Green food colouring..naturally!

Yesterday was Sunday. Designated pancake day in the Steph household.

However, there are so many Sunday's filled with the same old banana/spelt pancakes before it gets.. uninteresting. Lifeless. Dull. Something pancakes should never be!

*It's funny to add that I never get sick or tired of my favourite bowl of cinnamon banana oats and it's practically the same flavour just different textures!

So I thought I would spice things up a little (not literally because the only spice I want to use in pancakes is cinnamon... maybe nutmeg if I'm feeling creative/crazy) and add-wait for it-

COLOUR!

It was hard tossing up between what colour I wanted to make my pancakes; blue using pureed blueberries? Red/pink using beet juice? Bright orange with the help of pumpkin? Been there, done that. Something I haven't tried before? Greeeeen pancakes (unless you include that time my friend and I added green food colouring to some crepes we were making that turned out... not very appetising ;)

Here's what happened:

I got together all the necessities when making delicious vegan pancakes (wholemeal spelt flour, chia seeds, rolled oats, 1/2 banana, vanilla protein powder, cinnamon, almond milk) and placed it all in a mini food processor.

Then I topped it all off with a nice big handful of the green stuff! (baby spinach leaves if you hadn't guessed)

Lid on, pulverising initiating...

Pulverising complete!

And a very bright (slightly fluorescent- the picture doesn't do the colour justice) pancake batter!

Poured into a mug and let thicken for around 10 mins (this batter was quite thick. I wanted nice fluffy 'cakes)

After the batter had thickened slightly I spooned out some of the mixture onto a heated fry pan with some olive oil:

Around 2-3 mins and FLIP!

Another minute or so on the other side and flip onto some paper towel!!

Perfect and nice and fluffy :)

While the pancakes are still hot, top with your favourite topping (I went with cashew butter and peanut butter and let them get all melty and gooey)

And enjoy!
With the other half of my banana, I whazzed it up with some greek yoghurt while the batter was thickening and popped it in the freezer for some banana fro-yo.

The best part about the breakfast (other than the taste, because the taste is always the best part of eating!)? The awesome green colour of the pancakes- I love it!!

Trust on this when I say you cannot taste the spinach at all- it just creates the awesome colour (and sneaks in added nutrients- bonus!)

All this to say my pancake Sunday just got 200x more exciting and I think I'll carry on with this theme of making a different (natural) coloured pancake each week. Any suggestions for next Sunday?

Your turn:
Do you have a designated day for pancakes?
Favourite batter additions?
Favourite pancake toppings? I was never the biggest fan of maple syrup- I had it occasionally but found it a bit too sickly (maybe because my previous love was tomato sauce on top of my pancakes :)

That's all from me today. I hope you all have a lovely Monday, eat something delicious! Bye for now friends!! :D

Sunday Links for everyone!

Ahhhh, rise and shine to the sounds of Sunday (ie. nothingggg)!

I mention this every week, and I'm gonna mention it again, I just love the relaxing vibe Sunday offers to the week. Without a Sunday every 7th day I would be a frazzled loon trying to figure out how to live my life and maintain normal human tendencies.

For some odd reason my body still wakes itself up bright dark and early on the weekends so I've never been much of a sleep-er-inner when the two days of freedom roll round. Not complaining though because mornings are when I'm most productive so it's up and at em' from the get go!

This morning I did another set of weight training (see this post) and then moved from the weights to the FOOD! In typical Sunday fashion there were pancakes involved, but you'll have to wait til' tomorrow to see the awesome-ness that they were!

Here, I'll give you a whole bunch of awesome links from the week to keep you occupied until then. ;)

BRING ON THE LINKS!!

Health:

10 Reasons You Eat When You're Not Actually Hungry

Extreme Fatigue After Long Runs

Fitness:

Full body metabolism boosting home workout

 

These Athletes Prove You Can Do Incredible Things With Any Kind Of Body

Can You Relate to These 21 Runner Girl Problems?

Are You in a Cardio Rut? Break Free!

Food:

Vegan pizza with pesto, courgette and tomatoes

Vegan ‘Meatless’ Lentil Balls

Raw Cherry Tahini Thumbprint Cookies

Spicy Brazilian Burrito Bowls

Healthy No Bake Ferrero Rocher Bites

Those are just a snap-shot of the awesome posts I've seen flying around the web lately. I think it's amazing how much info and advice and support you can gain from other bloggers and writers and am so grateful to be a part of this wonderful community!

Seen any awesome links from the past week that you've loved? Share it in the comments- I'd love to check it out!

Alrighty folks, that's all from me today, I hope you all have a fabulous Sunday, rest, recover and get ready for the week! Bye!! :D