My New Favorite Breakfast: Nutty Pancakes

This is AWESOME! I have literally had this every morning for breakfast for the past month! I double this recipe, freeze it all and then microwave each morning (about 2 pancakes per person). With this, we get breakfast every morning for the whole family for two solid weeks.

Protein: Nuts, nuts, nuts

• 2 c. ground oatmeal (grind to powder in food processor)--alternatively, oat bran works
• 1 c. whole wheat flour
• 3 c. ground nuts (grind almonds or walnuts to a powder in food processor)
• 3 eggs
• 1 Tbsp. maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 2 c. applesauce
• 2 c. milk 
• 1.5 c. ground flax seed (optional)

I separate this into three separate bowls and add:

- Blueberries to one bowl

- Dark chocolate chips to another (for some reason, dark chocolate has a much richer flavor than either milk or semi-sweet chocolate in this recipe)

- Dark chocolate chips and frozen bananas (If you eat them right away, fresh bananas work fine, but if you are going to freeze and unthaw the pancakes one breakfast at a time, for some reason, frozen bananas come out with a much better texture). 

Then ladle them out on a flat grill and flip when they are golden brown on the bottom. 

Freeze (I label the batches and pack them separately in the freezer for easy unthawing--1 min. in micro).