Banana Coconut Chocolate Chip Pancakes

I was looking for a good pancake recipe to feed the Little Monster. This one fit the bill and what better way to start a Sunday than with Chocolate Chip Pancakes!! It was his first... of probubly many... experiences with chocolate chip pancakes! Mama (me) loved them growing up and still loves them to this day!! 

Enjoy!!

Recipe: Banana Coconut Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Website: againstallgrain.com/2012/04/05/grain-free-pancakes

Ingredients:

3 Eggs

1/4 C Coconut Milk (you can use almond)

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Agave (recipe calls for honey but I used agave because I fed them to Z)

2 tbsp Coconut Flour

1/3 C Almond Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Salt

1 Banana

Directions:

Her directions on the website are a little more extensive than mine… I just tossed everything above into my Ninja with the paddle attachment and gave it a whirl. Let the batter sit for 5 minutes to get a little thicker and you are ready to go.

I used my tabletop griddle and made all 6 pancakes at once. I suppose I could have made them a bit smaller and a few more of them. Once the edges got bubbly I added some chocolate chips and flipped. You can also add banana slices at that time too.

They were a little messy flipping and I thought they burned because they got a little dark, but they tasted amazing and the Little Man certainly approved!!

Lemon Blueberry Scones (Nut Free & Paleo)

The fifth and final week of the Open 2014…

Recipe made 56 scones (tripled the original recipe found HERE). I  am not sure if it is because I tripled it that they came out really soft, but when I think of a scone, I think of them being a little drier. This boggled my mind because of the amount of coconut flour in them which I find always dries things out. Oh well, lesson learned I will bake them a little longer next time… and I don’t think there was one complaint about them at the gym…

I did also have to pry them out of Hubs’ hands to take them there… he was happy to have the first taste fresh out of the oven!

I logged it as written below into my fitness pal and got the following facts: 58 Calories, 1g Carb, 2g Fat, 1g Protein

What You Need:

9 Eggs

Zest from 3 Lemons

3/4 C Lemon Juice (I squeezed the lemons I zested and than one more)

3/4 C Coconut Milk

1 1/2  Tsp Vanilla

3/4 C Raw Honey

1 1/2 C Coconut Flour

1 1/2 C Arrow Root Powder

3/4 Tsp Baking Soda

1 1/2 Tsp Cream of Tartar

3/4  Tsp Salt

18 oz Fresh Blueberries

What You Do:

- Preheat Oven to 350

- Mix eggs and wet ingredients in large bowl

- Add dry ingredients (I put it all through the sifter and added it slowly to the wet batter)

- The batter should be pretty thick, if its not, let it stand for a few minutes and let it thicken a bit

- Fold in blueberries

- Spoon (with heaping tablespoon) scones onto parchment lined sheets

- Bake for about 15-18 minutes

- Remove from cookie sheet and cool