On my way from a long workday, my hungry self was daydreaming about a beet-apple smoothie I made the previous night. A few moments later, my imagination took over and thought of beet red heart shaped pancakes perfect for a Valentine’s Day brunch. Well, I came up with a quick recipe this morning!
Ingredients:
- 1/2-1 red beet
- 1 banana
- 1 1/3 cup oatmeal
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. raw honey
- ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. melted butter
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ tsp. vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 tbsp. sugar (optional)
Procedure:
- Using a regular blender or a food processor, roughly grind the oatmeal (or you can buy/use ground oatmeal if you it’s available to you)
- Put the ground oatmeal in a medium size bowl then add the baking powder, ground cinnamon and all purpose flour
- Peel and dice the red beet then put it in the blender/food processor
- In the same blender/food processor, add the banana, vanilla extract, eggs, raw honey and water
- Blend away until all the ingredients are combined
- Gradually pour in the wet ingredients (beet mixture) with the dry (ground oatmeal mixture) ingredients
- Once the dry and wet ingredients are mixed together, add the melted butter
- To make the heart shape pancakes, I used a piping bag to make a heart shape OR you can also use a squeeze bottle OR a heart shape pancake mold
- Cook the pancakes in medium heat because they do tend to brown very easily
- Enjoy with some fresh fruits and more raw honey on the side!
A healthy and pretty brunch dish that will keep your sweetheart’s heart-beet beating! 😉 (see what I did there? Haha) Give it a try and let me know what you think! Share with us your comments and questions in the comments section below 🙂
Always,
–K
Always, Kaye 