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Welcome to Andrea’s Fitness and Art blog! I started this blog to share with you three of my passions - Fitness, art and dress making. I'm a personal trainer by day and artist and seamstress by night and I'm one of the few people that gets to work on what they are passionate about everyday.

In this blog I'll be sharing with you delicious healthy recipes, workout tips to help you get the most out of your workouts and healthy living ideas to make sure you are as healthy as you can be in all areas of your life. I will also be sharing pictures of my art and dress making for those of you interested in that.

Thank you for visiting my blog and if you have any questions, comments, ideas or recipes please post or drop me a line!

Andrea :)

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Coconut Pancakes

Hello!

Its been awhile since I've posted a recipe... I tried overnight french toast in the crock pot last weekend... it was not successful lol. So today I bring you delicious, nutritious and gluten free Coconut Pancakes! I got this idea from a friend of mine and decided to give it a try and I may never go back to the old way.

Coconut Pancakes
Ingredients: (makes about 6 very filling pancakes)
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup milk or coconut milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla or coconut extract
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Coconut oil frying (optional if using non-stick pan or griddle)
  • 1 handful of dark chocolate chips
In a small bowl, beat eggs vigorously until frothy, about 2 minutes. (There’s your exercise.) Mix in milk, vanilla, and honey.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine the dry ingredients (coconut flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips).

Stir the wet mixture into the dry until the coconut flour is incorporated. Allow to sit for 3-5 minutes. Batter will get really, really thick, like cake batter.

While batter is thickening, preheat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Add butter or coconut oil, if needed. Ladle about 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle, spreading the batter out to 2-3-inches in diameter. Cook for a few minutes, until the top starts to dry out and the bottom is lightly brown, then flip the pancakes over and cook an additional 2-3 minutes.

Serve hot with butter and maple syrup, or with fruit.



These are deliciously cakey but not the same consistency of normal pancakes... I think they are way better!

Give them a try and see what you think.

Stay Healthy!
Andrea :)

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