Blueberry Pancakes

Sometimes you just want pancakes. I have tried almond meal and coconut flour but this time created a hybrid coconut flour/almond meal pancake that was decent. Straight almond meal leaves a strange stickyness in my mouth and is just too heavy. Coconut flour is pretty good, especially with pineapple, shredded coconut and macadamias on top. Today I got creative and was pleased with the results.

Coconut almond blueberry pancakes

Food is hard to photograph

Ingredients:

1/2 cup almond meal
1/2 cup coconut flour
3 eggs
1-1.5 cups coconut milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons lemon juice (can substitute vinegar)
lots of cinnamon
1 cup blueberries
coconut oil or other oil for cooking

Method:

Combine the flours and sift to get rid of any lumps. Add the baking soda and lemon juice. (I actually didn't measure, just eyeballed it and poured, but you need the acid (lemon) to react with the baking soda to create fluffy pancakes. If you don't have baking soda and lemon use baking powder.) Mix in 3 eggs and enough milk to make it pancake batter consistency. Not too runny but not to thick either (More an art than a science). Add lots of cinnamon and any other spice you like (nutmeg, cloves, ginger). Finally, mix in your blueberries. The more the better.

Heat up a skillet over medium high heat and add some coconut oil until nice and hot. Spoon in the batter. I find that because the batter is usually thicker than normal pancake batter it doesn't spread out so you need to use the back of the ladle to push the batter around to make it thin enough. If you wait a second the batter in contact with the pan will cook together and make it easier to manipulate the batter without pulling the pancake apart. Cook for a few minutes before flipping it over and finishing the other side, maybe 3-4 minutes per side.

These were fluffier than the usual almond meal pancakes and the juicy blueberries provided enough sweet juicy flavor that syrup was not needed. My kids wolfed them down and the 6 reasonable sized pancakes were gone in now time. A slab of butter would have gone nicely though, but some delicious bacon had to suffice. Other good toppers are bananas and pecans, and any other kind of berry you have laying around. Try other variations too-blackberries, raspberries, bananas, apples all make good pancake fillings.