Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Almond Pancakes

J made a request for pancakes the other day (weird) so I thought to myself...how can I jazz this up a bit. I took a look in my fridge and found the PERFECT secret ingredients:

these cakes were the cat's meow....I'm not kidding you...they tasted like almond cookies!
Almond Pancakes
Ingredients/Instructions:
1 C almond milk
1 egg

1 T canola oil
1/2t Watkins vanilla
BEAT together
Stir in:
1/2 C almond meal
1/2 C whole wheat flour
1 t Stevia or sugar
1/2 t sea salt
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
bake away on your pancake griddle!

YUM YUM!

I always make a fruit sauce for pancakes so we can use less actual syrup. Boil down some frozen fruit (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries) and add a couple tablespoons of pure maple syrup. Now you have a flavorful fruit syrup with more health benefits!
mmmmm...almond cookies, I mean pancakes! J's huge masterpiece of a breakfast....remember, he is training for an Ironman :)
Good luck to my Solon track girls at Districts this Friday!
(pic taken at Drake after the 4x100 took 5th)
Until next time...
look good, feel good, do good

2 comments:

  1. Sara- these look delicious! However, my one-year-old can't have nuts yet, so do you have any other alternative "pancake" ideas that you could point me towards? We LOVE pancakes in this house :) Thanks!!!! Katie

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  2. Katie,

    So of course there is the always yummy banana pancakes where you just add sliced bananas to the batter....so good topped with peanut butter. I also do apple slices (either in rings or diced). These are good topped with applesauce.
    There are all kinds of different flours/grains you can experiment with however, I always use at least half whole wheat flour. See here for some ideas:
    http://www.bobsredmill.com/flours-meals/.
    Buckwheat flour cakes are tasty!
    Check out my pancake label for a "protein pancake" made with oatmeal.
    Lastly, don't foget about those oh-so-good Mickey Mouse shaped cakes with chocolate chips :)

    Hope that helps! Sara

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