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Seasonal recipes: 5 ways to fix pancakes
Pancakes aren't just for breakfast, and they don't have to be simple. Try one of these 5 recipes for pancakes for cool nights
Tue, Mar 01 2011 at 10:33 AM
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Breakfast for dinner has long been a standard in my home, and tonight on National Pancake Day — a holiday created by IHOP in 2006 — I’ll be serving pancakes. I’ll throw some chocolate chips in the boys’ pancakes for a treat, and I’ll dig out some frozen blueberries for the grownups.
When I make pancakes, I follow Mark Bittman’s Everyday Pancakes recipe from “How to Cook Everything” and use organic and local ingredients if I have them. It’s a great basic pancake recipe. I omit the sugar and add a little more milk (we like our pancakes on the thin side).
I may be making basic pancakes, but who says you have go basic? You can make whatever kind of pancakes you want, and I’ve got five recipes for pancakes that are definitely not basic that you can use for Fat Tuesday.
- Organic Oatmeal Pancakes – This recipe originated at Atlanta’s Flying Biscuit cafe, and the oatmeal in them ups the nutrition factor of the basic pancake by adding whole grain and fiber. The batter needs to be refrigerated at least two hours before using, so plan accordingly.
- Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes – 283 people on allrecipes.com have rated this pancake recipe 4 ½ stars. I’d switch out the artificial sweetener for organic sugar or omit altogether.
- Sweet Potato Pancakes – I had Sweet Potato Pancakes with cranberries once at a restaurant, and they were so good. It would be easy to add dried cranberries to this recipe for something totally different than the pancakes you’re used to.
- Ricotta Cinnamon Pancakes with Sauteed Apples – Whole wheat flour and part-skim ricotta are the basis for these pancakes that have more protein than your basic pancake. If I wasn’t going to do basic pancakes tonight, these are the ones I’d probably try.
- Moby’s Vegan Blueberry Pancakes – Singer Moby shared his vegan pancake recipe with Epicurious. The recipe uses three types of whole grains plus soy or rice milk.
I’ll be serving up a side of local bacon and some fresh fruit with my pancakes tonight. If you’re making pancakes, how will you round out your meal?
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Pancakes for dinner is a favorite cure for weeknight dinner blues in our house, too. We'll also be eating (local, pastured) bacon tonight -- it is Fat Tuesday, after all. My favorite pancake recipe uses olive oil, so it all balances out.
I discovered a great treat last summer when my spinach started to go to seed. I picked a handful of the spinach (including the top), washed that and blended it with a banana. I then added that to my basic pancake recipe. They were delicious. I call them spinach, banana pancakes. My friends loved them. Note: you can do the same thing with French Toast batter. Friends loved those, too. No more wasted spinach.
OMGosh we love pancakes! I have not made them for awhile and now after seeing these - they are a must. Our kids beg me for Kamut Wheat pancakes and I am totally fine making them since they are so healthy. On it!
My mom used to make that for us, too. It took me years to understand why. She hates cooking! Breakfast for dinner was an easy way for her to say "I love you" without struggling with manicotti shells.
I'm going to take a lead from you (and my mom) and make "breakfast for dinner" tonight. I found another good looking vegan recipe today on Ecorazzi: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/03/01/national-pancake-day-2011-yummy-vegan...