Weekly Recipe: Vegan Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

This is another borrowed recipe. A good friend of mine sent me a link to a page on tumblr that has all kinds of delicious vegetarian/vegan recipes. One of Chema's favorite American foods is pancakes so I wanted to find something relatively easy to make. This recipe was perfect.

It is so easy to make and personalize that it will easily become a favorite of mine. I'm already thinking about adding different fruit, spices, and herbs so that I can have a different experience every time. For the first attempt I stuck to the recipe and just added some almond butter and honey as toppings.

Honestly, and I'm not just saying this, they are WAY BETTER than traditional pancakes. They are so delicate, light, and fluffy...like delicious little clouds! Yes, this is another must-try recipe! While my pancakes don't look nearly as beautiful as on the blog I took it from...I know they tasted just as wonderful!

Mine

From the blog.

Vegan Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 1/2 cups soy milk or non-dairy milk (I used rice milk)

2 ripe bananas 

Blend all ingredients (except bananas) in a blender until mixed. Next add the bananas and continue to blend until smooth. Cook.

That is absolutely it! I even kept the mix in the blender and just poured it in the pan so I had less dishes to wash afterwards. 

How easy is that?

Weekly Recipe: Molasses Biscuits

This was one of my vegan Thanksgiving recipes. These biscuits are DELICIOUS! I made 19 on Thanksgiving and then 10 more the Sunday after. Chema and I ate them all by ourselves. It was ridiculous.

The ingredients are so cheap and things that you already have in your kitchen. The only thing you have to buy are the herbs and maybe molasses. So yea, I had to put my foot down and not make any more.

Maybe I'll make some this weekend. Although, I found a ridiculously easy vegan pancake recipe online that I want to try. Maybe that'll be my reward after running my 5K on Saturday!

(This recipe is courtesy of the Food Network Magazine. The photo below is courtesy of my camera.)



These are the uncooked versions. They were too good to take pics of post oven!



Molasses Biscuits (Vegan)

Mix 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour, 1/4 cup oatmeal, 1 Tbsp wheat germ, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp each of salt and chopped thyme, and a pinch of pepper in a bowl. Whisk 3 Tbsp molasses, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 3/4 cup non-dairy milk in another bowl. Then stir it into the flour mixture. Drop 10 mounds of dough (1/4 cup each) on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Brush with non-dairy milk and sprinkle with more oats, thyme and salt. Bake at 450 degrees until golden, about 12 minutes.

It was easy to measure out the biscuits because I used a dry measure cup. So I just scooped it out and then molded them into balls. So easy and quick! You only need two bowls and some measure spoons/cups. Just be careful because they are addictive!