cheese, we used blue cheese, you can use cheddar cheese instead.
The savoury pancakes were crunchy and full of flavour. It is perfect for fussy eaters, as they won’t notice the hidden vegetables in the pancakes. Courgette, celery and carrot pancake can enjoyed on their own, with salad and/or chips.
Both hubby and little man said they really enjoyed the vegetables pancake and can’t wait to have it again!
We really enjoyed our shopping experience at Waitrose to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, I’ve noticed some great deals while I was at our local store – we are going back soon!
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1 courgette, grated
- 1 stalk celery, grated
- 75g blue cheese
- 1 pinch oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Butter for cooking
- Whisk the milk, flour, egg, salt, pepper and oregano in a large bowl, until you have a smooth batter. Add the grated vegetables to the mixture, and chunks of blue cheese.
- Heat a non-sticking frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter. Once it is melted, add a ladle of batter (you could add more batter, depending how big your frying pan is)
- Once the top of the pancake begins to bubble, turn it over and cook until both sides are golden brown. Repeat until all the batter is used up.