Pancakes are one of the great American breakfast foods, and for good reason. They're delicious! Combine them with oatmeal and you can't go wrong. Oatmeal is heart-healthy, cholesterol-free, increases satiety (helps you feel full), low in fat and sodium, and high in fiber and minerals. This is a really hearty, inexpensive, and healthy recipe that my family loves!
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. sugar
2 eggs
2 cups milk, preferably skim
2 tbsp. vinegar or lemon juice
Add the vinegar or lemon juice to the milk separately, and let them sit for 3-5 minutes. This creates a healthy buttermilk substitute. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl, and then add the milk mixture and eggs. Mix with a stand or hand mixer. Adjust the thickness of the batter with flour or milk, if desired.
I use an electric griddle set just over 250 degrees to keep them golden brown without ever burning. This recipe makes about 10 large pancakes, which usually turns out to be 3-4 servings.
Serve with syrup (preferably light syrup or sparing amounts), or try serving with fruit and/or yogurt or light margarine and cinnamon sugar. You'll feel full all the way to lunch, and you'll feel great having had a healthy start to your day!
You can even serve these as a quick, healthy dinner with fruit and lean ham steaks.
I'll have to throw away my old wheat flour (it's old and the last time I tried to use it I ended up with brick like bread) and try these. I suspect I'll need to get used to the stronger taste of wheat flour again. They sound good.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you have, but I find that white wheat has a much milder taste and is lighter than red wheat. I use white wheat for everything!
DeleteYou didn't tell me you were doing a blog. I like it! Are these the pancakes we had at my house? They were sooo good!
DeleteThanks! You were in Chile when I started it :-) These are the pancakes we had at your house. I'm glad you liked them. We eat them all the time now!
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