I Love Pancakes Berry Much - A Recipe for a Delicious Healthy Breakfast

Have you always wished pancakes could be a healthy choice and leave you feeling light while also giving you the energy to power through your mornings?

Well … do I have good news for you!

Our mouth watering pancakes are packed with all you’ll need to to feel incredible! Want a sweet tooth satisfying, nutrient packed breakfast? It’s possible! These cakes are easy to make and cost effective, too! You can prep these beauties knowing the batter will stay fresh for up to 3-4 days in a glass, airtight storage container, or you can make the pancakes and store in fridge up to 3-4 days or freeze them. This meal serves your mind, body, and spirit. ✨

Let's take a deeper look into the ingredients!
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Oats:

Oats are among the healthiest grains on earth. They’re a gluten-free whole grain and a great source of important vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants.

Studies show that oats and oatmeal have many health benefits. These include weight loss, lower blood sugar levels, and a reduced risk of heart disease.

The nutrient composition of oats is well-balanced. They are a good source of carbs and fiber, including the powerful fiber beta-glucan. Beta-glucan lowers cholesterol levels, reduces blood sugar/insulin response, feeds good bacteria in the GI tract, and helps you feel full. Oats are loaded with important vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant plant compounds. Such as; manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, iron, folate, vitamin B1, and vitamin B5. The most notable is a very unique group of antioxidants called avenanthramides, only found in oats! This rare antioxidant has powerful anti-inflammatory properties along with many other benefits.

Bananas:

Bananas are incredibly healthy, convenient, delicious, and one of the most inexpensive fresh fruits you can buy. This makes them an excellent choice for anyone interested in eating healthy. They are one of the most nutritional and healing fruits at every store. Two bananas can fuel you through a 90 min workout! Talk about a hardworking fruit.

They are made up of 76% water and packed with vitamins such as vitamins C and B6, with minerals such as potassium, folate, copper, and manganese. This high water/nutrient ratio makes them a great electrolyte food, perfect for busy bees, tough workouts, busy moms, and women on the go. Bananas are also an excellent brain food, great for deep thinkers. They are known to help build strong muscles. Even better than supporting you through a 90 minute workout, they strengthen the nervous system, helping you become more resilient overall.

Bananas are sometimes referred to as the perfect food for athletes. This is largely due to their content of easily digested carbs, as well as the minerals potassium and magnesium, both of which act as electrolytes. You lose electrolytes through your sweat during vigorous exercise. Resupplying your body with potassium and magnesium after sweating, for example by eating a banana, may reduce exercise-related muscle cramps and soreness. Bananas also support the natural acidophilus “good” bacteria in the bowel which helps promote a healthy and functional digestive tract in addition to keeping the immune system healthy and strong. Resistant starch, the type of fiber found in unripe bananas, is a prebiotic.

We are going to go ahead and recommend you keep a bunch handy at all times.

Pure Maple Syrup:

Pure maple syrup is natural and unrefined. Maple syrup production involves tapping the sap from Sugar Maple trees. The sap then enters an evaporator where much of the moisture content (water) of the sap evaporates, leaving the sweet, thickened concentrated maple syrup behind.

The health benefits of maple syrup may include a healthy heart and a healthier immune system. It has antioxidant properties that can protect the body from free radicals. Oxidative damage, which is caused by free radicals, is believed to be among the mechanisms behind aging and many diseases. Antioxidants can neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative damage, potentially lowering your risk of some diseases.

Studies indicate that maple syrup is a decent source of antioxidants. Several studies found 24 different antioxidants in maple syrup. Pure maple syrup is not only high in antioxidants, but every spoonful offers nutrients like riboflavin, zinc, magnesium, calcium, and potassium. It’s low in glucose. In addition to having a lower Glycemic Index rating, maple syrup also contains antioxidant polyphenols and a plant hormone called abscisic acid. These two compounds work together to regulate your body's sensitivity to insulin, which controls your blood sugar level and the absorption of your blood sugar in your cells.

Wild Blueberries:

Wild blueberries are different from regular blueberries (aka cultivated blueberries) in many ways. For instance, wild blueberries are referred to as “lowbush”, while cultivated blueberries are called “highbush”. What does this mean?

This difference is similar to grass fed free range meat to grain factory farm grade meat. The difference is a big one!

Wild blueberries have twice the antioxidant capacity per serving in comparison to regular blueberries and other berries, such as raspberries and strawberries. This may be due to the harsh, cold growing conditions that these plants thrive under. The harsher the growing conditions, the more protection the plant needs, which comes in the form of phytochemicals giving them their intense blue color. While other food related plants can only continue after a fire “if” their seeds survive and are replanted to thrive and come back, wild blueberry plants can be burned to the ground and they will come back stronger than ever. This is what you’d call an adaptogen, and science is finally starting to recognize the power house within this strong adaptive plant!

Wild blueberries are rich in phytochemicals called polyphenols, which are powerful antioxidants. There are many different types of polyphenols in wild blueberries, including anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, chlorogenic acids, and flavonols. Antioxidants offer a wide range of health benefits, including reducing age-associated oxidative stress and inflammation. Wild Blueberries are incredible for gently removing heavy metals in the body and brain! The benefits are for our entire bodies and all systems within the body like our nervous and gastrointestinal systems.

Look how they came out! They were so delicious, and I felt nourished all morning long. Definitely a healthy breakfast staple for us. Recipe below.

Ingredients for Pancake Batter:
Serves 1

1 cup gluten free oats

1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk

1 ripe banana, more to serve

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)

1 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp alcohol-free vanilla extract or powder (powder is incredible)

1-2 tbsp raw honey or maple syrup, to serve

1 scoop of protein powder (Optional)

Ingredients for Berry topping:
Serves 1

1/2 cup wild blueberries or fruit or your choice

Tsp arrowroot starch

2 tbsp maple syrup

1-2 tbsp water, if needed

Coconut whipped cream (optional-homemade or store bought)

Directions for Pancake Batter:

Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Add more almond milk if needed to get a thick but pourable consistency.

Preheat a large non-stick ceramic frying pan over medium-low heat. Scoop 1/4 cup of the batter and cook for 2-3 minutes on one side, until bubbles form on the surface. Then flip and cook for a another 30 seconds.

Serve immediately, topped with additional fresh fruit if desired and a drizzle of raw honey or maple syrup.

Directions for Berry Topping:

To make the topping, combine the wild blueberries, arrowroot, and maple syrup in a small saucepan on medium-high heat. Cook, stirring often, for 3-5 minutes, until the mixture is thick and the wild blueberries soft. If it gets very thick then add a bit of water.

Serve pancakes immediately, topped with the wild blueberry sauce.