It's Pancake Day! But I'm on a bit of a mission to lose some weight, tone up and generally be healthy, so I took to the internet to look for ways that I could participate in the eating of pancakes, but in a slightly healthier way.
In my quest, I found recipes that used almond flour instead of regular flour for a less carb heavy solution; but I thought that the calories in this may be too high for my personal consumption (as I'm watching my calories as well as trying to eat cleanly), due to the fact that nuts in general are quite calorific.
Then I had a eureka moment when I came across a recipe that called for eggs, oats and bananas and wondered if I could omit the oats to make it even less calorific and carb heavy! So I tried it, and it turns out that yes I could. Now I'm not saying that these have the regular pancake texture - and when cooking them they are quite fragile, so it's better to make them smaller (but more of them)... but they're close enough, and with some honey and lemon on (I stayed quite traditional) I think they're rather yummy.
A Dash of vanilla extract
Coconut oil (for frying).
Feel free to add in vanilla extract, cinnamon, cocoa powder or any other spices/flavourings into the mix, depending on the flavours you prefer. And also if the mixture isn't 'quite' there for you texture wise you could add in maybe a tablespoon or 2 of coconut or almond flour. I've also read that ground flaxseeds work well to hold the mixture together.
I stayed quite traditional with my honey and lemon toppings, but you could add pretty much anything that you'd normally have on your pancakes... especially if you're not being totally rigid about the health factor. I think next time I might try some with strawberries and raspberries pureed in the food processor with a little honey in.
Apologies for the pathetic one pancake in my final photograph, in my excitement to get the others to the plate, I ended up dropping them on the floor, and I only had enough mixture left to make this feeble, lonely one more. I guess that's another way to lower my calorie intake, though?! ;-)
Speaking of calories, this mix (without toppings) works out to be around 300 calories (depending on the weight of banana you use) and I think would be enough for 2 people (based on 2 small to medium pancakes each).
