Tag Archives: pancakes

Simple Grain Free Banana Breakfast Cakes

Posted on by
Reply

Simple Grain Free Banana Breakfast Cakes

So the other day my fellow Swim Bike Mom friend, Katherine, posted to my wall asking me if I had given her a recipe that she found delicious.  The recipe was as follows:
One egg, one banana, fry in butter and top with cinnamon and sugar.  Simple enough.  But I did not give her such recipe.

However, I have been craving pancakes for weeks.  Now that I’m mostly gluten free, my pancake options are limited.  I can make them myself at home from some yucky weird gluten free mix that is probably not very nutritious and full of empty rice flour calories and sodium.  I can make my Goat Crunch Cakes (or whatever the heck I named them at the time).  They are good, but not quite the light fluffy pancakes I have been wanting.  I have found one restaurant where they are amazing.  Stone Soup Kitchen in Atlanta makes vegan, gluten free, cornmeal blueberry pancakes.  They rock.  But it’s always so busy on the weekend, and well, we’re just too lazy to drive there and then have to wait.  Plus, they use the standard Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Flour blend, which is fine, but not super nutritionally in my opinion.

So I remembered Katherine’s recipe which had stuck on my mind. I had some icky looking bananas on the counter; a fridge full of organic brown eggs; and I had a 20 miler on the horizon and could use a substantial, yet not heavy breakfast to fuel me.  And thus, this recipe was born.

2013-07-21 11.32.38

I tweaked it a bit to suit my needs.  The pancakes came out sweet, light, and dare I say – fluffy!  And all without any icky ingredients!  Plus, they took no time at all.  I ate about half the batch

And I paired it with a very light homemade green beverage packed with antioxidants and chia seeds to fuel my run (I call it my homemade Goatorade)!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  1. 1/2 cup mashed ripe organic banana (mine were brown spotted on the outside, but still firm on the inside. I don’t think it’d be good with the super mushy ripe ones)
  2. 2 large organic eggs
  3. A little baking powder (make sure it’s aluminum free…and it’s probably about an 1/8 of a teaspoon…I don’t have an 1/8 measuring spoon, but I used about half of my 1/4 measuring spoon…)
  4. One Tablespoon of organic brown sugar (I actually probably didn’t need to add it, but it was delicious either way.  Again, I didn’t measure precisely… I just stuck my hand in the bag and grabbed a little.  Seemed like a tablespoon to me)
  5. A good dash of cinnamon (Sorry, as you can guess, I don’t know how much…it was a few dashes)
  6. One Tablespoon of Almond Flour (You probably could get away with it without this, but I haven’t tried it without)

Directions:

First I took my banana (I started with one small one and ended up using about one and a half small ones) and mashed it with a fork in the measuring cup until I had it pretty mashed up and had a half a cup.

Did you all see that article that a Japanese study found that brown spotted bananas can help combat cancer cells??? Who knows if it's legit, but this recipe will make you want to eat brown spotted bananas regardless ;)

Did you all see that article that a Japanese study found that brown spotted bananas can help combat cancer cells??? Who knows if it’s legit, but this recipe will make you want to eat brown spotted bananas regardless 😉

I put this in my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer and added all of the other ingredients.  You could also probably just beat by hand as well…but I’m lazy and I have this fancy device, so I might as well use it!  Plus I think it helped make them fluffy because the Kitchen Aid isn’t lazy and beat the hell out of it.

I meant to take a picture of the batter, but when I remembered to, this was all that was left ;)

I meant to take a picture of the batter, but when I remembered to, this was all that was left 😉

While it’s beating, heat your pan or griddle over low-medium heat.  Grease with some coconut oil or your spray of choice.

Once it was all thoroughly mixed and my pan was heated, pour in batter.  These cook best over lower heat…so just be patient!  Also they come out much better in small pancakes – think IHOP silver dollar size 😉

You’ll probably have to wait at least 5 minutes or so for the first side to get done (at least on your first batch when the pan is still heating…)….when you note the sides firming up and some bubbles on top…then flip and cook through to your liking on the other side.

OK not the best picture, but you get it!

OK not the best picture, but you get it!

I found these really good plain….but if you want add some pure maple syrup, or as I ate the later, topped with walnuts and bananas.  You could also top with mini dark chocolate chips or some pureed fruit and they’d be awesome.

I'm proud that I took decent pictures this time, so you'll get more pictures than you need ....

I’m proud that I took decent pictures this time, so you’ll get more pictures than you need ….

I ate the rest of the batch at room temperature out of the fridge by hand – like little cakes – the next day and they were delicious!

Enjoy!

I think I finally took a good looking food picture!!!

I think I finally took a good looking food picture!!!

A Happy Goat-day and Pumpkin Crunch Cakes with Apple Topping!

Posted on by
2

Flourless Goat Crunch Cakes with Apple Cinnamon Topping!

Today is my birthday!  Better known as Lizmas.  Its the big 3-3! I’m an old woman, but a fast old woman at least 😉

(On the trails...on the trails!!! Get your heads out of the gutter people!)
(On the trails…on the trails!!! Get your heads out of the gutter people!)

I got lots of awesome gifts.  Amongst the many awesome gifts was a personalized velour sweatsuit from Pooky:

Pimpin' ain't easy ;)
Pimpin’ ain’t easy 😉

He of course had to get himself one as well…

He's been dreaming of a velour jumpsuit for years ;)
He’s been dreaming of a velour jumpsuit for years 😉

He also got me a Vitamix!!!!

