Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Super Protein Packed Pancakes


I love a good healthy pancake recipe for the littles. It's such a fast, easy, nutritious, and delicious breakfast for them.

This recipe is packed with protein from **pastured eggs, sprouted chia seeds, and banana!  No sugar, just a touch of organic maple syrup to finish!

Super Protein Packed Pancakes

*yeilds 8 silver dollar size pancakes

1 banana mashed

2 pastured eggs

1 tsp sprouted chia seeds
I love This One 

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp coconut flour

1 tsp almond flour

2 pinches of pink sea salt


 Instructions:

-Mash the banana

-Add eggs and whisk well until combined

-Add the rest of the ingredients and whisk again well

-Let mixture sit for 5 min, so that the coconut flour and chia seeds have time to absorb the liquid

-Heat skillet to medium heat and grease pan well with clarified butter (ghee) or grapeseed oil

-Add batter to the pre heated skillet. I find silver dollar size are perfect for the kids and are easier to flip
-Cook until golden on each side. About 2 min per side or less

-Enjoy!!

** If you can get your hands on pastured eggs...do so. They are a bit more expensive, but so much healthier. I can attest to the fact, that pastured eggs taste WAY better than any other. Their yolks are typically orange to deep yellow in color. The Free range I buy on occasion are light yellow. You can tell just by the color that pastured eggs are much more nutrient dense.

Pastured chickens eat what they are supposed to...bugs!  Free range are ok, and Cage free are the least desirable. Cage free may simply mean they get out of their cages for an hour a day. It really means nothing, in my opinion. Still better than conventional eggs though. 













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