Everyone that knows me well, knows that I love breakfast food! Perhaps it's because I can either eat a sweet or savory meal and satisfy my cravings for the rest of the day. Actually it's because I can eat sweets and not be judged for eating dessert early in the morning...haha

Here is a great healthy alternative to your regular pancakes. Coconut Flour is grain and gluten-free and high in fiber. It is a bit more moist than regular All-purpose flour, so don't be surprised if your pancakes are different.

Coconut Chia Pancakes

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Prep time: 10 minutes  Cook time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup Coconut flour
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup coconut milk (you can use any milk)
• 3 tbsp coconut oil (liquid state- microwave or heat in a saucepan)
• 1 tbsp coconut palm sugar (you can use any sugar you desire)
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp chia seeds (optional)

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and oil until combined. 
2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until no clumps remain.
4. Grease your pan or griddle with coconut oil or butter and pour about 1/4 cup of the batter. Wait 3-4 minutes until bubbles begin to appear on the top and along the edges and then  flip them.
5. Cook on this side for about 1-2 minutes or until cooked throughly. 
6. Add any toppings.

Bon Apetite!

  

Chunky Monkey Oat Pancakes

Looking for a healthy alternative to those delicious hot cakes you eat on Sundays? Well I'm so happy to have stumbled to a recipe, which I've tweaked and love! I've been eating these everyday this past week and don't mind waking up early in the morning to make them.

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp chia seeds (optional)
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt (I used quark this time: quark is a german yogurt/cheese that is low calorie and fluffy)
• 1/2 sliced banana
• 1 tbsp mini dark chocolate chips

Topping

• 1/2 banana
• 1 tbsp almond butter
• 1 tsp almond milk (optional)

Mix all of the dry ingredients together: oats, baking powder, cinnamon, chia seeds, chocolate chips Then add in the vanilla extract, yogurt, banana and egg whites. Mix until it looks like a nice bowl of oatmeal.

Heat up a pan with a bit of  Smart promise vegan butter (you can use coconut oil or regular butter). Place the batter on the pan and allow for the bottom of the cake to cook through. Once you notice the corners of the pancake are brown/ crisp and you see bubbles bursting through the pancake, flip it over. Don't worry if you flip the pancake and itS A MESS. Trial and error, it will still taste good, I promise.

As you wait for the other end to cook. Begin mashing the other 1/2 of the banana in a small bowl and add the tbsp of almond butter and almond milk. Mix until you have a creamy consistency. After you place the pancake on a plate, you can pour a bit of organic maple syrup on the pancake and then pour the monkey butter topping. It is heaven. Enjoy, let me know how it turns out!