A Vegan Pancake

Some exciting news:

1.  TERRY GOT A TATTOO!  Look at this beauty:

It was inevitable as soon as he bought his motorcycle. Is Ted’s son Teddy next?  

2.  SUSAN GOT A KITTEN!  Her name is Gracie…that’s Gracie Scialdone:

It doesn’t get much cuter than that, does it. How adorable.

A Pancake story

Don’t you love chit – chatting with fellow bloggers?  It can be about anything.  Food and running are obviously two of my favorites.  This post has to do with a conversation about pancakes and egg substitutes for Vegan diets. 

One of my latest favorite blogs to visit is Ilax Studio.  My blogging friend is Kim and she maintains a Vegan diet.  I asked her about pancake or waffle recipes and if she knew of any really good ones that didn’t use eggs. Kim referred me to this site: VegWeb.com  PERFECT!  Now, what about that egg replacer.  I was told that a good substitute for egg replacer is 1 TBS milled flax seed plus 3 TBS warm water.  This recipe went on my list as a “must try”. 

• Makes about 12 small pancakes or 8 larger ones.
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 TBS sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg replacer *This is where I messed up.  I THOUGHT I had the flax seed substitute mentioned above. Turned out I had HULLED HEMP SEED.  Well, lets give it a try.  I used 1 TBS Bob’s Red Mill Hulled Hemp seed + 3 TBS Warm water  **See below for information on Hemp seed or see my link on EXAMINER
• 1 cup soymilk (I used non-fat vanilla flavor)
• 2 TBS canola oil

Directions:

Mix wet ingredients in a medium sized bowl.  Mix dry ingredients in a larger bowl.  Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until smooth.

Drop onto a medium preheated NON-STICK pan.

Flip over when each pancake begins to bubble on top. 

Serve with vegan buttery spread and maple syrup.

*By the way, this is a most interesting reference link: In Search of Vegan Food.  It lists standard kitchen ingredients where you just might find animal products. Who knew?!!!

These pancakes were light and delicious.  I could taste so much vanilla flavor – probably because I used Vanilla Non Fat Soy milk.  I couldn’t stop nibbling and that was WITHOUT butter or syrup.

Go ahead.  Give them a try. You will never know the difference.  Ah-Hem….Ted didn’t.  And, don’t tell him. He won’t like the idea of “soy” milk.

**Hulled Hemp Seed:  This information is taken off the package of “Bob’s Red Mill Hulled Hemp Seed”.   For more information and a comparison between Hemp Seed and Flax Seed, see my link on EXAMINER.

Excellent protein source. All Essential Amino Acids.  High in Omega-3 & Omega-6.  A pleasant nut flavor and creamy texture. Gluten Free. 2 TBS = 90 calories.  Total fat is 6 grams.  Saturated = 1 g. Polyunsat. = 8 g. Monounsaturated = 2 g.  Trans fat = 0. Omega-3 = 882 mg.  Carbs. = 3 g. Sugars = 0.  Protein = 5 g. Iron = 6%.

Tagged as: Bob's Red Mill, Hulled Hemp Seed, Pancakes, Vegan, VegWeb