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Pancake Recipes!

11/22/2017

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Yum Pancakes!

Pancakes make everything better!
Basic Pancake Recipe
For people who do not make pancakes from scratch, the idea can feel a little ambitious. I am writing this to let you all know it is not! The mess is no greater for pancakes made from scratch then it is from making pancakes from a mix. I make pancakes so often, I know longer need to look at the recipe or measure and this statement is insurance to you that it is easy and very hard to mess up.

​There is a basic pancake recipe in this blog, plus a few modified recipes. If you make food in your kitchen or bake at all, you will probably have all the ingredients on hand to make these delicious flapjacks and making them puts you up high on the likable scale in your home.

Basic Pancake Recipe

Basic Recipe (I only dirty one bowl, because I do not like doing dishes.)

1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda  
2 tbsp of brown sugar
2 eggs
¼ oil (olive, coconut, butter, basically any healthy oil you have)
1 ½ cups of milk (cow, or milk alternative)

Directions

Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix with a whisk. Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture and crack the two eggs into it. Now place oil and 1 cup of milk into the well and mix thoroughly with the whisk, add the remaining milk. (if you like a flatter pancake, add a little more milk and you light a thicker pancake, don’t add all the milk)

On a lightly greased griddle pour ¼ cup portions of batter and wait for bubbles to form on the top, flip and wait for the second side to brown. Serve hot with maple syrup or other topping you like on your pancakes.

Read on to see three variations of this recipe.

Banana Coconut Pancakes
Chocolate Avocado Pancakes
Pumpkin Cinnamon Pancakes

Banana Coconut Pancakes

Make the basic pancake recipe.

​Mix 1 or 2 mashed bananas
Mix in 2 or 3 tbsp of shredded coconut.
You might need a little bit more milk, so you could add a tbsp or two extra.

Pour ¼ cup portions onto a lightly greased and hot griddle or frying pan and wait for bubbles to form on the top, flip and wait for the second side to brown.
Banana Coconut Pancakes
Banana Coconut Pancakes

Chocolate Avocado Pancakes

Chocolate Avocado Pancakes
Chocolate Avocado Pancakes
Avocados have become very trendy in the past few years for uses not just guacamole. I replace the oil in the basic pancake recipe for half an avocado puree and add 1 tbsp of real unsweetened cocoa powder.
So here is the modified recipe in list form:
1 ½ cups of all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda 
1 tbsp of real unsweetened cocoa powder 
2 tbsp of brown sugar
2 eggs
½ an avocado (pureed)
1 ½ cups or maybe a bit more due to the cocoa powder, of milk (cow, or milk alternative)
Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix with a whisk. Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture and crack the two eggs into it. Now place avocado puree and 1 cup of milk into the well and mix thoroughly with the whisk, add the remaining milk. (if you like a flatter pancake, add a little more milk and you light a thicker pancake, don’t add all the milk)
Pour ¼ cup portions onto a lightly greased and hot griddle or frying pan and wait for bubbles to form on the top, flip and wait for the second side to brown. Serve with a bit of plain or with whipped cream and maple syrup.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Pancakes

This is an easy way to sneak a vegetable serving into breakfast. In my recipe I use one of our Loco Bebé Caribbean Pumpkin pouches, however, you could use ½ cup of pumpkin purée and cinnamon.

Ingredients
1 ½ cups of all purpose flour

1 ½ tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of baking soda

2 tbsp of brown sugar

2 eggs

1 Caribbean Pumpkin Pouch

2 tbsp of Olive Oil

1 ½ cups of milk (cow, or milk alternative)

Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix with a whisk. Make a well in the middle of the dry mixture and crack the two eggs into it. Now squeeze in the Caribbean Pumpkin Pouch, add the 2 tbsp of oil and 1 cup of milk into the well and mix thoroughly with the whisk, add the remaining milk. (if you like a flatter pancake, add a little more milk and you light a thicker pancake, don’t add all the milk)


On a lightly greased griddle pour ¼ cup portions of batter and wait for bubbles to form on the top, flip and wait for the second side to brown. Serve hot with maple syrup or whatever you like to top your pancakes with.



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Banana Chicken Curry Anyone?

11/14/2017

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Banana Chicken Curry

Banana Chicken Curry Recipe
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This was a huge hit at our table! I usually make curry once a week and on my search to find a way to prepare a savory banana dish I came across a chicken curry recipe. Try it out, it was delicious and was a very easy recipe.

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Chocolate Smoothie Bowl

11/10/2017

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Banana for the Chocolate Smoothie-Funny Photo #1
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Organic Unsweetened Cocao Powder-Funny Photo #2
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Blending the Smoothie-Funny Photo #3

Chocolate Smoothie Recipe

Smoothie
2 Bananas
1 Cup Coconut Milk
1 Tbsp of Nut Butter
1 scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder
1 Tbsp of unsweetened cocoa
Ice (about 10 cubes)

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend on high until smooth.

In a bowl place a scoop of Natural Greek Yogurt (the really thick kind if you can find it, I use The Honey Company’s Organic Greek Yogurt)
Pour Smoothie over the Greek Yogurt
Sprinkle with Chia Seeds, Nuts, Granola, Chopped Fruit, whatever you have on hand another scoop of nut butter can be really delicious too!

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Organic Chocolate Banana Smoothie Bowl with Chia seeds and Vanilla Protein
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Smoothie Bowl with Homemade Granola
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Banana Bread

11/10/2017

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Banana Bread French Toast


Back in Canada we have a restaurant chain called Milestones and for a few years they had an incredible brunch item… Banana Bread French Toast. I’ve never been able to fully recreate their recipe, however, it’s still scrumptious, here’s my recipe.


French Toast Recipe
2 eggs scrambled
¾ cup of Milk (cows or alternative milk like coconut milk or almond)
1 tsp of Cinnamon
1 tbsp of brown cane sugar (optional)
Sliced Banana Bread
Real Maple Syrup (because I’m Canadian and there is no substitute!)

Combine first 4 ingredients well.
Heat butter on a griddle or frying pan.
Dip one slice of banana bread into the egg and milk mixture carefully and quickly. One side and then the other side place carefully on the griddle and allow to brown, flip and brown the other side.
Remove from griddle once both sides are cooked, place on a plate and serve with whipping cream and Real Maple Syrup.


Here is my Banana Bread Recipe

Mix together:
4 Ripe Mashed Bananas
1/3 Cup of Coconut Oil
​1 Cup of Sugar or Fruit Purée

1 egg beaten
1 tsp of vanilla

After above is mixed:
Sprinkle 1 tsp of bakin soda
1 pinch of salt and mix

Sift 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour and mix.

Pre-Heat oven at 300 degrees 
Bake for about 35 minutes in a large greased bread pan

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Going Banana's for Banana Recipes

11/10/2017

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Three Unusual Recipes that use Bananas

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Banana Chicken Curry
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​Banana’s are great for babies. They are easy on their tummies, soft, a bit sweet, you can be mashed and mixed with a lot of other fruits and vegetables. High in nutrients, B6, B12, magnesium and potassium they are a wonderful whole food.

Knowing this, you go to the grocery store and buy some bananas for your little one and quickly realize, she’s not going to eat the 5 or 6 bananas you just bought before they turn brown.


So what can you make with bananas? ​

Of course your immediate answer might be something sweet such as Banana Bread which is delicious, but what other meals can you make with Bananas? 

Read on to see three different ways to use those bananas beyond the classic banana bread for Breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes to help you use up those extra bananas!

Click on the Links below to get the recipes!

Banana Bread French Toast
Chocolate Banana Smoothie Bowl
​Banana Chicken Curry
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