I love this recipe – it’s like a normal pancake with a health oompf. It’s gluten and dairy-free and has the added twist of healthy chia seeds (the superfood and source of healthy omega-3 fats and fibre) and cinnamon (blood sugar regulator and antioxidant). You can use any filling you would normally use, but I think the berry and coconut cream is so fresh and delicious – it feels bold, but it packs a nutritional punch and is finger-lickin’ good. The kids can easily join in to help make the batter – lots of mixing = little people feeling important.
Ingredients:
125g Doves gluten-free flour
1 Tbsp Chia seeds
1 tsp Cinnamon
Pinch Himalayan pink salt (optional)
3 Eggs
300ml Almond milk
Blueberries and raspberries to serve
1 can Coconut milk refrigerated
Coconut oil for cooking
Makes approximately 8 pancakes.
Directions:
1 In a mixing bowl place the flour, chia seeds, cinnamon and salt. Add the three eggs and whisk until it has the consistency of a really thick batter.
2 Add the milk slowly, a small bit at a time, to avoid a lumpy batter. Keep whisking.
3 While the batter is sitting for a few minutes allowing the chia seeds to add a thicker consistency, take the coconut milk out of the fridge. Scrape out the solid milk into a bowl and pour the liquid into a glass. With a fork mix up the coconut milk. If you find it’s too solid add a trickle of the liquid. You want it to be like whipped cream.
4 Get your frying pan really hot. Using coconut oil to fry put approximately a ladleful of the batter mixture into the pan and cook until the surface no longer looks wet. Then flip over and cook the other side.
5 Serve with berries and the coconut cream mixture. A dash of lemon adds a nice twist.
Suzanne Leyden is a Diet, Health and Wellness Coach, mum of two (cute) boys, a businesswoman and a busy woman with a passion for nutrition and dietary excellence. She works to improve people’s health and wellbeing through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes – restoring balance and health to families. For her @suzanneleyden for daily wellness updates.
