Are you looking for healthy vegan breakfast ideas? Pancakes are one of the most popular vegan breakfasts to eat in my native Brazil and this is personally one of my favourites. It is also very easy to make!
Yet even in a place such as this, we can make satisfying vegan meals. Our breakfast favourite is vegan banana and chia seed pancakes.
As long as you have access to these basic ingredients and a good non-stick frying pan, these pancakes will give you a satisfying and nourishing start to the day.
Chia seeds are also exceptionally high in omegas, minerals and protein.
This makes around 15 pancakes.
Ingredients
• 2 cups of plain flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• v1 tsp baking powder
• A few drops of a liquid sweetener like agave or maple syrup
• 2 bananas
• ½ tsp chia seeds
• 2/3 cups water
• A few drops of coconut oil
Directions
Put the flour, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl and stir together.
In a separate bowl, mash the peeled bananas into a paste.
In a glass, mix the chia seeds with 1/3 cup of water and leave them to stand for several minutes (the chia seeds will absorb the water and form a gel-like substance).
Add the mashed banana and sweetener to the flour bowl. Then pour in the chia seed mixture and add 1/3 cup water. Mix all of the ingredients together to make your pancake batter. If you’d like to make crepes, add more water.
Heat a drop of coconut oil in the pan and pour in some of the batter (I use a large spoon full). When the pancake becomes cooked on the bottom, flip it over and cook the other side.
It’s as easy as that! Don’t let this simple recipe fool you, these pancakes are delicious. You can eat them plain or add whatever ingredients you prefer, like fruit, cinnamon, coconut, etc.
These pancakes always go down well with my friends and family – they all say they won’t ever go back to eating pancakes with eggs and milk again!
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