Ohhh more recipes coming soon!!!!!
Ohhh more recipes coming soon!!!!!

I haven’t had time to whip it out yet because I’ve been too busy diving into these.  If you live in Atlanta and have any sort of food allergy and haven’t been to Dulce Vegan bakery yet, then you don’t know what you’re missing!!!  SO good.

Nom nom nom (Rosh Dawg style ;)
Nom nom nom (Rosh Dawg style 😉

So anyways, I woke up this morning on Lizmas… I was set to celebrate Goat style – with 2.5 hours on the spin bike and an hour of yoga.  SO I needed a power breakfast.

Speaking of Queens...2.5 hours on the bike today. Not so good for the queen.
Speaking of Queens…2.5 hours on the bike today. Not so good for the queen.

I’ve eaten steel cut oats, eggs, smoothies, single serve goat-meals for weeks…I needed something new today.

I looked around … I didn’t have much to work with here… then I saw a can of pumpkin in the back of the cupboard.  Mmmm pumpkin.  Who doesn’t like pumpkin.

Of course this made me think – pumpkin pancakes.  One of my favorites!  But I didn’t want to get weighed down with ucky yucky flour and I’ve already been sneezy and tired enough from the pollen, so I didn’t want to compound that with some flour.

So these Flourless Goat Crunch Cakes are what came to mind.  Then I also require fruit topping for all my waffles and pancakes…and I’ve got an overflow of apples…so here is where the apple cinnamon topping resulted from.

However, the making of these was a small fiasco.  The gym opened at 8 am.  I planned to do some laundry and be there by 8 am so I could finish in time for yoga at 11 am.  However, I went to grab the almond butter.  It’s all natural, so the oils had risen to the top….I open it up, and pow!  The oil spilled all over my counter and floor like the Juan Valdez.  Sheesh.  Lots of time cleaning that up.

...Especially when you have piss poor cleaning skills...
…Especially when you have piss poor cleaning skills…

OK…got that cleaned up.  NEXT… I go for the maple syrup to do up my topping just right.  AND I spill it all over the counter and into the utensils drawer!!!!!   Arrrghhh…. you know the only thing worse to clean up than almond butter oil????  ahhh, yeah, maple syrup in your utensil drawer, counter, and floor.

OK so then I got THAT cleaned up.  Sheesh.

Or after you've had a rough or messy morning...
Or after you’ve had a rough or messy morning…

And the cakes could finally go in the skillet, out of the skillet, on my plate, and into my mouth!  Yipee!

This is fairly accurate. Except I also ate pizza and cupcakes and watched several episodes of 24.
This is fairly accurate. Except I also ate pizza and cupcakes and watched several episodes of 24.

Yummy, simple morning pancakes without all the empty calories from flour!

Ingredients – Cakes:

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin (I buy the canned organic pumpkin Farmers brand – not pumpkin pie filling, just the pumpkin.  I haven’t tried it yet, but you could very like substitute roasted squash, banana, or sweet potatoes)
  • 2 eggs (this time I used 1/2 cup Egg Beaters because I had some that needed used up.  But typically I would use organic whole eggs.   You could probably also use a half cup egg whites)
  • 2  Tablespoons of natural cashew, peanut, or almond butter (I used almond butter this time.  Make sure the only ingredient is nuts!!! and possibly a splash of sea salt.  If you are worried about fat, you could try PB2 powder – I would use two Tablespoons of the end result – the reconstituted powder after its been mixed with liquid)
  • 1-2 Tablespoons coconut oil or Coconut oil spray
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (nutmeg, ginger or pumpkin pie spice would also be good)
  • I didn’t do it this time, but I think some chopped nuts or chopped apples would be good mixed in as well)
  • 1/3 cup Kind Cinnamon, Oat and Flax Gluten Free Granola
  • Stevia to taste (I used one big spoon. Probably could’ve done two or maybe one tablespoon brown sugar)

What to do with it all:

Heat skillet over medium-high heat and add coconut oil to melt and coat the bottom of the pan.  Mix the pumpkin, eggs and nut butter in a small bowl until well blended (just use a fork to blend – don’t over mix).  Add nuts or apples or nothing at all.  Add the vanilla, cinnamon, and stevia (or other sweetener).  Once the pan is hot and the coconut oil is melted, spoon into the skillet.  I found that the smaller ones came out better.  So I made them all silver dollar type pancakes.  Plus Pooky loves silver dollar pancakes.  Win, win.  Once you see bubbles in the cakes, flip and cook through.  You could add the granola on top once you flip, but I like to add mine at the end.

Ingredients – Topping

  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 3 Peeled and chopped apples
  • 1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1/4 – 1/2 cup of water

What to do with it all:

In a skillet, on medium heat, melt the coconut oil.  Sautee apples until softened.  Add in the maple syrup, cinnamon and 1/4 cup water.  Cook and stir as needed.  Add more water if need be.  I had to.  Top your cakes with them as is (I did) or puree the topping a bit and top.

I topped the cakes with the apple mixture then sprinkled them with the granola.  Wha-la!

End Result:

They taste better than they look, promise!
They taste better than they look, promise!