Healthy pancakes, who doesn’t love that idea?! One of the greatest things in the world is being able to create 100% healthy versions of sweet staples like pancakes. On this post, I’ll focus on three recipes that I like to rotate with whenever I feel like devouring pancakes. I promise you they’re incredibly easy, fast and delicious, which are the three essential elements of Karina’s meals. 🙂 I wouldn’t call myself a Chef, I don’t particularly enjoy spending countless hours in the kitchen cooking. Okay, let me rephrase this: I actually utterly loathe spending a lot of time in the kitchen, unless it is for a special occasion, in which case I won’t mind throwing it down in the kitchen. Listen, don’t judge me, I have other things to do. But when you live a healthy lifestyle, you have absolutely no choice but to cook your own food and after a while of eating the same thing over and over again, you realize you have to step your game up and get a little creative. Given everything I just said, you’ll understand that anything I decide to make has to be easy fast and tasty, otherwise I go crazy and feel like I’m wasting precious time I could spend doing things I value more.
Each of these three recipes won’t take more than 10 minutes to make. Let’s get to it!
1. Banana pancakes
Ingredients:
– 2 ripe bananas
– 2 tbsp almond butter
– 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
– 2 eggs
– Pinch baking powder
Directions:
Mash bananas with a fork, add almond butter, eggs, baking powder and coconut, and mix until all ingredients come together.
Preheat oven to 400° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread butter onto the paper and form your pancakes. Place in the oven for 15 minutes. Voilà !
2. Sweet potato pancakesÂ
Ingredients:
– 1 medium sweet potato roasted, peeled and cooled
– 2 eggs
– Cooking Spray or butter
– Cinnamon (optional)
Instructions:
Mash peeled sweet potato in a bowl, add eggs and cinnamon, and mix well.
Preheat oven to 400° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread butter onto the paper and form your pancakes. Place in the oven for 20 minutes. Serve!
Yummy tip: top with crunchy almond butter and unsweetened shredded coconut, you won’t regret it!
3. Healthy pancakes – Oatmeal pancakes
Ingredients:
– 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
– 1 tsp cinnamon
– 2 tbsp baking powder
– 1/2 tsp salt
– 2 cups unsweetened almond/soya milk
– 2 eggs
Instructions:
– Add rolled oats to a blender and blend until obtention of a flour-like consistency. Then transfer them into a bowl.
– Add in the baking powder, salt, cinnamon and and mix until all ingredients come together. Then add in the milk and eggs and mix again.
– Grease pan with butter and form your pancakes. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes on each side. Enjoy! 🙂
I hope you like these recipes, they’re great for everyday breakfast and a snack. You can easily carry them in your bag if you’re on the go as well, which I have done multiple times.
If you want to make them even more nourishing, you can add to all recipes chia seeds, or protein powder. I often use chia seeds but never protein powder. If you follow my Instagram Stories, you may remember me purchasing a chocolate protein powder from a pharmacy for the first time ever a couple months ago, without knowing much about the product except I liked their protein bars, but their protein powder was way, way too sweet. I have not used it more than once and never purchased protein powder ever since.Â
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