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Banting Pancakes Recipe…
In South Africa we call these flapjacks. In the States they are called pancakes. Whatever you call them they are truly delicious. We had them for lunch yesterday and they were a hit.
Coconut Pancakes with Strawberry Jam and Cream
Ingredients:
4 eggs
1/4 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbs xylitol
1/4 cup yogurt or cream (I used cream and added more coconut flour)
1/2 tsp baking powder
Beat eggs and cream or yogurt together then add all the other ingredients. Let it sit for a little while and make the strawberry jam. If the pancake mix seems too runny, add a little coconut flour.
Strawberry Jam
1 punnet of strawberries
2 Tbs xylitol (or to taste)
1/2 cup of water
Cut up the strawberries and put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Check the water level and add a little if needed. Break up the strawberries and simmer a little longer until you get a good jam-like consistency. Let it cool down a little.
Heat a little coconut oil in a pan and drop pancake mixture by the dessert spoonful into pan. When underside is done, flip and cook the other side. Spread with jam and serve with cream.
Coconut Pancakes with Strawberry Jam
Banting Dessert Recipe for Today…
Today has been a good one so far. Breakfast strawberries were followed later by a cold roast chicken thigh on the move. (Me, not the thigh…:) My hunger felt satisfied for a fairly long while. A snack in between was biltong (with the fat on!) and droe wors (beef jerky and dried farmer’s sausage) with my Pink Drink (sparkling mineral water with bitters). Sipped on lemon juice through the day.
This was lunch in the middle of the day: (In Ayurveda, midday is the time for the biggest meal of the day when the agni – digestive fire – is at its highest. A light early supper is the way to end the day and an early night is never a bad idea. Here I am lecturing myself, as I tend to stay awake late playing Scrabble with the droid and only put out the light when I have nearly dropped the phone twice while falling asleep.)
Roast Chicken. Eat the Skin!
And this was dessert:
Banting Chocolate Mousse
Banting Chocolate Mousse Recipe:
3 or 4 Big Tbs Double Cream Greek Yogurt
1 Tbs Cream
1 tsp Cocoa, unsweetened
1 or 2 tsp Xylitol to taste
Whip it all together and eat with abandon.
There is rugby at 5, (the Boks playing Australia at Newlands. Go Bokke!!!…) and I am making Banting Burger Patties with Blue Cheese Cream Sauce. (My goodness I love that cream!) Hubby gets the bun. I will post that recipe and photo in the next entry.
The Revolution rocks…