Recipe: Paleo pancakes, two ways

One of the things I sort of miss being Paleo is waking up to a nice lazy Sunday breakfast. Remember those? Pancakes, bacon or sausage, eggs, toast and juice and limitless coffee? We didn’t have them often but it was nice when we did. I woke up Easter morning wanting such a breakfast. Now this gets interesting, as I don’t eat grains, limit sweets in the AM and have the egg allergy. So what’s a cook to do?

Go to Google, of course. 🙂

I found this great recipe from Eat the Cookie for vegan blueberry pancakes. Now I had some problems with the recipe as written (mostly my fault) but it’s a sound recipe. The writer gives a vegan, and non vegan version. I took it a step further. I decided to make them with chocolate protein powder and banana to see if I could make them closer to what I wanted in a pancake (lighter). Still no egg and these turned out extremely good. We ended up with roughly 8 pancakes, using a 1/4 cup scoop. Your servings may vary.

Vegan Blueberry pancakes (as written on the blog)

1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup (scant) flax meal
1/3 cup protein powder or coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp stevia powder or 1 tbsp maple syrup
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup warm milk of choice
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup frozen blueberries (keep ‘em frozen until i say!)

method:
1. combine all wet ingredients in a small bowl.-not the blueberries!
2. separately, combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl. -not the blueberries!
3. combine the wet and dry, and allow to sit for a few minutes. the batter should be a little thick, you’ll want to scoop it out of the bowl, not pour. -still, wait on the blueberries.
4. heat a skillet over medium heat, and add a small amount of oil to the pan. once the oil shimmers, your pan is ready.
5. use a ladle or measuring cup to scoop out some batter. pour it onto the skillet, and top with a small handful of blueberries. allow to cook for a few minutes, flip when the bottom is set.
these will turn out a beautiful, crisp on the outside, moist and crumbly on the inside pancake.
6. top with hot blueberries, coconut cream, and maple syrup.

Now for the modified version:

Chocolate Banana Protein pancakes

1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup (scant) flax meal
1/3 cup protein powder
1 Tbsp coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp stevia powder or 1 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
1/4 tsp salt
1 really ripe banana
2/3 cup warm milk of choice (I used canned full fat coconut milk)
1 tsp vanilla extract

method:
1. combine all wet ingredients in a small bowl. Banana counts as a wet ingredient here.
2. separately, combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. combine the wet and dry, and allow to sit for a few minutes. the batter should be a little thick, you’ll want to scoop it out of the bowl, not pour.
4. heat a skillet over medium heat, and add a small amount of oil to the pan. once the oil shimmers, your pan is ready.
5. use a ladle or measuring cup to scoop out some batter. pour it onto the skillet, and allow to cook for a few minutes, flip when the bottom is set.
6. Plate up and top as you wish.

Serve with some additional protein to make a complete Paleo breakfast.