Morning All,
Yesterday I was reading Nourishing Jessica's blog and was immensely inspired by the amazing photography and the guilt-free meals - Jessica is a hugely successful vegan food blogger. She is very much into health, fitness (yoga is her everything) and still being able to enjoy good food despite the (small) limitations of a vegan diet. Although feeling very empowered after reading her BLUEBERRY AND VANILLA PROTEIN PANCAKES post, I still craved a bit of a cheeky breakfast. My pancakes included peanut butter, instead of the melted butter I would usually add; banana as a sweetener instead of sugar, and a ground oat mix instead of self-raising flour. Slightly better than my usual mix, but not quite Jessica level yet. YET - I will get better (the healthiness of my lifestyle, and the photography - it will improve my friends).
Anyway, let's get into it:
Anyway, let's get into it:
For the Pancakes:
Four Tablespoons of Oats (Any), Ground
One Tablespoon of Peanut Butter
Half A Banana
One Egg
A Splash Of Milk (Any)
Vanilla Extract (Optional)
Pinch of Salt (Optional)
Any Additions:
Three Strawberries, Halved
Half a Banana, Sliced
A Handful Of Blueberries
As Much Honey as You Please
The above will make about, 4 - 5 small pancakes. The first pancake always turns out horrendous, so that's why only four was on the plate, haha.
To start, you firstly want to grind up your oats in a blender. I was using a Nutri-Bullet, which has an attachment you can use to do so. If you don't have a blender to hand, you could use a pestle and mortar to grind up the oats. But, of course, you can leave them whole and I'm sure the mix will be fine. Once said oats are ground, I then added the rest of the ingredients to the blender and blended everything until it was smooth. The resulting mix will be quite thick - that's the way you want it. Warm up a heavy-based, non-stick pan on a low heat. Add your oil of choice, coconut oil works well because of its high smoking point, but I used a cheeky bit of butter - I'm sorry, I love the flavour.
Spoon the mix into the pan in small to medium sized circles. Cook them for a few minutes on each side. And repeat until you've used all of your batter. While the pancakes are cooking, you have the chance to prep your fruit. Halve your strawberries down the middle, so they appear heart-shaped when you open them. Slice your banana at an angle so you get slightly longer slices, rather than the usual circular shape. Wash and dry your blueberries.
When your pancakes are cooked and are ready to eat, assemble them on a warm plate alongside your fruit and drizzle them with honey. Serve.
Thanks for reading, and I really do hope you try these, they were pretty good - if I do say so myself. And please do check out Jessica's blog if you haven't. She has also just finished her fourth and final year on our course at university - I've only just finished my first year :( - so please go over to her blog and send her well wishes, I'm sure she did great on her exams!! And Jess, if you're reading, do you have any pearls of wisdom on how to complete CAM and get out alive?? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, aha.
Happy Thursday Everyone - See you Sunday,
Christina x
Jessica - nourishingjessica.com
Don't forget to like this post, subscribe to your right to see more great content, and share with your friends! Thank you for reading!
No comments