Recipe: Single Serve Vegan Lemon and Poppy Seed Pancakes (Gluten Free!)

Single Serve Vegan Lemon and Poppy Seed Pancakes – Quick and easy to make, these Lemon and Poppyseed (or Chia Seed) Pancakes use simple ingredients you already have in the fridge and pantry for a delicious breakfast or brunch. Gluten free, healthy, refined sugar free, clean eating friendly, egg free, dairy free and makes one single serving. Top with maple syrup, butter, cream cheese or whatever you fancy!

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Let’s be real. Pancakes rarely happen at our house.

Sure the idea is lovely. But clumsy me, in front of a stove, flipping piping hot batter when I’ve just woken up? Probably not such a great idea 😜

But sometimes, I wake up and decide pancakes NEED to happen - and that’s when you get recipes like this.

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You see, I woke up and decided that lemon poppyseed pancakes should be a thing and should be a thing RIGHT THIS SECOND, so I got to work.

And ohhh mama, are these pancakes good 😍

Not only are they gluten free and vegan, they’re made with ingredients you probably already have in the pantry, so you can just whip them up and eat away.

Don’t have poppyseeds? Don’t like poppy seeds? No problem! We’ve also been making them with chia seeds to add a little extra nutrients - or you can leave them out altogether.

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Recipe: Single Serve Vegan Banana Pancakes (Gluten Free!)

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Pancakes are one of those things that I rarely make because I feel like they're too much effort - but then I make them and I'm like what on earth was I on about?!? because they're actually stupidly simple.... or at least my pancake recipes are. 

Whilst pancakes may seem like a breakfast food that requires a little too much effort first thing in the morning, I promise you these pancakes are SO easy to make - and even more delicious. 

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And you might be thinking yeaaaaaaaaah, but... I see those banana pieces you have on top there.. you've just added another step.... and you'd be right... but it's a strategic step, my friend. 

You see, these pancakes are a bit like myself... they're even better if you leave them to just chill out for a few minutes. Whilst your pancakes are chilling, just throw your banana chunks into your hot pan, add some coconut oil or butter and before you know it you'll have delicious caramelised banana pieces and pancakes that are ready to be dressed up and devoured.

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Before you know it, you'll have a fork in hand and pancakes in your belly and you'll be wondering why you don't make pancakes more often... 

Or maybe that's just me... 

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Recipe: Easy Vegan Pikelets (Gluten Free)

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Pikelets were actually one of the first things I learnt from scratch - and cooking them is one of my strongest early food memories. 

Pikelets are kind of an Australian thing. They're little mini pancakes that can be eaten warm or at room temperature and are always a kid favourite. 

My pikelet memories all happened at my neighbour, Audrey's, house. Growing up my Nanna lived four hours away, but Audrey was always my stand in Grandma. She was an older lady who lived next door and I remember squeezing through the gaps in the hedges between our houses and hopping the stepping stones to reach her arched front door. 

Once I was inside the house, we'd make our way down the hallway and to her kitchen at the back of the house. There, in front of the window overlooking the garden, her electric frying pan would be heating up with butter sizzling away as it melted. 

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We'd crack the eggs and mix the flour and before I knew it, we were ready to cook. 

She'd hand me a spoon and I'd drop lumpy spoonfuls of batter onto the hot frying pan, listening to the batter sizzle as it hit the butter inside. 

We'd wait, carefully watching the pikelets as they were cooking and Audrey would flip them over to reveal the golden goodness underneath. One by one the pikelets would be stacked up on a plate, cooling whilst we cooked the rest of the batter. 

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It probably felt like a lifetime to four year old me, but soon enough they were ready to eat. Spread with butter and jam, Audrey and I sat down to our afternoon tea for two. 

I can still hear her voice in my head - slightly husky but with raised notes at the end of each sentence. I can see her round glasses and her curly silver hair and I can still remember the pikelets on her florally china plates. A food memory that's lasted 20 years and one that I hope I'll be able to recreate with my kids (or neighbours!) one day in the future. 

These pikelets are a little bit differently to Audrey's. They're gluten free, egg free, dairy free and vegan - but they're still delicious - and still memory worthy. 

