Coconut Flax Seed Pancakes

Coconut Flax Seed Pancakes 

How I get my Daughters to eat a healthier version of pancakes.

As a mother I have those typical "hurry...rush rush...on the go" mornings. Maybe more then I would like to admit. Just when I feel as if I have fallen into a perfect routine in the mornings...boom both traffic routes to my Daughters school are now under construction. I mean really? Do they have to do this to me? Or us? But then again this is Michigan and we joke that we have 5 seasons and the fifth season is quote on quote Orange cones. Which seems to end once snow falls and the workers can no longer work. 

Anyways, my Daughters favorite breakfast is pancakes. Whenever I toss the boxed mix into my cart for the on the go mornings I cringe. I try to buy the healthiest boxed version, but I mean seriously anything with a boxed life scares me. But that is kind of hard to get away from theses days unless you live on a farm. Which is my dream. That's when I started pondering how I could make them healthier.

That is when I came up with my healthier version. I have to admit it scared my Daughters at first, but they ended up loving them. Now this is how I make our boxed pancakes. Or even homemade pancakes. It;s really all about substituting and adding. 

The Recipe 

Boxed pancake mix (or homemade) 

Coconut water (instead of water)

Coconut milk (instead of milk) 

Grind ed flax seeds ( add into the mix) 

Eggs (if recipe calls for them) 

                                   

HealthIER Pancakes

As a mother I am always trying to figure out ways to add healthy goodness into our foods. How can I trick the girls? How can I make it still taste good? This morning I feel accomplished.

Our daughters love pancakes. It is kind of like a special treat on the weekends when daddy is not working. Lately the thought of pancakes with not really any healthy goodness makes me cringe. So why not add some healthy goodness into them right?

Here is what I added and subtracted. I added our flax seeds by grounding them. I just used my coffee bean grinder; works great! I added it to the pancake mix. I then subtracted the water that it calls for. Instead I added coconut water. next....mix...mix...mix!

Don't feel threatened; the batter will smell a little on the funky side. But they are oh so delicious.  Our daughters loved them so much they begged for more. Lets just say after our daughters demolished them, my husband and I were left with one each.  I have accomplished a healthier pancake.