I've been following trim healthy mama style of eating for a year and a half. Using coconut flour was new to me, until about a year ago. It can be temperamental. It doesn't follow the normal rules of baking/cooking. But don't let that scare you - simply follow my easy peasy recipe and you will be nom nom noming on some delicious coconut pancakes for breakfast or lunch. Please note that this recipe doesn't have a load of protein. You could add half a scoop of Whey Protein Isolate (WPI) if you wanted to... or you could have a Fat Stripping Frappe (FSF) for morning/afternoon tea.
I've found that my body functions best when I have {S} breakfasts. If I do have an {E} breakfast, it is usually only a very small serve. E breakfasts seem to affect my blood sugar levels in a way that makes me slightly dizzy, light-headed and feeling spaced out. But a gal can only eat fried eggs, boiled eggs, omelet, scrambled eggs and frittata so many times before it becomes monotonous, eh? Enter... Coconut pancakes!
Coconut Pancakes with Blueberries & Vanilla Cream
Serves 1 (with 2 pancakes)
- 1 egg
- 1 TB coconut oil
- 1 Tsp Natvia or other plan approved sweetener
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 TB coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 40ml coconut milk (to cut about 8grams of fat content of this meal you can use unsweetened almond milk instead)
- 1/4 - 1/2 cup blueberries (as many as you like but to keep this as an S do not exceed half a cup)
- 40 - 50 ml cream or Greek Yogurt seasoned with 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract and a pinch of Natvia
- Mix egg, coconut oil, Natvia, salt, coconut flour and coconut link in a blender, stick blender or magic bullet. Set aside.
- Gently heat blueberries in a little water until thawed or nice and syrupy. Add a sprinkling of natvia. Set aside.
- Combine cream, vanilla and another sprinkling of Natvia. Set aside.
- Heat a non stick fry pan, with a teeny little of coconut oil or butter. You only need a smidgen. Pour in half of the pancake batter and gently cook through. Flip to cook the other side. Repeat with remaining pancake mix.
- Serve on a plate, topped with syrupy blueberries and vanilla cream.
Easy peasy and yummy in my tummy.
