Making good pancakes is really easy and fast and is quite healthy when you follow some basic Healthy-Foods principles. For starters, no Bisquick allowed. Secondly, let's beef up the fiber content a little and add some oats and other fiber-y whole grains. Third, let's make a whole bunch of these tasty pancakes and stick them in the freezer. Then the kids can heat up a quick snack all by themselves in the toaster! Or you can have them for breakfast again the next day.
Here is a couple of good pancake recipes (plus an easy-to-store mix) that will help you to break out of your cereal rut once and for all!
Please note: a couple of these ingredients--Rapadura and sucanat are evaporated sugar cane juice and are only available in health food stores. Whole wheat pastry flour is also in health food stores. Multigrain Pancake Mix
1/2 cup regular oats 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (available in health food stores) 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour 1/2 cup cornmeal 1/4 cup unprocessed wheat bran 1/4 cup toasted wheat germ 1/4 cup sucanat or Rapadura (both available in health food stores) 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt 1 teaspoon baking soda
Place oats in food processor, and process until smooth. Add remaining ingredients; process until smooth.
Makes 4 cups of dry mix.
Per serving: 77 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (6% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 209mg Sodium
Multigrain Pancakes (serves 6)
1 cup buttermilk 3 tablespoons safflower oil (or other expeller pressed oil) 2 egg whites -- lightly beaten 1 1/2 cup Multigrain Pancake Mix (see previous recipe)
Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; stir well. Add pancake mix, and stir until smooth (batter will be slightly thick).
Spoon about 1/4 cup batter onto a hot nonstick griddle or nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray. Turn pancakes when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Yield: 10 (4-inch) pancakes (serving size: 1 pancake)
Per serving: 250 Calories (kcal); 6g Total Fat; (20% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 43g Carbohydrate; 1mg Cholesterol; 581mg Sodium
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