First Post, First Recipe

So this is the first post, it was always going to be a bit tricky-where do I start? What do I talk about?
Well, maybe I'll just start with a yummy, healthy and cheap dinner that I made the other night. I didn't make every single thing on the plate from scratch, but that's my aim with this blog-realistically a lot of families don't have time to make everything from scratch, whilst being healthy, whilst staying within a budget. I like to find a nice balance between the two!

Pudla pancake with falafels and mixed veg
(serves 2)

For the pancake:
165g chickpea (gram) flour (£1.39 for 1kg from Ocado)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 spring onion finely chopped
1 tbsp dried coriander
pinch of cayenne pepper
pinch of dried chili flakes
plenty of salt and black pepper
juice of 1 lemon

Veg:
Chopped chestnut mushrooms (250g) seasoned with 1tsp of ground cumin and 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
250g of frozen mixed grilled vegetables (£2.49 750g from Ocado)

4 (or more) Goodlife Gluten Free Falafel-(£1.99 280g from Ocado)

Combine all of the above ingredients into a stand mixer if you have one or mix well the good ol' fashioned way by hand and spoon! For frying, I used an Electric Pancake Maker as it's easy to use, quick to clean and doesn't require a lot of oil for frying but obviously a frying pan is just as good. Place a teaspoon of sunflower/coconut oil on the fryer or the frying pan and empty the mixture onto the pan. Don't be surprised if it doesn't form a perfect circle, it's not meant to and after all, it's the taste that's more important! Leave the pancake to fry on one side for about 5 mins on medium to high heat.
Meanwhile fry the mixed veg and mushrooms in 2 separate pans, again with a little sunflower/coconut oil. Cook the sweet potato falafels in an Air Fryer or oven for around 15 minutes. Total cooking time for everything should be around 10-15 minutes. After 5 minutes, flip the pancake over, this should be easy to do with a spatula as the pancake would have already solidified and should be forming a dense texture. The end result should be slightly golden on the outside but fluffy on the inside.
Serve the pancake with the falafels and a portion of each vegetable mix and voila! I like to have the pancake with a bit of sweet chili sauce next to it also :)

Est. calorie intake for 1 person minus any oil used for cooking with 2 falafels-400 calories.