Category: Quick Fix

Guilt free Cranberry Apple Pancakes

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Yes, we’re still talking Mother’s day!

Yesterday we kicked off with a memorable dessert for Mother’s day, it’s time to talk about breakfast in bed for our dear mothers over a Cuppa. Imagine her happiness! Imagine that precious smile! It’s so going to make it worth getting up before she does and surprising her with this sweet gesture! 😀

Yup… it’s going to be a sweet yet simple treat! I’m talking about Cranberry Apple Pancakes!

And of course they will be super healthy and super nutritious, filled with the goodness of whole wheat, flaxseed and oats! I would settle for nothing less than the best for our dearest mommies!

The pancakes are not overly sweet and tart enough due to dried cranberries and Granny Smith Apple. It’s a perfect match.. I have kept them eggless by adding homemade unsweetened apple sauce.

Serving: 6 medium-sized pancakes

Ingredients:

  •  1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 Tbsp flaxseed powder
  • 2 Tbsp quick-cooking oats
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 Tbsp butter, melted plus more for the griddle
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 medium granny smith apple, peeled,cored and grated
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries (can be replaced with fresh)

Directions:

  1. Mix whole wheat flour, flaxseed powder, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Whisk thoroughly.
  2. Add melted butter, applesauce, milk to the dry ingredients and whisk thoroughly to form a batter. Add little milk if the batter seems too thick to pour.
  3. Fold in grated apple and dried cranberries to the batter.
  4. Pour a ladle-full of batter on a hot, greased griddle and cook until bubbly, little dry around the edges, and lightly browned on the bottom, approximately 3-4 minutes. Turn and brown the other side for about a minute. You can make 1-3 pancakes at the same time depending on size of your griddle.
  5. Serve hot with maple syrup or a dollop of butter.
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Ooh-So Healthy Spinach & Cottage Cheese Pancakes

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I am a huge fan of breakfast for dinner. Mainly because I love the simplicity of it. Plus our work schedules do not allow us to have an early dinner hence eating light at night is a way to go for me.

My Sunday was jam-packed with activities so I couldn’t stock the fridge for the coming week but luckily my favorite soppu (is a Kannada word & in English it simply means ‘greens’!!) vendor knocked on our door Monday morning to deliver fresh spinach and that saved me an impromptu visit to supermarket. 🙂

I wanted to make something new from this super-fresh spinach but I simply didn’t have time to get my mind around it until dinnertime! I was tired of eating same old Spinach-Cottage Cheese Gravy with flat-bread. Plus I wanted it to be quick (as usual!!! 😉 ) hence I decided to make one simple dish with the combination of Spinach, Cottage Cheese and Flour! And this is how Spinach & Cottage Cheese Pancakes were born! And of course I HAD to healthify them!!! 😉

Serves: 2, Makes around 10 pancakes

Ingredients:

  • 1 bunch fresh spinach rinsed thoroughly and dried, approximately 200 gms
  • 5-6 big cloves of garlic
  • 2-3 green chilis
  • 100 gms cottage cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 Tbsp chickpea flour
  • 2 Tbsp millet flour
  • 1 tsp flax-seed powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp red chili flakes
  • 2 tsp oil, plus more to grease the skillet

Directions:

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Place the green chilis, garlic and spinach in a blender. Sprinkle a bit of salt and blend them till pureed smooth. *Add water gradually as required.

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Grate cottage cheese
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Mix spinach puree, cottage cheese, chickpea & millet flour, flax-seed powder, chili flakes, baking soda, oil, salt and pepper in a large mixing bowl. Add water gradually till pancake-styled batter is formed.
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Spread the ladle-full of batter on a greased skillet and spread it evenly. You can keep the size as per your comfort zone. See the color?!! 🙂

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Turn them very carefully after 2-3 minutes of cooking on one side over a medium flame.
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Serve them simply with tomato ketchup or dollop-full yogurt along with a bowl of soup or as is!

*Note:

You can have number of variations with this recipe:

  1. You can add a bunch of mint leaves along with spinach for added freshness and zing.
  2. You can add grated carrots and/or boiled corn in the batter.
  3. You can use these pancakes as a base and make a mix-vegetable filling or egg filling to stuff it with.

Possibilities are endless! So keep thinking and improvising!

Enjoy!!! 🙂

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