Hippie Pancakes

If I were to dream of hippie food, this is what it would look like. In fact, if mother nature could cook, Leah and I believe she would cook something just like this: whole wheat Swedish pancakes, coloured with golden sauteed bananas, and textured with soft cream cheese contrasted with crunchy granola.

Oh hay! What a coincidence, that is exactly what we did!

After stumbling out of bed at 11am this morning, Leah and I (complete with bed head, pj's, bare feet, and no makeup...hippie style if you ask me!) were not content with making a simple breakfast of toast and jam. No sir. We were in a fancy-dancy breakfast mood this morning!

Our food smarts directed us to my brand new "Martha Stewart Cookbook!" (Purchased yesterday in fact, at the local library book store for only 8 dollars!) We found her recipe for Swedish pancakes and went from there. Cream cheese, honey, sauteed bananas, and granola play a starring role in this sensational breakfast.

Click on this picture ^
and get a really good look at the colours and textures.

If you sautee the bananas in butter and brown sugar they turn a really pretty gold colour. However I would recommend using firm, fresh bananas with no brown spots on them. This way the bananas will hold up in the sautee pan, and they won't become too sweet after being cooked.


I should note that I believe this recipe to be healthy. (It's got whole wheat, fruit, yogurt, non-fat cream cheese, and natural sweeteners! Come on now.) So eat up hungry wolverines!

Ingredients:

6 Swedish Pancakes:
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c milk
3/4 c whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp. melted butter
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar

Sauteed Bananas:
2 bananas, sliced
1/2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. brown sugar

Plain yogurt
Granola (I used a mango, cranberry variety)
Honey
Low fat cream cheese

Directions:

1. Prepare swedish pancakes by combining eggs, milk, flour, melted butter, and salt in a mixing bowl. Blend well. (Note: Don't over mix because you don't want bubbles in your batter. Aswell, melt your butter innitally in the frying pan so that it coats the surface, and then pour the melted butter into the batter. This way, you don't have to dirty another dish!)

2. Scoop batter onto your hot, greased frying pan. (Note: To ensure the pan is hot enough, sprinkle some water onto it, and if it sizzles, it's ready.)

3. Be patient as you cook your pancakes, and only flip when you see bubbles forming close to the centre. When you flip them, they only need about 30 sec. more.

4. For your sauteed bananas, melt butter in a small frying pan. Add sliced bananas brown sugar. Cook until the bananas are thoroughly covered in sugar, and you have a nice brown colour.

5. Assemble your hippie pancakes by spreading creamcheese on your pancake, bananas, a drizzle of honey, and some granola. We had to use a fork an knife to eat it, but if your brave you could use your hands.

6. Serve along side some plain yogurt to dip your pancakes in.