Sunday, July 10, 2011

Mix a Pancake

I found this never published post from last summer as I was cleaning up and organizing my blog info. I don't know why I never published it, but I am so happy I didn't so that I could come across it now. We are dealing with some food sensitivities, again, so my thoughts have been on food a great deal of the time, lately.
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Mix a pancake
Stir a pancake
Pour it in the pan.

Toss the pancake,
Fry the pancake,
Catch it if you can.
- Our Pancake Making Song




One of our absolute favorite things to do is to make pancakes together. Especially when I have morning sickness, my body craves our yummy pancakes like nothing else. We cook them on a cast iron skillet so perhaps it is the iron my body is craving, I am not sure really, but I won't argue with it!

The girls love to mix up the batter and add in the fresh fruit. Of course, the best part is when we are done and they get to lick their spatulas.



We have been enjoying summer breakfast picnics with our pancakes outside on our porch in the beautiful sunshine. Father sun rarely makes an appearance out here in Oregon so when he does we take advantage of every single moment of it.



Not only do my girls enjoy helping me make pancakes but it appears in their play, as well. They love to make dirt pancakes when they are playing outside. It's always fun to see what aspects of everyday life get incorporated into play.



Pouring the batter



patting it into pancake shape



Oh so much fun!



Here's our family pancake recipe. It's been a work in progress for the past 6 years or so as I keep adapting it to make it healthier and healthier. It is soy, egg and dairy free. The original recipe was made with all white flour, lots of eggs and sugar. I think we have it to where we want it now. Maybe someday I'll work on less oil or replacing the oil all together but for now here is our everyday morning breakfast creation.



Spring Pancakes

1 3/4 Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
7 Tbsp Canola Oil (or other veg. oil)
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Tsp Baking Powder
Rice Drink (about 1 1/2 cups)
Fruit of Your Choice chopped into small pieces(if you desire)
Flax seed meal (if you desire)

In a bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking powder (and a sprinkling of flax meal if you desire to make it healthier) until blended. Then add the oil. Mix again. Now add the rice drink and mix just a bit to incorporate. The way I do this is to add a little at a time until I get my desired consistency. You may use more or less than 1 1/2 cups. You want the batter to be a tiny bit thick but yet still liquidy enough to pour easily. Do not over stir the batter as it will make the pancakes tough. Once the batter is at the right consistency add your cut up fruit, and gently mix in. Pour the batter onto a pre-heated skillet (cast iron is our favorite) over low to medium heat. Cook until it begins to bubble (about a minute or two), flip it over and then cook the other side. Serve immediately topping with fresh fruit or pure maple syrup.


Enjoy!

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Sounds great, I'll try them thanks for sharing.
What a lovely post, Nicole...such pretty photos of the girls...
Sounds yummy!
Your photos are so light-filled and colourful! We have gluten, dairy, and possibly nightshade issues in our house, so our pancakes have also evolved from the "Fluffy White Death" pancakes we used to make! My husband calls them that and still wants me to make them now and then...love to throw in grated apples, flaxseed, and any other little healthy bits I can find! My kids take the leftover pancakes and practice flipping them in their play kitchen...will teach them your pancake song!
1 reply · active 703 weeks ago
What a good idea for the leftover pancakes!I know what we'll be doing tomorrow now...
Ithink we made needto try the grated apples in them, too. YUM!
So fun...the trip into the past :) Thanks for the fabulous recipe. We've been straying away from our vegan diet of late, but since cooking without animal products has become so "normal", we remain mostly vegan when it comes to home-cooked/baked things. Love this recipe, but prefer the dirt-free option ;-). Thanks for sharing it!!
1 reply · active 704 weeks ago
Ha,ha. I was vegan for 15 years and we only just started adding in raw and/or organic dairy about 2 years ago..I STILL don't know how to cook with dairy. I grew up cooking vegan, it's all I know!! Funny how hard it can be to go the other way, huh?!
Thank you for sharing your recipes! Pancakes look great! I will try! I made your strawberry jam recipe (but without pectin) and love it! Also, I just love all of your summery pictures, your girls strawberry picking dresses and those bonnets... I also just made one of those bonnets using fabric with a nice strawberry print. Such a great pattern! Thank you, thank you, thank you again for bringing us wonderful summer inspiration!
1 reply · active 703 weeks ago
Thank you for your sweet words! I would love to see your bonnet :)
sounds yummy! we have food issues too. no soy, gluten, dairy or chicken eggs. duck eggs have worked out well for us, though. Just also wondered why you'd want to replace the oil? I'd definitely replace the canola oil with a healthier oil like coconut or palm oil, but fat is good for you (good fats like coconut, palm, olive and grass-fed butter), so by all means leave the oil in! especially for growing children, they need the fats! :)
1 reply · active 703 weeks ago
You know, I am not even sure why I want to replace the oil... other than to make it less fattening for me (hee,hee). I am currently using canola b/c it's the cheapest oil that is soy free but you are so right, my littles ones NEED the fat. I'll have to try it with coconut oil sometime. Thank youfor the suggestion.
Muchas gracias por la receta. Siempre que paso por tu blog me encuentro con trabajos y fotografías preciosas.
Saludos desde Chile

Thank you very much for the recipe. Whenever I pass by your blog I find works and beautiful photos.
Greetings from Chile
1 reply · active 703 weeks ago
Thank you so much!!!
We eat a lot of pancakes too! We like to use So Delicious coconut milk in ours, they turn out so yummy.

Did C get a haircut?
1 reply · active 703 weeks ago
Oh yum!! C didn't get a haircut, it's just an old post I found from last year. :)
Love these photos! What a great time it looks like they have with their pancakes. We had dairy/soy sensitivities (until we did NAET treatments on our 2 youngest) so I'm well versed in that universe. We use a similar recipe for pancakes but with coconut oil, a mashed banana and 1/4 cup of almond butter. :) Do you know where I can find the music to the pancake song? I love it!
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Ohyour recipe sounds super yummy, too! I couldn't remember where we originally found the song when I posted this but I do now. It's from 'This is the way we wash a day' from naturally you can sing. HTH!
what fun! Thanks for the new pancake recipe, my 10 year old daughter is very into making pancakes right now I'll have her give these a try:)
I am a pre-k teacher and we learn the Pancake Poem. We make dinosaur pancakes by thinning our batter just a bit and pouring a dinosaur shape on a griddle.
I went a couple weeks without reading your blog. So happy to hear of all the good news and all the wonderful things you have been doing. I love the girl's strawberry dresses! They just look so happy in them!
I don't make pancakes that often because of the sugar factor but when I do, I like to cook them with coconut oil.
*hugs*
Wow, your girls look so little! Amazing how much they grow in a year!

:)Lisa

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