4 Pancake Recipes: I Can't Think of a Better Way to Start the Day

I adore pancakes - they put me in a fantastic mood for the day and they're incredibly versatile. I also think that they're pretty underrated as a reasonably healthy breakfast; granted, pancakes covered with maple syrup with bleached white flour aren't very healthy, adding bananas, cottage cheese and wholegrain spelt flour to recipes decreases the calories while increasing the protein and vitamin content, making them a healthier, filling breakfast. You don't even need to make them from scratch in the morning - just mix everything together the night before and leave it in the fridge.

For this post, I've just listed ingredients for each recipe, as the combination and cooking is the same for all of them (and I'm sure you know how to make pancakes!)

Banana Pancakes
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 mashed banana
1 knob of butter
pinch of salt
honey


Spelt Pancakes
1 cup whole spelt flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 cup milk
1 egg
2 tbs melted butter
1 ts vanilla extract
1ts baking powder
honey

Cottage Cheese Pancakes (these taste way better than they sound)
3/4 cup cottage cheese
1 egg
1 cup flour (may need to add more later)
pinch of salt
2 tbs melted butter

Blueberry Pancakes
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
handful of blueberries
1 knob of butter
pinch of salt
honey

Why not try adding slices of apple while you're cooking them, or frozen mixed berries? I haven't added sugar to any of the recipes as the banana or blueberry will make the pancakes sweet, and you can add honey to taste. The cottage cheese pancakes are savoury, as are the spelt ones (although they also taste great with yoghurt).

Thanks to ChannahG for the image.