Healthy Strawberry Banana Pancakes

Why we love these pancakes

• homemade and fluffy
• made with oats and banana, so a healthier version
• juicy and delicious due to the strawberries
• great for baby-led weaning, toddler and kids
• freezable

Banana is a great sweetener to use in pancakes so you may also like Banana Spinach Pancakes for baby recipe, Pink Beet Pancakes, Healthy Blueberry Pancakes or Banana Oat Pancakes.

Ingredients

• Oats - you can use oats or oat flour. Oats have more fiber, vitamins and minerals that typical flour. Oats are made from carbohydrates, protein and fiber so will keep you full for longer and help aid digestion. 
• All-purpose flour - just 2 tablespoon in this recipe makes the strawberry banana pancakes fluffy
• Eggs - choose organic or free-range eggs if possible. Eggs bind the whole recipe together so the pancake does not fall apart. Egg whites contain protein and the yolk has healthy fats.
• Banana - Use fully ripe or overripe bananas for sweetness and as those are more digestable. They contain good amounts of vitamins B6 and C, as well as plenty of potassium.
• Strawberries - high in vitamin C and fiber. We mix them in the pancake mixture and you can also top the pancakes with some fresh strawberries. So nutritious for babies (that's why we also love to give babies strawberry juice and strawberry milk)

How to make strawberry pancakes? Step-by-step instructions

1. Place all the ingredients except the strawberries into a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Once blended transfer to a measuring jug and mix in the cut up strawberries. The mixture should be pretty dense, almost like you were making a cake.
3. Heat a medium skillet on high heat and add a teaspoon of coconut oil. Once heated, bring the heat down to medium, take a tablespoon of batter and portion out 3 pancakes across the skillet and let them cook for about 3 minutes until the sides are golden and have firmed.
4. Flip them (they should flip super easily) and cook for another 2 minutes.
5. Serve with some nut butter, fruit, yogurt or they are delicious on their own.

How to store and reheat?

Storage

• Fridge – place in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
• Freezer – if you think you will be defrosting them individually then place them one on top of the other and then separate them with parchment paper followed by placing them in an airtight container. Once defrosted, use within 24 hours.

Reheating from frozen

• Reheat in the oven at 180°C / 350°F for about 5-10 min.
• Reheat in toaster for 1 min on defrost setting
• Reheat in microwave for about 15 sec on defrost setting (depending on the microwave)

Tips

• Use ripe or overripe bananas to make them sweeter
• Use coconut oil when heating up the pan. For some reason it just works 100x better than any other oil with this recipe. And it gives a nice flavour
• Blend the mixture in an blender or Vitamix
• Use a silicone spatula to flip the pancakes because it will change your life
• Cut the pancake the length and width of your index finger to serve for baby-led weaning

Variations

• Add sweetener like 2 teaspoon of honey if you want them sweeter
• Add seeds for nutritional boost - chia seeds, flaxseeds, hemp seeds
• Make them vegan by using flax egg or chia egg
• Use wholewheat flour instead of all-purpose flour