Some days call for pancakes!

When I began my vegan journey, I thought that I would have to give up some types of food. I assumed that I would never be able to replicate food that requires the use of eggs and milk.

But oh was I wrong!

Eggs and milk are flavour components as much as they are binding components for food such as pancakes. The binding components can be replaced by using ingredients such as flaxseed meal which is a great replacement for eggs. And infinitely healthier than eggs!

A simple egg replacer for binding would be as follows:

2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal/ground flaxseed mixed in with 3 tablespoons of water.

This would approximately give you one 'egg'.

Dairy milk is replaced with any non dairy milk in the market. The most common and cheapest option would be soy milk. This can replace any recipe that uses dairy milk.

I find that the absence of eggs and milk in a recipe allows me to fully taste the other ingredients in the recipe. This was a welcome surprise as the food now tastes strongly of all other ingredients. Egg and milk no longer overwhelm the flavour component of food.

YUM.

Coconut Pancakes

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

1 cup spelt flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

2 tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut

Wet ingredients

1 flaxseed egg

(2 tablespoons flaxseed meal mixed with 3 tablespoons of water and left to rest for 10 minutes)

1 cup coconut water

1 tablespoon coconut syrup

1 & 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil

What do I do

1. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

2. Mix all wet ingredients in a separate bowl til well combined.

3. Add wet mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients.

4. Using a spoon, mix til well combined and set aside for 10 minutes.

5. Heat a non stick pan. (No extra oil required)

6. Spoon 2 tablespoons of pancake mixture on non stick pan and form a circular shape (as best as possible! haha)

7. Let it cook and flip when you see some bubbles forming in the batter. Sides would be slightly matte.

8. Flip pancake and let it cook for a minute or so.

9. Enjoy pancakes with more shredded coconut and some coconut syrup/blueberry compote.