Quick Healthy Vegan Banana Pancakes (no sugar, no oil)

Here we go again on Pancakes and Such!  Just kidding, but obviously I've got a problem.  There has been the carrot cake , the chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream cheese , chocolate chip oatmeal , and blueberry pineapple .  What other kind of pancake creations should I make?

Super tasty and quick!  Great breakfast for kids or anyone who loves pancakes, but wants to enjoy a healthy guilt free version!

My three year old always wants her pancakes in the shape of Mickey Mouse, with syrup on the side.

These are really easy to make you just need a coffee grinder.  Which I've recommended before.  It's a great kitchen tool to have for stuff like this.  Plus, it's small and probably cheap.  Alternatively you can also use a blender, but I really like the convenience of the grinder.  Also, my three year old can use it and help me in the kitchen, which always makes us both happy.  No sugar and oil might not sound too good, but a ripe banana is filled with different types of sugar.  It will be plenty sweet. I just happened to make these without oil, and they taste great and stayed together fine.  

Serves 2-4

Ingredients:

2 ripe banana

juice from 1/2 lemon

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup rolled oats (gf if you want them gf)

1/2 cup raw cashews (or any other raw nuts, or more oats)

crack of pink salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup to 1 cup almond milk (I usually just pour until I get the consistency i want)

                                                         Baby also digs pancake mornings





Method:

Mash up banana in a medium bowl.  Add vanilla, and lemon juice, and stir.  Grind up oats and cashews and add them. Add the remaining dry ingredients.  Slowing add milk and stir until you get the consistency you want.

Cook on medium heat in an oiled pan.  I used canola oil because that's what I have.  I like using unrefined extra virgin organic coconut oil best.  Cook for about 2-3 minutes per side, or until they turn golden brown.  Then I put vegan Earth Balance butter on them and usually some peanut or almond butter and of course pure maple syrup. Eat!

Vegan Chocolate Caramel Nice Cream Sundae

Want to make your kids or yourself a treat you can feel good serving?  Well, this would do it!

It's healthy, fast, and most of all simple.  Anyone with a blender/food processor can do this.  I have basic quality equipment, no vitamix over here.  And they work perfect for this! 

So, okay does the caramel taste just like "real" caramel? No, but it tastes great and if you care about being healthy, why not give it a try!  The caramel is made from dates, and the nice cream is bananas!  The consistency is just like ice cream!  Its amazing. When you see your bananas are getting ripe and don't know if you'll be using them, just break them into chunks and freeze.  We've been doing this for awhile, so I thought I would share.  My kids and husband love it!  This is just one of the many ways you can make this tasty treat!

 

We've even had this for breakfast!

                                             Once the Nice Cream is all done!


Ingredients:

Nice Cream:

2 or 3 frozen sliced bananas (3 was too many for us to finish)
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbl cocoa powder
1 tbl tahini (you can use any nut butter, or exclude this, but I highly recommend it

Caramel

15 Medjool Dates soaked overnight
1/4 cup to 1 cup boiling water
crack of pink salt
1 tsp vanilla


Method:

Make the caramel first so your nice cream doesn't melt.  Put all ingredients into blender, except water.  Add 1/4 cup and blend.  Check consistency and taste and add a little water at a time until still thick but not too much.  This part is personal preference.  I think I added about a 1/2 cup. And that's it!

Next add frozen bananas to food processor.  Turn on and watch the magic.  After about a minute your bananas will become ice cream!! Once that happens, add the remaining ingredients and process again.  That's it!
Then, I just layered them into a glass!  So easy, and fun!  My daughter loves to help, and to the kids it's ice cream!  They will love it, and love that they can make it.
I have a bit of caramel leftover, and I'm hoping to create something with that!  Let me know if you try it!.

Warm Salad/Rice Bowl with Kale and Spicy Sauce

This is such a great food day, and a bad day for my phone to be broken!

I didn't know what to call this other than delicious!  I know that these pictures suck, and it may sound weird to eat a grain with a salad, but try it!  It's awesome!!

Just throwing stuff together and it turns out great! Love when that happens! A salad like this is great because you can really throw in anything you want to use up.  Like beans, veggies, nuts, or grains.  It's all good! I'm always coming up with things, or planning my week around what I have already.  In order to plan and save money, and eat healthy at the same time.  I swear I'm the laziest person in the world, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Healthy with some indulgence in the sauciness.  I got this aioli as a Christmas present, don't know where it's from.  So, you can use just vegan mayo or go to a grocery store and see what you can find!  Or just use any dressing you like, the mayo texture though is pretty bomb in this I think!  

Serves 1-2

Ingredients:
Leftover plain brown rice 1/2 cup
1 large kale leaf
1/2 cup organic salad blend
Chunk of red, orange, and yellow pepper chopped
Chopped onion (as much as you want)
6 cherry tomatoes chopped
1/4 cucumber chopped

Dressing:

Juice from 1/2 lemon
1tsp olive oil
1 tsp habanaro mango aioli
1 tsp vegan mayo
Salt/pepper

Chop all veggies and place into good size bowl, except cucumber and tomato. Warm rice with vegan butter, and try to get it pretty hot. Add rice to veggies while hot so it wilts the kale slightly. Top with tomatoes and cucumber. Mix up the sauce in a little bowl first, and then add it and some salt and pepper on top.  Add more dressing ingredients as needed.  I never measure things like that. Eat and thank me later!