Banana Pancake (Jamie Oliver's USA style pancake)

I hope everyone have a fantastic Chinese new year celebration. For us there were a lot of feasting LOL and there are more to come!

Ok I know I'm a day late but what the heck... yesterday was Pancake Day and here I am posting a delayed pancake recipe using Jamie Oliver's USA-style Pancake recipe from Happy Days with the Naked Chef. Hmm funny I've mentioned before that I need to post this up back in early 2008 but I have yet to do it! Best part, I've made this numerous times LOL.

I remember making this batch for breakie after a failed attempt of whipping egg whites for a pavlova LOL sighhh I whipped the whites mid way, stop it and ran out to grab caster sugar which I've ran out, I just can't believe it but that day was filled with disasters!!! When I came back with the sugar, the whites refuses to turn shiny... hence I chucked it aside. Instead of throwing them away, I remember Jamie's pancake recipe called for whipped egg whites and tadaaaa...

I've used bananas instead of blueberries but from his recipe you can practically use anything you have in your pantry such as fresh corns, bacon bits, choc bits etc.



Check out my other healthier version of banana pancakes.

Jamie Oliver's Chicken in Milk

Yeah, I know, it sounded weird... Chicken in Milk but this is Jamie Oliver we're talking about heh. Had wanted to tried this recipe from Happy Days With The Naked Chef for ages cos sometimes I do like to challenge myself with weird stuff at the expense of my home test bunnies (my poor boiboi and hubby hehe).

I got some chicken thighs meant for roasting but kinda bored with the same old butter, rosemary and lemon routine. Since I have four thighs, I made two by stuffing butter, rosemary and lemon slices underneath the skin, well just to be save in case my Test Bunny Jr have nothing for dinner. Placed them over some pumpkin and roasted in the oven.

Next, roughly following Jamie's recipe... and this was the outcome...

With the recipe from the same book, made a simple salad of cucumber and carrot ribbons done by using a peeler dressed with soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and fresh ginger strips to go with the roasts.

Verdicts: Test Bunny Jr and I loved the weird combi of chicken and milk. I think I've poured in too much milk hence you can see lots of "gravy" swimming in the tray, plus it was low-fat milk so it did not have that creamy looking gravy as seen in the book. Test Bunny Jr asked for seconds with loads of milky gravy poured over. Actually me and him were practically drinking away the fragrant gravy.

Test Bunny Sr was curious why one tray has so much gravy and the other had none. He asked me what's inside the gravy. The moment I mentioned milk, his mind went on a shutdown mode. He gave me THE look... nehhh that "OMG this woman I had married had gone NUTS" look. Hehe he's more of a conventional guy, preferred to stick to normal things, so he only liked the usual roast (sooo boring!). However, he did give me a bit of face by trying some.

In the end, I asked both test bunnies to point out which one they liked best... the senior one pointed at the boring roast whilst the junior one needless to say aimed his finger at the milky one! Atta boy!!!


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