Recipes

Mint Chocolate Pancakes

The world has few perfect recipes. But this is one of them.

When my kids were in elementary school, I made this almost every morning for them to eat as breakfast or take as a school lunch. Then, when they got to middle school they were required to either make their own lunch or get the free lunch supplied by the school. Suddenly the free lunch seemed much more attractive to them. Now these mint chocolate pancakes are a special treat.

Add to a blender:

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2/3 cup teff flour
• 2/3 cup quinoa, sorghum, millet, or amaranth flour
• 1/3 cup tapioca flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup frozen spinach (optional, we include when feeding kids)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground coffee
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp peppermint extract (orange extract works great too!)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

Blend until smooth. Make wonderful pancakes!