Breakfast Pancake Stack

If every now and then you get bored of your everyday breakfast and feel like a treat on the weekend then look no further. This recipe really hits the spot and as always is a very healthy alternative to your normal pancake batter. The actual pancakes themselves are made of only 3 ingredients bananas, almond flour & Eggs. Check it out...

INGREDIENTS

Pancakes:

2 bananas

Almond flour

Eggs

Chocolate Sauce:

½ Cup Coconut Oil

½ cup Carob chunks (optional)

½ Cup cacoa powder

3 Tbsp Honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

METHOD

Pancakes:

In a bowl mash up the bananas

Mix in the almond flour & eggs

Heat up 1 tbsp coconut oil in a frying pan

Pour in a small, circular amount of pancake mixture & let it cook for a few minutes

Flip pancake over and cook the other side until golden and cooked right through

Repeat until all mixture is finished

Chocolate sauce:

Melt coconut oil and carob chunks in a small pot on top of a bigger pot of boiling water

Once melted remove from heat and add all other ingredients

Mix well

Layer pancakes one on top of each other in a high stack (I did 5 & only managed to eat half!).

Pour chocolate sauce on top

Garnish with things such as banana slices, strawberry slices, berries, cinnamon spice, ground nuts, cacao nibs etc

Serve & enjoy J

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Chocolate Caramel Squares

Firstly must apologize to you all for not posting any recipes for a while now. No excuse really life has just been terribly busy and i simply have not gotten around to it until now. I have quite a few new goodies to post & will hopefully be able to add them all over the next couple days.

So this recipe turned out really nicely!! It contains no dairy, no sugar & no gluten. A really nice healthy snack to nibble on when that sugar craving hits. Enjoy! :)

INGREDIENTS

Crust:

·         2 Cups Almond Flour

·         1 Cup dates

·         1 Tbsp Cacao powder

·         1 tsp vanilla extract

·         Pinch salt

Caramel:

·         2 Tins Coconut Milk or coconut Cream or Soya Milk (works just as well as the coconut)

·         4 heaped Tbsp Honey (add more if not sweet enough)

·         4 tsp Vanilla extract

·         Pinch salt

Chocolate:

·         ½ Cup Coconut Oil

·         ½ cup Carob chunks (optional)

·         ½ Cup Cacao powder

·         3 Tbsp Honey

·         1 tsp vanilla extract

·         Pinch of salt

METHOD

Crust:

·         Add ingredients to a blender or food processor until mixed together like cookie dough

·         Line a baking dish lined with baking paper

·         Press mixture down to form a layer

·         Put in the fridge to set

Caramel:

·         Add all ingredients to a pot and bring to the boil in medium heat

·         Leave mixture to simmer until it turns a caramel brown colour and thickens

·         Remove and let cool slightly (until thick and sticky (but still liquid enough to spread as a layer)

·         Remove baking tray from Fridge & add your caramel layer

·         Put baking tray back in fridge to set

Chocolate:

·         Melt coconut oil and carob chunks in a small pot on top of a bigger pot of boiling water

·         Once melted remove from heat and add all other ingredients

·         Mix well

·         Remove baking tray from Fridge & add your Chocolate layer

·         Garnish with things like crushed nuts, seeds, cacao nibs etc

·         Place in Freezer for 2 hours or overnight

Serve & Enjoy!

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