Pancakes without the guilt? Yes please!

     Breakfast, the meal that starts off our day! Some chose to skip breakfast because they feel it will help them lose weight where others argue that you need to eat breakfast in order to get your body working on burning those calories. Unfortunately if you are trying to lose weight and don’t know whether to skip or eat breakfast scientists still do not have an answer for you. Click to read the Washington Post article on “The Science of Skipping Breakfast” http://wapo.st/1MqUkE9 .   

     As for me, I never skip breakfast! I love food too much! I discovered one of my favorite recipes on one of my favorite blogs, “Tone it up”.  The blog is run by two women, Karena and Katrina, from California; they post their beach workouts, recipes, great ideas for snacks on the go, plus much more! Here is a link to their blog http://bit.ly/1GdvomN Check it out! 

     Now back to food, more specifically, breakfast. What if I told you, you could have your cake and eat it too, while still eating healthy? I’m talking about pancakes, and yes I have a recipe for a healthy pancake that is delicious and will fuel you for your busy day. I originally found this pancake recipe on Karena and Katrina’s blog “Tone it up” and have since altered it to my liking. This recipe can be made to satisfy many dietary needs such as; Vegan, Gluten free, flour free. 

Ingredients needed are;

1 ripe banana

1 egg

¼ cup flour of your choice (optional, personally I use spelt flour)

1 Tbs Vanilla extract

A dash (or two or three) of cinnamon

3 Tbs of a sweetener of your choice (optional, I use stevia)

Fruit (optional)

Nuts (optional)

Mash the banana up then mix everything together until it becomes blended together.

 I recommend cooking with coconut oil. Make sure you don’t cook your pancake on high heat, it will burn easily. When your pancake is done cooking you can top it with almond butter, peanut butter, sunflower butter or any of your favorite pancake toppings! ‘Justin’s vanilla flavored almond butter is my personal favorite. Sometimes I will drizzle some honey over my pancake in order to satisfy my sweet tooth.  

Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think!