Vanilla Avocado Pancakes

What do you when you find yourself with an abundance of avocados? Obvious answer is to...eat them of course! But really, how many avocados can you eat in one go right? At some point you'll get tired of it. My solution for that is...throw them in as many meals as you can!

Sure, it's very easy to have a few slices or a whole one in my case, on the side with a meal. But it becomes an adventure when you incorporate it 'into' a meal or worse yet, a drink. I say adventure because you never know what the flavour combination will be like, at least I don't and you can't remove it without throwing away your whole meal. And while savoury seems the most likely direction for using avocados to create a meal, it doesn't take much to flip this on its sweet side.

Pancakes are an easy way to achieve this. After all, who doesn't love pancakes right? If you don't, you really need to get your head checked. And if you do then you and I will always be friends. 

This recipe easily serves 2, but if your anything like me, i.e. eats ALOT, then feel no shame in polishing it all off. Just ensure that it fits into your diet/macros for the day.

Pancake Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 oz (63g) or medium ripe banana

• 2 oz (61g) ripe avocado

• 3 3/8 oz (97g) or 3 egg whites 

• 1 scoop vanilla whey (I used Dymatize Elite Gourmet Vanilla)

• capful of vanilla extract

• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Yields 3 large or 6 small pancakes

Method:

Preheat skillet to medium heat.

Place all ingredients in a blender and mix, or, in a bowl mash bananas, avocado and egg whites until smooth. Then incorporate remaining ingredients until combined. 

Form pancakes in skillet, cooking one side a minute or until lifter slides easily underneath. Flip and cook remaining side for 30-35 seconds. Pancakes will fluff up so you may need to press them down once flipped. 

Total Calories  - 320 calories: 25g Carbs, 10g Fats, 37g Protein, 6g Fiber. 55g Sodium

Avocado Glaze/Topping:

• 1/4 scoop vanilla whey

• 1-2 tbsp unsweetened almond milk/water

• 1/4 oz avocado

Method:

Mix whey and milk with a fork until most of the lumps are gone then mash in avocado until smooth.

Top pancakes with glaze and more chopped avocado. Sprinkle with cinnamon and devour.