Who doesn’t love fresh, hot pancakes on a weekend morning? The smell of buttery deliciousness fills your nose and the delicate sizzling delights your ears. Everyone is always a little bit happier after a good old pancake breakfast. Despite all their yumminess and all their nostalgia value, there is a downside.

A breakfast of just two pancakes, butter and syrup can add up to about 500 calories and 90 grams of carbs. NINE-ZERO. Pancakes can be time consuming, recipes often yield a zillion portions and no one needs all those simple carbohydrates in the morning! Oh and not to mention gluten and pancakes being bffls. I sought a solution to all of those problems, because let’s face it… pancakes are rad and we should be able to eat them on all days ending in -y.

SO without further ado, I present you with a single serving, delicious pancake recipe that is chock full of nutrients, healthy fat and fibre. At ~250 calories for the ENTIRE recipe (yes, you may eat the whole thing) these bad boys will fill you up.

Single-Serve Oatmeal Pancakes

(serves 1)

3 tablespoons Almond Flour

3 tablespoons Oat Flour

1 teaspoon Coconut Flour

1 tablespoon ground flax

pinch salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 egg whites (sub applesauce/oil for vegan version)

3 tablespoons almond milk (sub any other milk)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 packet of stevia (equals about 2 teaspoons of sweetener)

Light spray of oil for cooking

Combine all dry ingredients, mix very well with a fork or sift together. Whisk egg whites until fluffy, add stevia/other sweetener, then fold in milk and vanilla Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and slowly pour in the wet ingredients. Stir until JUST combined. Cook in a preheated non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown on both sides.

Round out the meal with 1/2 a banana and a tbsp of almond butter. There you have it, in under ten minutes you have yourself a healthy and delicious breakfast. Enjoy!

Question of the Day:

What are your favorite foods to have in/on pancakes?

Chocolate chip pancakes are a BIG weakness of mine. I could eat a mountain of them, with more chocolate than batter…topped with whipped cream and banana’s… and Nutella… and maybe some shredded coconut. Great, I’ll probably dream of unhealthy pancakes tonight!