Easiest pancakes you'll ever make

Life is so busy right now, I hardly have time to post recipes. I wish had more time to cook and bake; it's so therapeutic! But between physics, biology and working 30 hours a week my plate it pretty full (no pun intended).

So, I've been all over super quick recipes lately. The kicker is that I've given up gluten (temporarily... maybe?). I read the book Wheat Belly.... and when I say I read the book, I mean I got an audio book from the library because I do a redic amount of commuting this semester.  Anyways, it's such a great book! It really opened my eyes to all of the harmful affects of wheat.. even for people that aren't Celiac/don't have an intolerance. So I've been doing my best to avoid wheat. Yesterday was the exception - Thanksgiving dinner at my beau's parents and I wasn't going to say no to the vegan butter tarts Dan's mom made especially for me!

As far as the book goes, it goes into great detail on how wheat works (or doesn't work) in our bodies. It suggests cutting wheat out cold turkey if you can and not opting for the easy solution - gluten free alternatives. Dr. Davis suggests replacing wheat with veggies and some fruits. In the last chapter, he talks about all of the foods to cut out aside from wheat because of their affects on blood sugar. Just to name a few: quinoa, rice, black beans, chickpeas, corn starch, tapioca flour, popcorn, chips, ice cream, and sweet & white potatoes.

As someone who eats approx. 85% vegan, 15% vegetarian I don't think I could cut out every food that increases blood sugar (carb-o-holic)! Maybe I'm just being a baby, but I don't know what I would eat - and my poor omnivore boyfriend would NEVER be able to make me a meal! So.. my plan is to eliminate gluten for a while (to see how if I can notice a difference in how my body feels) and decrease the foods that increase my blood sugar.... goodbye popcorn.... I thought you were going to be my favorite GF snack :(

Now on to easy peasy pancakes.....

There are tons of variations that you could make with these pancakes. I adapted mine from this recipe.

Ingredients:

2 "flax eggs" (2 T flax, 6 T water to make 2 eggs)

1 real egg - Organic, cage free

1 med/lrg banana

2 T PB2 (peanut flour)

1/2 t cinnamon

1/4 t nutmeg

I chucked everything into my vitamix for 45 seconds so that I wouldn't get chunky bananas. Heat up a non stick pan. Oil pan - coconut oil is my fav. (don't you just love the smell of that stuff... makes me think i'm somehwere hot... not really but i wish i was somewhere hot). 

Poor batter into pan, wait to flip until the top bubbles.

MANGEZ, MANGEZ! And don't share with anyone...

Voila!