{"id":2947,"date":"2015-06-18T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2015-06-18T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T12:12:52","slug":"green-smoothie-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/green-smoothie-pancakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Smoothie Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Green Smoothie Pancakes copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy-655x491.jpg 655w, https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes-copy-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I was in Rockhampton for the Romp In The Park children&#8217;s festival for up to 8yo&#8217;s, I made green smoothies for children and parents &#8211; over 400 in fact. Most of the recipients were children and we spoke about\u00a0how we use our tongues for tasting, not our eyes. I then asked them to taste a green smoothie.\u00a0Not surprising (because I have experienced it time and time again), nearly all the children tried it. Many took a sip and didn&#8217;t like it. Many. Many. More. took a sip and liked it. They were surprised by how it looked green and icky, but it tasted like banana.<\/p>\n<p>After the festival and running my classes at pre-schools, I had leftover bananas, some strawberries and baby spinach. I was pretty over making green smoothies by this stage, so I decided to turn these ingredients into pancakes. See this picture? These are <strong>green smoothie pancakes<\/strong>. They look just as delicious as normal pancakes right? Well they were a resounding hit with the family. Our 4yo said they &#8220;rocked the house&#8221; and asked me to make them again the next day. I made another batch for our road trip back from Rockhampton to Surfers. Again they rocked the house.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great recipe for getting your children to have greens in their breakfast without even realising it. They are also awesome made into smaller pikelets for the school lunchbox.\u00a0<strong>Enjoy our\u00a0Green Smoothie Pancakes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2 frozen bananas<\/li>\n<li>Small handful of strawberries (about 6-8. You can use frozen berries if you prefer)<\/li>\n<li>1 large handful of baby spinach<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1 cup milk of your choice<\/li>\n<li>1 overflowing cup of self raising flour (I used Organ Gluten Free SR Flour)<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon rice malt syrup<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 &#8211; 1\/2 cup of water (depending on how thick you like your pancakes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Note, I have made these at home where I tend to mix my own GF flours and I used 1\/2 cup LSA, 1\/2 cup brown rice, small amount of buckwheat flour and then added 1 tspn of baking powder and 1\/2 tspn of bicarb)<\/p>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Put it all in a food processor and blend like crazy until smooth and green!<\/li>\n<li>Heat a pan over high heat, then turn down to medium<\/li>\n<li>Melt a small amount of coconut oil and roll it around in the pan until it covers the pan<\/li>\n<li>Use 1\/4 cup of batter and put into pan\u00a0&#8211; lift the pan a little to get the batter to spread out into a larger pancake<\/li>\n<li>If your using normal SR flour, you will see bubbles appear and pop &#8211; this is when you turn it over. If using GF flour, most times it won&#8217;t bubble but the outside edges will start to lift, turn then<\/li>\n<li>Flatten down with spatula, cook for about 1 minute and then take out of pan<\/li>\n<li>Repeat\u00a0from step 4 (you shouldn&#8217;t need to re-oil your pan).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This recipe makes about 8 good sized pancakes.\u00a0The pic above was a double batch.<\/p>\n<h4>Another 2 ways:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Change the fruit &#8211; drop out the berries\u00a0and add orange or apple\u00a0(note, banana has a strong taste and it&#8217;s good for hiding other flavours)<\/li>\n<li>Up the protein content by adding LSA or almond meal\u00a0or for lunchbox safe, add chia seed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Tips<\/h4>\n<p>Awesome served with fresh fruit, peanut butter, yoghurt, nut granola. For mine, I personally add a line of nut granola down the centre, then add 2 tspns of coconut cream and some apple slices. I then roll it up and devour.<\/p>\n<p>You could also make smaller versions &#8211; pikelets, to include in the lunchbox.<\/p>\n<h4>Want to Print this Recipe?<\/h4>\n<p>Print your PDF copy here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/therootcause.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Smoothie-Pancakes.pdf\">Green Smoothie Pancakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in Rockhampton for the Romp In The Park children&#8217;s festival for up to 8yo&#8217;s, I made green smoothies for children and parents &#8211; over 400 in fact. Most of the recipients were children and we spoke about\u00a0how we use our tongues for tasting, not our eyes. 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