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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Half-Cup Blueberry-Maple-Walnut Pancakes

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I had a craving for pancakes the other day. I don't know why, I just did. And, recently, when my alternative care medical practitioner put me on a very restrictive diet (not much more than the diet I was already one, but some things I hadn't been eating were allowed) he did permit me peanut butter (which I love) and berries. Since I'm allergic to strawberries, that, in my mind, meant blueberries and blackberries.

So I decided to try my hand at pancakes. I started with my 1/2 cup (hence the "Half-Cup" in the name) and took 1/2 cup of pea protein and 1/2 cup of almond "flour" (meal). To this I added 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1/2 cup blueberries (plus a few blackberries -- both were frozen), 1/4 teaspoon each vanilla powder, stevia powder and maple extract. I then added 1/2 cup (chunky) peanut butter and 1 cup (or two 1/2 cups) almond "milk". I blended it all together.

I took a parchment lined cookie sheet and spooned out the batter into rounds (the first day I had 4, the second day I had 7 and today I have 9). I put them in the oven -- this took some figuring out -- the first day, I put the temperature on 400F and left it in for 17 minutes (it got at big scorched), yesterday I put it in at 400F for 15 minutes (a bit less scorched). Today, I started at 350F and left it 13 minutes, then another 5 and then another 5. And that seems to work....