Tasty recipes for Pancake Day

Here in the UK BikeRadar office, Pancake Day (observed on Shrove Tuesday) is officially one of our favourite days of the year, and this year it falls on Tuesday 5 March.

Whether you like them savoury or sweet, a good pancake is hard to beat, and happily they can also be adapted to suit different diets and loaded up with nutritious fruit, veg and protein to help fuel your cycling.

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• Best ever savoury pancakes for Pancake Day at Olive Magazine
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We’ve partnered with Olive Magazine (also published by Immediate Media) to bring you the very best recipes for cyclists. All the recipes are easy to follow and take you through step-by-step how to create everything from homemade nutrition products to tasty and hearty post-ride meals.

• More Pancake Day recipes at Olive Magazine

Admittedly, the nutritional content isn’t at the front of our minds when it comes to deciding what topping to pop on our pancakes, but for one day a year it’s nice to sit back and enjoy one of the most fun dishes to make and eat. And, of course, if you do want to keep things healthy that’s perfectly possible too.

Pancake mixtures

To make your pancakes delicious, ensure you’re getting the right batter mix.

Olive Magazine has the ultimate recipe as well as a guide to flipping. So be prepared and follow its guide to mixing and making the best pancakes.

Protein pancake mixture

Protein pancakes are becoming increasingly popular and are easy to make by adapting a standard pancake recipe such as the one above.

Some examples include substituting half of the flour for a plain or appropriately flavoured protein powder — vanilla works well — or swapping out half of the eggs for cottage cheese or nut butter.

So long as you blend the mixture well to a nice smooth consistency, the end result will be tasty.

You may want to add a little extra baking soda if you are using lots of dense ingredients, such as nut butter, to make sure you have a nice, light consistency.

Gluten-free and dairy-free banana pancake mixture

If you don’t eat gluten or dairy products, you don’t need to miss out on the pancake-based fun!

These tasty and protein-rich pancakes blend together banana, peanut butter and eggs to make a dish that’s substantial enough to fuel a day at work or on the bike.

• 3-ingredient banana pancake recipe at Olive Magazine

Gluten-free buckwheat pancake recipe

So good, you won’t want to save it just for Pancake Day! These cinnamon-spiced discs are light and fluffy, and form the perfect base for a scattering of raspberries and strawberries — and a splodge of natural yoghurt.

A drizzle of maple or agave syrup over the top adds a sweet finish too.

• Buckwheat pancake recipe at Olive Magazine

Vegan pancake mixture

Blend together a cup of flour of your choice, two tablespoons of baking soda and a pinch of salt in a bowl, then gradually add a cup of soy or almond milk, a tablespoon of sugar or maple syrup and a tablespoon of oil, mixing until the batter is nice and smooth.

Then add to a hot pan and away you go!

Vegan pancakes with mixed berry compote

Olive Magazine / Immediate Media co

Dairy-free coconut pancakes with strawberry and lime syrup

Olive Magazine / Immediate Media co

More pancake recipes

Japanese vegetable pancakes

Okay, we admit that these aren’t quite your traditional pancakes. However, they are tasty, packed with veg, flavoursome and perfect for a quick and easy mid-week meal.

And, of course, you can have traditional pancakes for pudding. Two course pancake-based meal? Sign us up!

• Japanese vegetable pancake recipe at Olive Magazine

Salted caramel-stuffed pancakes

Olive Magazine / Immediate Media co

Sweetcorn, feta and spring onion pancakes

This recipe is another deliciously savoury option if you fancy making a meal of it.

These pancakes combine crunchy sweetcorn with spring onion and a dash of coriander and chilli, all smoothed out with some creamy feta cheese.

The serving suggestion — adding crispy bacon and a drizzle of maple syrup — may not be doing our waistlines any good but it’s certainly delicious. And it’s just the one day, after all.

• Sweetcorn, feta and spring onion pancake recipe at Olive Magazine

Check out our other tasty recipes and get yourself fuelled for cycling from sunrise to sunset:

• 7 tasty, fast and light fish dishes
• 10 protein-rich meals for post-ride recovery
• 10 quick and easy post-ride dinners
• 5 delicious flapjack and breakfast bar recipes
• 10 hearty and satisfying vegetarian soups
• 10 simple and warming soups for winter