Pancakes are forgiving

 

With a topping of maple syrup, a good pancake is not difficult to make. As my vegan friends already know, you can make delicious pancakes without eggs. Previously I've substituted for eggs with flaxseed, another time I used Greek yogurt because of the thick consistency, but today I had no egg, flaxseed nor Greek yogurt. I made the pancakes anyway as we just returned from vacation the day before and our refrigerator was still a little bare.

Here are the ingredients I used:

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup almond meal
1 cup vanilla almond milk
2 Tbsp (approximately) natural apple sauce (just finished what was in the jar)
2 tsp baking powder
good sprinkling of cinnamon

The end result? Yummy and filling pancakes.

The photo is a whole wheat and flax recipe from skiptomylou.org. I think they look delicious!

Action Item: Make pancakes tomorrow. It's faster than you might remember!

Pancake Day

Posting this because I made our favorite pancakes this morning, but today I used coconut milk. My son still gave me two thumbs up! These are perfect topped with MAPLE syrup. Yes, it's more expensive, but it's natural and you can use less and still enjoy the taste.

Here's the recipe as it appears on allrecipes.com then my comments are added:

• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (I use 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup walnut meal)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk, plus more if necessary (unsweetened coconut milk and skim milk both work great!)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon artificial sweetener (DO NOT NEED)
• 1/2 cup blueberries (I don't use these just because Jaryn prefers plain pancakes, but it would be a healthy addition).
• I always add a dash of cinnamon and sometimes unsweetened applesauce if the batter is a little thick.

 

Action item: Try these tomorrow morning!

Further reading: Coconut Milk vs. Dairy Milk -- pros and cons for each.