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Be Flippin’ Awesome Pancakes!

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Nothing stacks up to this breakfast

Saturday morning just got flippin’ awesome with these delicious vegan & gluten-free pancakes. Fluffy, protein-rich, and delicious!

Gluten-free & Plant-based

If you’re looking for a tasty, satisfying and healthy breakfast, you batter try this recipe! With endurance-enhancing chia seeds, a heaping dose of plant-based complete protein from quinoa, cardio-enhancing and inflammation reducing flax seed meal, your competition simply won’t stack up!

Nutritional Highlights

Quinoa Flour – Essential nutrients for muscle recovery, one cup of quinoa delivers minerals, fibre, antioxidants, enzymes, all nine essential amino acids and nine grams of protein, making it one of the most complete foods in nature. Iron-rich quinoa helps the body produce energy and helps the blood deliver oxygen to muscles. Particularly critical for female and endurance athletes who are often iron-deficient.

Almond Flour – Full of muscle-repairing protein, energy-boosting Riboflavin and Vitamin B2, free radical fighting antioxidants and blood sugar and blood pressure stabilizing magnesium.

Flax Seed – Contain a large amount of recovery-enhancing manganese, inflammation-reducing Omega-3 and energy-boosting Magnesium.

Chia Seeds – Chia is high in muscle-building protein, skin-repairing antioxidants and healthy blood-sugar levelling fibre.

Banana– Bananas are high in heart rate and blood pressure stabilizing potassium. Rich in antioxidants, which can provide protection from free radicals (not the tubular kind of radical.)

CinnamonCinnamon is known to promote heart health and eyesight through beneficial antioxidants, it’s been found to kill E. coli and many other bacteria, and its anti-inflammatory compounds help relieve pain and stiffness of muscles and joints due to arthritis.

Walnuts – Full of healthy fat, Walnuts have Bone-strengthening ALA (Alpha-linolenic acid), blood flow improving amino acids, disease-fighting Vitamin-E and free-radical fighting manganese and copper.

Pumpkin Seeds – Full of anemia-fighting iron, immunity-boosting zinc, recovery-accelerating magnesium and mood-boosting tryptophan.

Pink Himalayan Salt – Containing at least 84 naturally occurring trace elements in their natural mineral form, the benefits of natural Himalayan Crystal Salt range from Regulating the water content throughout your body and promoting healthy pH balance in your cells to preventing muscle cramping and aiding in proper metabolism functioning.

Be Flippin' Awesome Pancakes!

Print Recipe
Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 20min

Ingredients

  • 1 banana
  • 1/4 c coconut oil, melted
  • 1 c organic nut milk (I use soy)
  • 1/2 c ground flax
  • 1/4 c chia seeds
  • 3/4 c almond flour
  • 1 c quinoa flour
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp pink himalayan sea salt
  • Lightly toasted walnuts & pumpkin seeds
  • 100% pure maple syrup

Instructions

1

In a blender, add everything except nuts & syrup

2

Blend lightly until combined

3

Heat a pan with a drop of coconut oil

4

Pour pancakes onto hot pan, flip when golden

5

Top with walnuts, pumpkin seeds and pure maple syrup.

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