When the kids are here, we cook a proper dinner every day and eat together. On the weeks when they are away, I usually start the week with a bunch of leftovers. When those start to run out, I often have leftover ingredients that guide my meals. A forgotten vegetable, half a bottle of juice… Things that would be gone in a day if it was three people eating, but that last me a while when it’s just me. I don’t need to do much grocery shopping at all on my “off” weeks.

Today I was faced with two carrots that were starting to look sad and wrinkly. Two forgotten potatoes. Half a package of quark. All on their last legs, really needing to be eaten.

I’ve made plenty of carrot pancakes before, and potato pancakes, and quark pancakes. If each of those can be put in a pancake batter, what do I get if I put all three together (and throw in some eggs and flour)? Franken-pancakes? Frankcakes?