Healthy Oatmeal Pancakes

These sugar free and dairy free oatmeal pancakes are an exciting and delicious alternative to your regular pancakes. Give them a try and you will fall in love with this recipe. 

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February is here and we are already planning our summer holiday because we simply cannot wait to feel the warmth of the sun and a sweet sea breeze on our skins again.

When I give it a bit thought though, I find it slightly odd that the older we get the more we dislike winters. Why is that? I remember being absolutely ecstatic about long winter months back in the day.

I loved all of it-the crunchy snow under my feet, skating on frozen lakes in below zero temps while wearing a wooly sweater, lots of tea and sweets on my return home, and especially school canceled for snow days, which meant layering up all available items of winter clothing and running outside to roll in the snow. Literally, ROLLING IN THE SNOW, GUYS!

Not anymore, all we seem to care about nowadays is how to weather the winter. We accept it as a necessary evil we simply do not enjoy anymore. I am not sure if it’s just an order of things and a sign of ageing but for all it’s worth I find happy oatmeal pancakes with a tropical twist help tremendously.

It’s the sort of help I need to get through the rough months of getting up in the dark and getting home in the dark while summer holiday is still 6 months away and there are no conceivable events to get excited about in the near future.

If you are following me and have been paying attention you would notice by now that my whole family has embraced a much healthier lifestyle as soon as 2016 came round, the linchpin of our New Years resolutions.

We joined the gym and ditched bad carbs and sugar. The results have been super encouraging. Both Brad and I are already feeling much fitter and are reaching for smaller-sized clothes forgotten at the back of our wardrobes!

In my most recent recipe for Truffled Lentil and Kale “Risotto” I was sharing how much I miss carbs and especially bread but what Brad really misses is sugar! He’s got a real sweet tooth! Over the course of last 5 weeks I’ve developed a few sweet recipes using Splenda® No-Calorie Sweetener.

Brad grew up with 2 diabetics in his family and is no stranger to sugar substitutes, so the need to find satisfying recipes with less added sugar is something we are very familiar with. If you are facing something similar, there are many other options available at Sweet Swaps. 

While Brad and I were quite satisfied with our new lifestyle kids are reluctant to get on board – not that they need to lose weight! The only problem was what to do with the Saturday morning pancake tradition that both big and small people would enjoy.

You know how I mentioned we ditched bad carbs? Well, these oatmeal pancakes are made of all the right carbs-rolled oats and just a 1/3 cup of wholewheat flour!

In place of sugar I used Splenda® Granulated Low Calorie Sweetener and instead of cream I whipped up coconut cream also sweetened with Splenda® and served these oatmeal pancakes with gorgeous blood oranges and tangerines.

The kids were more than happy. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing their first bite and then a huge grin followed by, “It’s actually really GOOD!”

These oatmeal pancakes are not new in our family, they were regularly made in our house in those post pregnancy days for a much needed energy boost!

I’ve played with the recipe and made a few adjustments over the years.Possibly the most important is to process rolled oats in a food processor or a blender in order to achieve a coarse flour-like texture. I’ve also added some wheat bran for extra fibre.

Oatmeal Pancakes with Coconut Cream and Blood Oranges

Makes 18 pancakes

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Course: Breakfast

Servings: 4

Author: Julia Frey of Vikalinka

Ingredients

For the Oatmeal Pancakes

• 1 1/2 cups/135 g rolled oats
• 2 cups/ 500 ml skim milk or soy milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup/ 45 g whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup/ 30 g wheat bran
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp Splenda® No Calorie Sweetener Granulated
• 2 tsp coconut oil plus more for cooking pancakes melted
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Coconut Whipped Cream

• 1 can of coconut milk not reduced fat
• 1 tbsp Splenda® No Calorie Sweetener Granulated

For the topping

• 2 blood oranges peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 tangerines peeled and thinly sliced
• Unsweetened coconut flakes optional
• Pomegranate seeds optional

Instructions

• Put a can of coconut milk in the fridge the night before or at least two hours before whipping it.
• Measure out rolled outs and pulse them in a food processor or a blender until they resemble coarse flour.
• Mix with milk, whole wheat flour, wheat bran, Splenda® No calorie Sweetener, melted coconut oil, sifted baking powder, salt, lightly beaten egg and vanilla extract. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile open the can of coconut milk and carefully scoop out the hard coconut mass that is formed at the top of the can into a medium bowl. (Reserve the coconut water for another use.)
• Add Splenda® No calorie Sweetener and whip with a hand blender for 1 minute until creamy and fluffy, put back in the refrigerator until ready to eat.
• Preheat a non-stick frying pan on high heat, add 1/4 tsp of coconut oil to the pan and spread it around with a brush or a paper towel.
• Stir the pancake batter and scoop out 1/4 cup of the pancake batter and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes on one side. When the pancakes are dry around the edges and bubbly on top flip them over and cook for another minute. Repeat until all pancakes batter is used. Stir your pancake batter each time you scoop another batch of pancakes to make sure the oats are even distributed. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Serve with whipped coconut cream and peeled and sliced blood oranges and tangerines. Sprinkle with coconut flakes if desired.

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