What if your New Year's resolution tasted good and didn't seem like a resolution?
If you have decided to go gluten free and dairy free, and are looking for a quick healthy breakfast or you are trying to work more elderberries into your daily routine, then you have come to the right spot!
This quick, vegan pancake recipe from scratch is better than Joanna Gaines banana bread recipe. Not only is it tastier, it is faster too. These dairy free banana oatmeal pancakes are topped off with DIY Elderberry Syrup which will beat any blueberry sauce for pancakes! The combo is delish!
Let's take a deeper look into the ingredients and the simplicity of the recipe, shall we?
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So many of our readers have questions about elderberry syrup including, but not limited to:
Many of those questions we have already answered in our YouTube video on making Awesome Berry Sauce as well as our video on the Medicinal Uses of Elderberries. Today I wanted to cover a few different ways to actually use the DIY Elderberry Syrup once you have it made. After all, what good is the knowledge of elderberries, their benefits and the elderberry syrup if you don't have a habit of using it?
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Elderberries are on the list of GRAS (generally regarded as safe) foods and as such are great for using in food quantity amounts. Think of using elderberries in place of other berries in your cooking, such as in jams, jellies, teas, desserts, drinks (alcoholic and non), cobblers, pies etc. Anywhere you would use something like a blueberry, such as blueberry pancake syrup, would be a fabulous place to substitute elderberries. A fabulous way to get kids to use elderberries would be this ACV gummies that could be made with Herbal Elderberry Syrup Mix instead of tea!
When we take a super food like elderberries and work them into our daily habits, it makes it that much easier to get their benefits without the added struggle of adding 'one more pill' or 'one more spoonful' to our already busy day and regime.
The best place to start with adding elderberries daily is with breakfast! After all its the first and the MOST important meal of the day!
I'm sure most of you, like myself, are very busy! Maybe, just maybe, you set yourself aside to help the kids with their school, to clean the house, to drive around doing all the errands. You are busy taking care of your loved ones and some times that means you miss out on the nutrition you need to fuel your busy day.
Say no more to that my mama friends!
These quick and simple, dairy free, gluten free banana bread blender pancakes are going to hit the spot. While giving you the benefits of elderberries that you have been trying to figure out how to work into your busy schedule.
They are even good enough that you might have to double and triple the recipe so that your kiddos can have some too. Or maybe for stashing some in the freezer for an even faster breakfast on the run.
Without further ado ... let's get to the grub.
Photo & Recipe by Kayla Joy Creatives
Ingredients for Pancakes
Elderberry Syrup Recipe
Directions
Note - to make the 2 flax eggs, combine 2 tbsp ground flaxseed with 6 tbsp water and stir. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes for the mixture to thicken up.
Photo by Kayla Joy Creatives
I don't know about you, but I'm drooling now, and REALLY hungry. These are totally on my list for breakfast tomorrow. They are so simple to whip up in the blender and fit all my dietary restrictions. But they are fluffy and light and so yummy!
I'd love to know what your biggest challenge for the year ahead is regarding working herbs into your daily life. Also, if you try these I'd love to hear what you thought! Leave me notes in the comments below!
To grab more great herbal recipes and tutorials make sure to check out the Herbal Studio where we share even more on the nitty gritty of what herbs can do, video tutorials and bi-monthly challenges paired with a communi-tea of like minded individuals for help and support on your herbal journey!
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