Unusual Family Sundays

Family Sundays can be quite the weird occasion in my house when they want to be. I think our "unique qualities" come out when we're together, if you know what I mean. Our 'weird' comes out. 

Photo found on Pinterest, Pinned to my Beautiful Moments board, originally from chromamesilly.com

My sister came home for the weekend, she's currently the on the other side of the country on a six month work placement as part of her college degree in something science related, atoms, molecules and the like are NOT my forte but she's my sister and I guess I have to like her even if I do picture her covered in goo 90% of the time. That's life. However, I digress, given that all four of us were in the same house on the same day we obviously went about preparing a good ole Sunday dinner sit down feast. 

My sister has been surviving on a lot of pasta and rice so she was craving both mashed and roast potatoes, we had both, along with some whiskey smoked baked ham and a mountain of veg and it was yummy. I've no photos cause I didn't think of it, just think typical Sunday dinner-esqe things, thanks!

But once dinner is finished, that's when things get weird. We sit around, talking, when we were younger poop jokes and references where a constant, comedian Billy Connolly has a lot to answer for when I think about it. This particular Sunday there happened to be an almost deafening sing off between my brother and sister. A torrid affair really.

He was bellowing Time To Say Goodbye - Andrea Bocelli style.

Whilst she was simultaneously singing (being the operative word) The Ballad of Arthur Darvill as sung by Arthur Darvill to the tune of Frozen's Let It Go on BBC Radio One's Matt Edmondson show a few weeks back, its great and really funny if you're a Doctor Who / Broadchurch / Arthur Darvill fan. You can check out the video here. 

I'll let you picture that for a moment, it was quite the painful experience for my poor ears, better yet play the two videos at the same time and you'll really know what I mean!
From there we proceeded to sing the theme tune to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air together as well as Smash Mouth's All Star and catching up on funny YouTube videos, like moments from the Graham Norton and Jimmy Fallon shows, I am currently in love with Emma Stone and her lip-sink battle is the best! 

Like I said it's all a bit odd, but it's family and while I'd be cautious to bring anyone in on it straight away, you do presume that everyone has those unusual moments, whether it be on a Sunday or any other day of the week.

Care to share you're 'unusual' family moments? Make me feel almost normal about mine? 

Pancakes? Yes Please!

Despite being on a bit of a heath kick at the moment I devoured many a pancake this fine Tuesday, how could you not?

Pancakes have always been a favourite with my family and even thought we may not be the most religious of folk we certainly stick to the traditions, like celebrations on Christmas or Easter.

Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday came about as a result of people trying to use up the last of their dairy and fat before they fasted for the period of Lent until Easter comes about, something I'm terrible at.

Back to the good stuff, I keep the Pancake batter pretty simple, just 300g of plain flour, 3 eggs and 700mls of a water / milk combination. 

I recommend not to have the batter too thick or the pancakes can feel quite heavy but not too runny either.

Adding a drop of vanilla can be wonderful too!

If you are better than me and rather stick to a "healthier" pancake, to make 3 small pancakes you can blend 50g of porridge oats, a banana and 50mls of milk together and serve them with fresh fruit and a drizzle of honey, these make an amazing  breakfast, for future reference!

Like I said, we really do love our pancakes, no matter what time of year and we love a wide variety of toppings too!

From the traditional Lemon and Sugar, to smothering it in Golden or Maple Syrups or whipped cream and fresh fruit, you can't beat them. 

A favourite of mine is to smother the pancake in Nutella, then some chopped banana and then sprinkle it with marshmallows, like in the photo below, trust me it works!

What are your favourite pancake toppings?

Do you have any alternative pancake recipes?

Let me know,

Sarah

P.S - Apologies for the photo quality I'm down a camera and relying solely on my iphone! Eep

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