Itsy Bitsy Foodies

Home sweet home.

We will have lots of firsts in our new home in the upcoming year.  There is something about the first pancakes on the deck on a sunny summer morning that makes a new place feel like home.  My boys have been on a pancake kick lately.  I typically make my family’s buttermilk pancake mix with the addition of oatmeal and mashed bananas for some added nutrients and to make the hotcakes tender.  After the recent purchase of a bag of Trader Joe’s chia seeds, I now also add a tablespoon of chia seeds to the pancakes.  It is such an easy, subtle way to add more fiber, omega 3’s and protein to our diet.

Both of my boys devour these nutrient-loaded banana-oatmeal-chia hotcakes, typically with peanut butter and a splash of syrup.  I like to top mine with almond butter and berries {logan, marion, black or raspberry!}, and a drizzle of pure maple syrup.  You can use whatever berries are in season, and even frozen ones work.  We now live right by a “blackberry hill” which make the perfect pancake topper.

*These days I omit the sugar in my waffles and pancakes because I’ve found that they are plenty sweet once you add syrup, berries, jams and/or whipped cream.