Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Wash, peel and slice the sweet potato. Cook for about 15 minutes in a steamer or pot with a steamer insert and 1 inch of water, until very soft. Mash or puree it to a smooth consistency.
- In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients.
- If you're making flax eggs - this is a good time to make them as they'll need to set for 3-5 minutes. Combine 1 tablespoon ground flax meal with 3 tablespoons of water per one egg. This recipe calls for 4 eggs: 4 tbsp flax meal + 12 tbsp water. Mix well & set aside to congeal.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and add the milk and vanilla extract until blended. Lastly, add the 3 tbsp of melted coconut oil and whisk together quickly/thoroughly (the coconut oil will begin to harden).
- Wash the lemon and grate the rind (as much as possible) directly into the wet ingredients. Squeeze the lemon juice into the same bowl as well (optional).
- Stir in the cooked sweet potato or grated/ food processed carrots (shredded won't work).
- To the wet ingredients, gradually stir in the dry ingredients (minus the flaxseed) until you have a fairly consistent mixture. There will likely be a few chunks in your batter. Don't worry about these. Lastly, add the ground flaxseed and let is sit for a couple minutes.
- Grease the skillet or griddle with remaining 2.5 tbsp coconut oil, cook on medium-high heat.Using a large spoon, drizzle the pancake batter on your cooking surface. Don't over crowd your skillet or you won't be able to flip them well.
- If your pan begins to smoke, turn down the temperature -- you don't want your cooking oil to smoke. Coconut oil will last till about 350°F - its "smoke point". 300°F is sufficiently hot for cooking pancakes. You don't want to hit 350°F for many reasons.
- This recipe makes 12-16 medium sized pancakes. Enjoy!
Notes
WHOLE RECIPE: Total Calories - 2,400(v), 2,400. (v = vegan version)
Total Cost - $5.30(v), $5.80 . Grade - A . *Monthly Cost - $253(v), $258
Programming Notes:
- To make nut-free pancakes, replace the almond flour with Cassava flour. This decreases total protein content. If that bothers you, consider adding a few extra tablespoons of protein powder. You may need to also add a tablespoon (+/-) of flaxmeal and additional water to achieve desired batter consistency.