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Recipe: Single Serve Double Chocolate Protein Pancakes (Vegan & Gluten Free!)

I have always and will always be a chocolate girl.

Vanilla I can take or leave, strawberry is a hit or a miss, lemon is a no go when you're citrus intolerant and every other flavour doesn't really fuss me... but chocolate? You can rarely go wrong with chocolate. 

This single serve protein pancake recipe came about thanks to that love of chocolate. You see, I decided I reaaally wanted pancakes one morning, however, Jesse was still sleeping away and I didn't know if he'd want any too. 

I headed into the kitchen with a hungry tummy and decided to go with the craving and make a single serve batch of pancakes just for myself. But I didn't want just any pancakes... 

Since I was only cooking for myself and didn't have to worry about my weird husband who thinks chocolate for breakfast shouldn't be a thing (BLASPHEMY!), I decided that I wanted to create the chocolatiest of chocolate pancakes - and that's exactly what I created.

These pancakes are so easy to make and perfect for any fellow chocolate lover. If you want to dial down the chocolate level, just leave out the chocolate sauce and add peanut butter or your favourite pancake toppings instead. They're perfect eaten by themselves or loaded up with fresh fruit (especially strawberries!) - but I'll let you decide how to enjoy them!

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Recipe: Healthy Banana Protein Pancakes

Holidays are wonderful, however, I always find myself anxious to get back to my own kitchen! Call me odd, but whilst it's nice to have someone do all the cooking and cleaning for you, I love nothing more than creating my own meals in the kitchen.

To break things up in our Norfolk Island Recaps, I thought I'd share one of the recipes I couldn't wait to make once we returned as these pancakes are seriously delicious!

I always like to jam pack my breakfasts with proteins for two reasons; the first because they keep me fuller for longer and give me the energy needed to get through the day - and the second because I workout in the mornings and need that extra muscle fuel!

These pancakes are filled with around 38 grams of protein (yup, thirty eight!), depending on what kind of protein powder you choose - and they're absolutely delicious!

Whether you eat them as they are, top them with peanut butter, syrup or fresh banana slices, enjoy them hot or cold, make them into loads of tiny pancakes or a few huge ones; these pancakes are absolutely delicious and one recipe you'll find yourself making over and over!

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Recipe: Healthy Paleo Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes

One of my favourite things about the weekend (other than the fact I get 24/7 husband time) is that I have time to cook and bake and create new things.

You see, during the week I rarely have time to bake or create new recipes as I'm so busy with work. I cook dinner and make things needed for the week - but that's as far as I get. If I'm not running from one meeting to another, I'm busily typing away at my desk, working on web content or articles or busily photographing or designing things for my clients. If I do get the chance to cook or create something, it's usually because I'm working on a recipe development project for a client and not because I'm creating something for the blog!

But when it comes to the weekend? This girl gets busy in the kitchen! If I'm not baking something delicious or testing a recipe for the blog I'm whipping up something new to enjoy. These Paleo Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes were a recent weekend creation that we cannot get enough of! 

Using just four ingredients, the pancakes are super simple whilst also being thick, fluffy and delicious. Better than that, though? They're easily adaptable and we often turn them into protein pancakes by adding just two extra ingredients (i'll tell you what below!).

I'm still obsessed with all things strawberry related and, of course, whipped cream is always the perfect accompaniment. These pancakes were bound to be delicious, however, they were SO good that we haven't stopped making them since!

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Recipe: Healthy Protein Pancake Puffs with Hidden Fillings

I've got to admit something...

I'm someone who is ridiculously uncoordinated at the best of times. But first thing in the morning, I really shouldn't be allowed to function.

You see, I'm a morning person but I guess my limbs are left in la-la land when I wake up as for the first our I'm a fumbling, bumbling idiot. Don't believe me? Last week I managed to smash four glasses at one time. 

I was emptying the dishwasher, stacking the glasses on top of one another as I opened the cupboard with one glass stack in hand, only to have something come flying out at my from the cupboard, smashing the glasses in my hand which then crashed into a second stack, smashing them to pieces to. I wasn't kidding... fumbling, bumbling idiot.

