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To have pancakes for dinner?

49 replies

Kyrptonite · 12/02/2013 11:01

We usually have a cold lunch and hot dinner. DCs are 2&3. I'm pregnant and craving pancakes and its pancake day.

If I do a hot lunch and pancakes for dinner is it ok? It's a one-off but I feel like it may be crappy parenting!

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Sugarice · 12/02/2013 11:03

Will pancakes be substantial enough to keep them full as an evening meal?

SkinnybitchWannabe · 12/02/2013 11:04

No way are you BU. What a lovely treat for you and your little dc.
When you're pregnant you can do whatever you want especially when you also have 2&3 year olds!!
Enjoy

VinegarDrinker · 12/02/2013 11:04

Pancakes are hot. And anyhow why does the temperature of the meal matter?!

Personally I'm planning on savoury pancakes for lunch and sweet pancakes for dinner.

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Kyrptonite · 12/02/2013 11:05

It should keep them going. I might do a more filling snack this afternoon.

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Kyrptonite · 12/02/2013 11:06

I meant hot as in a proper meal as opposed to sandwiches and whatever's lurking in the fridge!

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SavoyCabbage · 12/02/2013 11:06

Mine have had theirs and are in bed. And they have had a swimming lesson after school!

I did make chilli to go with it but they opted for the lemon and sugar option.

I always had pancakes on shrove Tuesday growing up and I'm sure I ate more rather than less.

manicbmc · 12/02/2013 11:06

We're having soup (not too filling) and then stuffing our faces with as many pancakes as I can make. Grin

ivanapoo · 12/02/2013 11:08

It would be wrong not to. YANBU.

I'm doing spinach and three cheese pancakes for main course and sweet ones for pudding.

Make galettes (buckwheat flour savoury pancakes) if you want it to be a bit healthier and more filling.

Bobloblaw · 12/02/2013 11:09

We are having pancakes with cheese, beans, ham and spinach for our dinner, then american pancakes with maple syrup for pudding. I love pancake day.

ScarletLady02 · 12/02/2013 11:09

My Mum always used to do wholemeal savoury pancakes for dinner, with chilli etc (nicer than it sounds!) and then sweet ones for pudding...so that's what I'm doing for us.

As far as lemon and sugar goes though....one of your five a day at least Grin

SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 12/02/2013 11:09

We always have pancakes for dinner on shrove Tuesday Smile

MrsKeithRichards · 12/02/2013 11:11

It's the law to have pancake for dinner on pancake day.

Fourkisses · 12/02/2013 11:12

Have savoury pancakes followed by sweet. We're having savoury mince pancakes (think sloppy joe style) with melted cheese for dinner, and lemon and sugar pancakes for afters.
Other savoury ideas - ham and cheese? Roasted veg? Chicken and mushroom? Anything you might put in a toasted sandwich?

WafflesandWhippedCream · 12/02/2013 11:17

We are having savoury pancakes for dinner - and I'm just going to serve sandwiches for lunch. (or at least I was, there's a regular blizzard going on outside atm, so it might end up being whatever I can dig out of the freezer for lunch, as we haven't any bread...)
I'm making my savoury pancakes with spelt flour in a pathetic attempt at making them healthy before I pile bacon and cheese and mushrooms all over them. We already had sweet pancakes for breakfast Grin

Cantbelieveitsnotbutter · 12/02/2013 11:18

I'm doing left over stew for a late lunch then sweet pancakes for dinner.

KirstyJC · 12/02/2013 11:18

We always have pancakes too, although I have left it a bit late to buy flour this year!

You just make about 5 each, that will fill you and them up a treat.

We have this for dinner when we are really skint - the kids all think it is a real treat too (and so do I actually - love pancakes)

I like sliced banana fried in butter, then put on top of pancake with generous squeeze of chocolate sauce and then folded into quarters. Yum!

bedmonster · 12/02/2013 11:20

We had pancakes for breakfast, but we all had a 'proper' breakfast first, so DDs had a smaller bowl of cereal then 2 pancakes. I don't think there's enough substance to set them up for a day of school.
I am making a chilli right now along with a stack of pancakes to make enchilladas. Then we will have pancakes for pudding.
YANBU to have them for dinner if you think it will fill them up enough. It's a one off isn't it?

whois · 12/02/2013 12:46

Do pancakes with savoury stuff for tea before the sweet ones. Ham and cheese, bolagnaise, steak strips and cheese etc etc

giraffesCantFlipPancakes · 12/02/2013 12:52

Course not

Mandy2003 · 12/02/2013 13:01

Dutch pancakes! We used to go here for dinner before the theatre in the West End, or even for an occasional treat when I was a child.

Think large pizza sizes and you won't go far wrong at home with doing savory ones for dinner tonight Smile

KellyElly · 12/02/2013 13:06

As long as you have one main meal a day, it doesn't matter if it's at lunch time or dinner time. In fact it's better for your metabolism to have a lighter evening meal and a more hearty lunch. Go for the pancakes!

lottiegarbanzo · 12/02/2013 13:10

Savoury pancake main, sweet pancake pudding, that's a lot more substantial than most of my dinners, I'm always stuffed on pancake day.

diddl · 12/02/2013 13:11

Only just realised that it´s todayBlush

We usually have our main meal at lunch time & tbh, pancakes count as that for me!

Annoyingly, have already cooked as had forgotten!

worriedmum100 · 12/02/2013 13:15

YADNBU

Yum - lots of nice ideas here.... we are going to have pancakes with a kind of carbonara filling (Bacon, mushroom, cream, parmesan...mmmm) for dinner.

MsVestibule · 12/02/2013 13:15

We normally have pancakes for dinner, but as my parents are staying, I'm not sure if I can be bothered making enough for 6 people for a main meal! So we'll be having a normal dinner, then a couple of pancakes each for pudding .

So, YADNBU.