Start Your Day Off Healthy!

This past Saturday Ellen, Manitoba Canola Growers, joined Jim on the Great Tastes of Manitoba and they showed you just how easy it can be to start your day off healthy. If you missed it you can watch here! 

Does your family have a favourite pancake recipe?  These pancakes make a great breakfast, lunch or even a quick and easy dinner. 

I always double my batch and freeze the extras.  They heat up great in the toaster or are perfect snacks right from the freezer that you can put in lunches, backpacks and purses.

Watch Ellen and Jim make our Family Favourite Pancakes

 Family Favourite Pancakes

  • 1 cup (250 mL) flour
  • 1/2 cup (125 mL) whole wheat flour
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) sugar
  • 1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
  • 1 (1) egg
  • 1 (1) ripe banana, mashed
  • 2 tbsp (30 mL) canola oil
  • 2 cup (500 mL) skim milk
Preheat griddle over medium heat. Spray with canola oil. In large bowl, add flours, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk. In medium bowl, beat egg and blend in mashed banana. Add canola oil and milk. Mix well. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture. Mix until there are no lumps. Using a ladle, spoon on about 1/4 cup (60 mL) of pancake mixture and cook until bubbles form on the top and then flip. Brown on both sides. Serve warm with fresh fruit and maple syrup.
 
Serve with: Manitoba Ale Royale: 2 parts Fort Garry Pale Ale (Canada) with 1 part Rigby Orchards Cassis Mead (Blackcurrant Mead, Canada)

 

Be Well…Jenn