Healthy Gluten Free + Vegan Funfetti Party Pancakes

 

 Every day should start with sprinkles. Its like a having a party for breakfast.

 

These little flecks of fun can turn any frown upside down especially if i have gotten out of the wrong side of bed in the morning. They make me instantly happy and breakfast feel like a special occasion ... I really wanted stick a candle on this pancake tower and pretend its my birthday. but that's just going to far right?

 

After sprinkling sprinkles on my shake yesterday, I took it one step further today and dumped a whole load of confetti into some pancake batter. Not any pancake batter though, a healthy gluten friendly one.

 Healthy Fat free + Low calorie Gluten free Funfetti Pancakes

 makes 6 pancakes (serves 2)
150 Calories per serving.

Ingrediants

 1/4 cup gluten free flour mix
2tbsp coconut flour
1/2 a  banana pureed
1/4 cup skim or non dairy milk
1 egg white or 1 tbsp flaxseed
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp granulated sweetener

1 tsp vanilla extract
SPRINKLES

 

Choice of syrup or fruit toppings.

I used a icing mix of (1tbsp icing sugar, 1tsp arrow root + 50mls non fat milk)

1. Mix together your choice of milk, pureed Banana, egg white and Vanilla extract  in a small mixing bowl or jug. 
2. In another bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, sugar and salt.
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until blended but down over work the mix.
4. Then add sprinkles into mix and stir some more.
5. Lightly grease a  pan with some coconut oil or spray. 
6. Spoon pancake batter into pan and cook until bottoms are lightly browned. Flip pancakes and continue to cook until the other side is brown and pancakes are cooked through. 
7. Serve with my icing, fresh fruit and maple syrup or honey and more sprinklessss.

 

I'm not a morning person... but times are a changing and I cant wait to set my alarm so I can get my frying pan heated up tomorrow morning... for my un-birthday party part 2. 

 Are you a morning person? Whats your favourite breakfast or way to start the day?

 * tomorrow I may add some extra banana protein powder to up the nutritional value of these puppies.

Nutritional info!

Gluten free Blueberry, Coconut and Banana Muffins.

 

Yesterday I was in London with my Dad for some work meeting, We packed a homemade sandwich and sat and ate our lunch by the Thames with a  gorgeous view of passing boats, St. Pauls, Southbank and Big Ben. After we decided to have a wander around the city. Its brilliant to take in all the sights and actually appreciate our capital, normally i'd be rushing around from tube station to A and then to B, but it was great to see all the landmarks and be a bit of a tourist :) We meandered through to Covent Garden and walked past a bakery 'Muffinski' outside was a blackboard advertising Gluten Free muffins!

 My heart skipped a beat, I popped my head in, the smell was just amazing. there were 3 GF flavours on offer. i opted for the raspberry and white chocolate. it was yummy! highlight was the crispy top but it was very much lacking in white choc... This morning i still had muffs on my mind so I baked some for my family for a mid morning treat...

Delicously moist and gluten friendly, these muffins are made with

Bananas and have a lovely  hint of coconut because of the flour. The flavours perfectly complement each other in these sweet muffins with a tangy hit from the bloobs.

There pretty healthy too ;)

 Ingrediants
 ¼ cup sifted Coconut Flour
2 tablespoons Coconut Oil or butter, melted
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons soya milk
2 mashed bananas
1 tsp ground flaxseeds
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
⅛ teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup fresh blueberries

 Directions

• In a large bowl mash bananas and whisk in egg,  oil/ butter,  milk, honey, salt and vanilla. 
• Combine coconut flour with baking powder and whisk into batter until there are no lumps. 
• Fold in blueberries. 
• Pour batter into lined muffin tray. Bake at 180 Degree C  for 18 - 20 minutes. Makes 6 muffins.