So I have learnt, over the years that pancakes just aren't going to happen first thing in the morning. Not unless I'm feeling like a pancake scramble. 

I could wait until my limbs decided to wake up - but I'm someone who needs to eat as soon as  they wake up so usually I just go for another kind of breakfast. 

Usually. But last week, I also decided that I NEEEEEEEEEEEDED pancakes for breakfast and nothing else was going to do. Not oats, not breakfast bakes, not toast - nothing but pancakes would satisfy. 

So what does a girl do when she can't control her limbs but desperately wants pancakes? Why, she sticks them in the cake pop maker, of course! ;) 

That, my friends, is how these incredible puffs of joy were born. You see, it isn't so bad to be a fumbling bumbling idiot when that makes you realise that pancakes made in the cake pop maker are really just healthy poffertjes or dutch pancakes that are just calling out for delicious fillings. 

Poffertjes was one of my favourite childhood treats. Whenever we'd go to a food festival or market (maybe once or twice a year), we would all split a plate of poffertjes. Even though I hated pancakes at the time (weird kid, I'll tell you!), I loved these little doughy balls of heaven and they're something I always wistfully eye off when we're at the farmer's market, wishing that I wasn't a coeliac. 

But now, I have my own healthy poffertjes recipe that's secretly healthy and high in protein and absoluteeeeeeeeely delicious! Best of all? It's made in minutes and you can fill your little pancake puffs with whatever your heart (or stomach) desires!

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Recipe: Vegan Peanut Butter and Banana Protein Pancakes (With NO Protein Powder!)

Whilst I'm not a vegan, I love creating delicious vegan recipes so I can share them with you because I know everyone has different food needs. The other great thing about vegan recipes, though? They're the perfect thing to whip up when you're all out of eggs, milk and other usual pancake essentials!

This recipe came about when I had some sad looking bananas sitting in the fruit bowl and a peanut butter pancake craving and the rest, as they say, was history...... or in my belly.... you know...

These pancakes are absolutely delicious and protein packed so they're the perfect way to start your day.

Every time I make pancakes, I notice just how different Jesse and I are. You see, I love lots of small little bite sized pancakes, whilst Jesse would prefer a couple of big fat pancakes on his plate. I like topping my pancakes with peanut butter and/or fruit whilst Jesse sticks to maple syrup and/or butter. 

But regardless of how big or little you like your pancakes or whatever you smother them with, this is one pancake recipe I can guarantee you'll love if you like the classic peanut butter and banana combo!

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Recipe: Healthy Oatmeal Protein Pancakes for One

After such a jam packed weekend last week, this past weekend was a rather lazy one. I wasn't well and Jesse was heading off to Canberra to work for the week on Sunday afternoon so we decided to soak up as much together time as possible and do absolutely nothing. 

Nothing that is except eat pancakes, watch movies and laze about in warm and comfy clothes - our idea of the perfect lazy weekend.

Pancakes have to be one of my favourite meals ever and I think they're the ultimate weekend treat. Whilst we have a million and one pancake recipes that we use, we're always coming up with new ideas and trying different combinations. 

Lately we've been adding a protein punch to our pancakes stacks with these Oatmeal Protien Pancakes - and they are so ridiculously delicious we've been whipping up at least a batch a week. They're super thick and fluffy and so easy to make your own. 

Mix through some chocolate chips or juicy blueberries. 

Add in some thick banana slices for thick, caramelised banana pancakes. 

Switch it up with your favourite flavour protein powder.

Make them into peanut butter pancakes by switching protein powder for peanut flour.

Pimp your pancakes with whatever toppings tickle your fancy. 

The possibilities are endless because this is the perfect base recipe!

Jesse and I both tend to go our own route when it comes to the toppings. I'm the peanut butter queen who hassssssssss to top her pancakes with an abundance of thick, stick-to-your-mouth peanut butter whilst Jesse prefers to keep it traditional with butter and syrup. 

Whatever your toppings or mix ins, you'll have a perfect single serve stack with a whopping 25 grams of protein in just a few minutes. 

But enough talking, let me give you the recipe so you can make them yourself! >>