Monster & Ghost Pancakes

The other morning I decided to try another Halloween themed pancake idea so I chose ghosts and monster blobs. They turned out better than the pumpkins.

 

 What you'll need:

•pancake mix (I used whole wheat)

•water

•no stick skillet or cooking spray

 

Here is a video I'm how to make these. Keep in mind that you need to let the outline darken before filling in and once you fill in be sure to fill in as fast as possible. 

 

 

Pancake art; Pumpkins

To kick off the start of October I thought that I would attempt pancake art for the very first time. I can't say that it turned out excellent but it was fun and the kids really enjoyed them and thought that they were neat and delicious of course.

What you'll need:

•pancake mix (we used whole wheat)

•some kind of squeezable bottle (we used an old pancake syrup bottle)

•water

•non stick pan

Mix up the ingredients for pancakes to the correct serving you'd like. Check out the video on my instagram (to the right) or use the link.

http://instagram.com/p/t3DCN1TdJX/?modal=true

Cinnamon Banana Almond Butter Pancakes

I posted a recipe before that was pancakes made with bananas and eggs. I personally was not a big fan of this but I did enjoy the banana taste in them so I decided to come up with my own concoction even though I'm sure it's online or in a recipe book somewhere.

What you'll need:

•whole wheat pancake mix 

•almond butter

•1 ripe banana

•cinnamon

•vanilla extract

•mixer

•cooking spray 

•lite or sugar free syrup 

1- mix up the batter as instructed on the back of the box for how many pancakes you'd like. this recipe is for about 10 pancakes.

2- slice banana and drop into batter.

3- sprinkle cinnamon on the top to your liking. 

4- using a teaspoon that you'd eat with fill it with vanilla extract and dump into batter.

5- with the same teaspoon scoop out 4 good size scoops of almond butter and add to the batter.

6- with mixer blend everything until no banana chunks are left.

7- use cooking spray on your pan, pour batter to the size of pancake you'd like

8- flip pancakes until a golden brown, repeat last 2 steps until batter is gone

 

These were absolutely wonderful and had my house smelling so good! Assuming you use a very ripe banana it will have an awesome flavor to it. This was a big hit in my household and we all enjoyed. We topped it with some lite syrup and ate them up. If you have some left overs put them in baggies and freeze for a quick breakfast some other day!

Healthy pancakes and parfaits

My family is definitely not what you'd call healthy eaters but we are trying to test out new stuff and slowely switch over ingredients to low fat, reduced fat, no fat, whole wheat, organic...okay you get the picture im sure. Anyways, I ran across a recipe that used only 2 main ingredients for pancakes. I found it on a blog and I wish I could remember which one so I could share. If I come across it again I will add it in this post. Although I wasn't sure I'd like it since it was compared to the texture of French toast (not a fan) but I figured I'd give it a try. 

•1 ripe banana 

•2 eggs

•pb2 (organic section)

•cinnamon

•natural almond butter

•low fat butter

•sugar free syrup 

1.mash up banana until there are no chunks 

2.add in 2 eggs and mix in with banana. Now make sure it's good and mixed together or you will get more of an egg taste and not the banana.

3.add in a dash of pb2 & cinnamon, mix all of that in with banana and eggs.

4.put stove on a little before medium heat

5.grease your pan with non sticking spray 

6.cook pancakes in pan, flipping until evenly golden brown on both sides 

7.take off pan and spread some almond butter & regular low fat butter on them then top with sugar free syrup.

Now, I will give my honest opinion I was not a fan of these. They were not bad and if you like French toast then I'm almost positive that you will enjoy these. The texture and the taste both remind me of French toast which I am not a fan of. My boyfriend did like them. So, I'd say it varies person to person but don't try this recipe expecting to taste a real unhealthy pancake! Now for the parfaits which I whipped up myself.

•low fat organic vanilla yogurt

•nut of choice (I used pecans)

•blueberries 

•strawberries

•banana 

•organic granola

•organic honey

1.using a regular table spoon (the spoon you eat with) scoop 4 scoops of yogurt into small cup

2.add about 5 nuts, 7 blueberries and 4 banana slices on top of yogurt

3.top with granola and drizzle with honey 

4.repeat steps 1-3 but this time instead of blueberries slice up 1-2 strawberries.

This is a great healthy breakfast idea. I eat one daily! Not to mention nuts and bananas are both fatigue fighters. I usually eat what's left of my banana after I finish my parfait.

Enjoy!