Healthy Pancake Recipe

by Nutritionfitnesslife.com

Why settle for store-bought pancake mixes when you can so easily make your own, more wholesome pancakes? These whole-wheat pancakes are light and delicious. Add some chopped berries if you like, and serve with warmed fruit compote or maple syrup. Just steer clear of butter!

You can actually use any whole grain flour, from oat, to spelt, to brown rice in this healthy pancake recipe... whatever you like best. The flax meal and touch of oil add a nutty, buttery flavor. You are also welcome to put a little bit of a heart-healthy spread on top.


Healthy Pancake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 egg (or 2 egg whites) lightly beaten

1/8 Cup canola oil

1 ¼ Cup low-fat buttermilk*

1 Cup whole wheat flour

1 Tbs flax meal (you can use flax seeds if more convenient)

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Dash cinnamon (optional)


Preparation:

Combine flour, flax meal, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon (if using). In a separate bowl, mix eggs with oil and buttermilk. Turn on stove/griddle to medium heat. Now add wet ingredients to dry and mix until combined.

Using a measuring cup, pour 1/4 cup batter onto the pan and cook over medium to medium-high heat.** Brown lightly on both sides, turning once. The pancake will set, poof up a little, and start showing tiny bubbles when it's ready to be flipped. After some practice, you'll "just know" when it's ready.

*If you don't have buttermilk, here's a good substitute: add 1 Tbs vinegar to a liquid measuring cup. Add milk so that the final measurement comes out to 1 ¼ cup. OR, if you don't have vinegar, no worries; just use milk.


**Flick some water on the griddle or pan (whichever you are using). If the water "dances" on the pan, it's ready. If the water droplets jump off the pan and sizzle loudly, the heat is up too high!


Optional Fun Toppings:

• Heart-healthy butter spread

• Natural Peanut Butter

• Cashew Butter

• Fruit! (Strawberries are excellent!)

• Natural applesauce and walnuts

• Yogurt

• Plain yogurt mixed with no-sugar granola and mashed, ripe bananas

• Ricotta cheese, almond slices, and chopped, dried apricots

• Pumpkin puree mixed with pumpkin pie spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves)

• 100% maple syrup (If you're not sensitive to sugar)


*Hope you enjoyed this healthy pancake recipe, now I'd like to tell you about my favorite diet program that uses a lot of the healthy lower GI foods: Isabel de los Rios' 'The Diet Solution Program'.

The Diet Solution Program favours a long term health orientated approach to fat loss, but not offering anyone a quick fix to their weight troubles. It has loads of valuable data and research to support its approach. I personally investigated the program thoroughly and my mum has been using it for a while now. I have to say she got some great results.

The nutrition plan is one of the healthiest we have seen, a strong core focus on vegetables, fruits, vitamin dense foods, lean proteins, select dairy produce and a clear approach to not expecting one diet to work for all body types. So give it a try and let me know how you’re doing.*

Original Healthy Pancake Recipe