- Hannah Hicks
My Favorite Pancake Recipes
What’s the best breakfast on weekend mornings, snow days, or any day at any time? Pancakes! I love pancakes, and I’m going to share three of my favorite, super easy recipes with you.
Banana Pancakes
Ingredients:
½ - 1 banana
2 eggs
A dash of vanilla
¼ cup whole wheat flour (my favorite is One Mighty Mill, but any kind works!)
Directions:
Mash the banana with a fork in a bowl
Beat in the eggs and vanilla
Stir the flour in with the fork, and scape the edges with a spatula
Heat oil or butter in a pan, and pour spoonfuls of the batter to make pancakes
Top with fruit or chocolate chips (optional)
Cook the pancakes until golden brown on both sides
Enjoy!
Pumpkin Pancakes (Pumpkin is a year-round food!)
Ingredients:
¼ - ½ cup pumpkin puree
2 eggs
A dash of vanilla
¼ cup whole wheat flour (any kind works!)
Directions:
Mix the pumpkin, eggs and vanilla with a fork
Stir the flour in with the fork, and scape the edges with a spatula
Heat oil or butter in a pan, and pour spoonfuls of the batter to make pancakes
Top with fruit or chocolate chips (optional)
Cook the pancakes until golden brown on both sides
Enjoy!
Farmer’s Cheese Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 package of farmers cheese (about 7.5 ounces)
4 eggs
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon honey (any sweetener works- adjust the amount to your preference!)
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup whole wheat flour (any kind works!)
Directions:
Mix the farmers cheese, eggs, vanilla, honey and vanilla together
Add the flour and stir until smooth
Heat oil or butter in a pan, and pour spoonfuls of the batter to make pancakes
Top with fruit or chocolate chips (optional)
Cook the pancakes until golden brown on both sides (these pancakes are thicker- sometimes I cover the pancakes before I flip them so they cook through better)
Enjoy!
Featured Ingredients:
> Banana:
-Source of
-Fiber
-Potassium
-Magnesium
-Vitamin C
-Manganese
>Eggs:
-Rich in
-Cholesterol (BUT dietary cholesterol and cholesterol in your blood are only weakly related- in other words, eating eggs in moderation is generally healthy)
-Protein
-Cholin
-Biotin (Vitamin B7)
-Vitamin A
-Antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin
>Whole wheat flour: Whole grains contain bran, endosperm and germ from the grain, while
refined grains are stripped of many nutrients and only contain the endosperm
-Bran = contains fiber, B vitamins, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, antioxidants, phytochemicals
-Endosperm = contains carbohydrates, protein, small amounts of B vitamins and minerals
-Germ = contains healthy fats, vitamin E, B vitamins, phytochemicals, antioxidants
-Eating whole grains correlates with better health in regard to disease
>Pumpkin:
Pumpkin is a kind of winter squash (think butternut, delicata, spaghetti, kabocha, hubbard, acorn, sweet dumpling, and sugar pumpkins)
-Rich in
Carotenoids: beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin
Protein
Vitamin C
Vitamin B6
Fiber
Magnesium
Potassium
Olive oil:
-Source of monounsaturated fatty acids (a healthy dietary fat)
-Has been found to lower total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels
Sources:
[1]=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/bananas/
[2]= https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/eggs/
[3]= https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/whole-grains/
[4]= https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/food-features/winter-squash/