Pancake Day (25 February) sees us all mixing flour, milk, eggs and sugar to create smooth a smooth batter that's then fried, flipped and adorned with all sorts of toppings. This year, why not switch things up and make waffles instead? The ingredients are the same, the batter is a little thicker and the results are far tastier and beautiful than a stack of badly flipped crepes. All you need to do is get a waffle iron and take a look at our five flavoured waffle recipes for inspiration. Of course, if you'd prefer to keep things traditional, we have dozens of pancake recipes to peruse, too.
The past few weeks have certainly seen the UK battered by storms and some pretty grim weather, but these bright, colourful and flavour-filled Caribbean recipes from Keshia Sakarah are bound to banish the last of the winter blues.
Bubala in Spitalfields, London, is making serious waves in the Middle Eastern restaurant scene. Learn more about this small but seriously effective vegetarian restaurant, before trying your hand at some of head chef Helen Graham's recipes at home.
