WFPB Cinnamon-Sweet Potato & Buckwheat Pancakes
Whole foods plant based, HEALTHY comfort food that all the family will enjoy.
Equipment
- Non-stick frying pan or skillet
- Spatula or fish slice
- High speed blender
Ingredients
- ½ cup cooked sweet potato You can either steam your potato OR for ease, just microwave it whole then scoop out the middle. One small potato takes around 4 minutes on a full power microwave.
- ½ cup buckwheat flour Other possible flours to use would be oat, spelt, or whole wheat. Or, use a mix of a couple.
- 1 flax/chia egg Make your egg by soaking 1 tbsp of either flax or chia meal in 5 tbsp of water for 10 minutes until it goes gloopy.
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup plant milk Any plant milk will work well. We like soy milk for extra protein.
- 1 tbsp maple syrup Use other syrups such as agave or brown rice syrup if you prefer.
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch nutmeg
Blueberry Sauce For serving (optional)
- 1 Cup frozen blueberries Make your blueberry sauce as per instructions below.
- Coconut or brown sugar
- Lemon juice
- A little coconut oil for frying Use any oil you prefer, but coconut oil enhances the flavour of your pancakes.
2 Minute Blender Ice-Cream
- 2 Pre-frozen, ripe sliced banana
- ½ cup Frozen berries such as blueberries, strawberries, cherries or raspberries.
- 100 ml Plant milk
Instructions
- Blitz all ingredients in your high speed blender for 30 seconds until well combined. Leave for a few minutes for the bicarbonate of soda to aerate the mix up. You are looking for a very thick but pourable batter here. Add more water if needed. It has to be a pourable texture to work.
- Now get a high quality, non-stick frying pan and heat on a medium heat until fully hot. Add 1/4 tsp coconut oil and swirl it around the pan so that you get a full coverage of oil all over the pan.
- Now slowly pour roughly one quarter of your pancake mix into the pan and move your pan in a swirling motion to help the mix spread evenly into a circle (see video if unsure). You need only a thin layer of mix, enough to just cover for quick cooking.
- Allow your pancake to fry for around 1-2 minutes before flipping gently with a spatula. Be very gentle during this process as you ideally want to keep your pancake intact and easy to roll.Your pancakes are ready to flip when they are a golden brown colour. Another sign to watch out for is no uncooked batter squishes out when you press down with your fish slice (only do this when on your second side of cooking).
- Once your pancake is cooked, lay it on a heated plate and get your next one on to fry. Use the same process again until you have fried all 4 pancakes. Whilst your pancakes are frying, be preparing the previous one by drizzling with lemon juice and 1/2 tsp coconut or brown sugar and rolling.
How to make easy blueberry sauce
- Put your frozen blueberries into a microwavable dish and blast for roughly 90 seconds until sticky and bubbling. You DO NOT need any added sugar with this sauce!
How to make 2 minute, blender ice-cream
- Put all ingredients in your high speed blender and whizz for 30 seconds until super creamy. Add more milk if you cannot get a blend going.