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It only took 5 days after the release of the ecookbook for me to start cooking breakfast foods again. Clearly I have a problem. Speaking of problems, have you ever started playing on photoshop and before you know it you have like 35 layers and the American flag colours (should I write colors?) plastered across the screen? Just me?
In my defence, I only get one day a year amongst the sea of Canadian holidays to R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T so today I am proud to be an American (where at least I know I’m free…).
Sadly, I had to request the assistance of my American compatriots (aka C and Lee) for 4th of July recipe ideas. All they came up with was Apple Pie. Not a bad idea, but not exactly what I associate with the 4th. Then again I’m the Canadian who inherited US citizenship and says things like “eh” and “pardon”.
Since C and Lee were entirely unhelpful and I’m clearly useless, I went with the next best thing…pancakes. The clever title just came along for the ride. To go along with my attempted detox I discussed yesterday, I am back to hiding vegetables in your food. We’re just gonna ignore the copious amounts of maple syrup I poured on top. In this case, I’ve not-so-sneakily hidden beets in your pancakes instead of using the always classic Red #4. Ew no thanks.
If you check out Pinterest right now, there is a descent chance you will be bombarded by pictures of red white and blue cakes, drinks and frozen treats. Not enough pancakes IMO. It truly baffles me how some people ignore festive recipes for the best meal of the day. The 4th of July is not strictly reserved for lunch and dinner, people!
For the record, it also isn’t reserved for butter and sugar. These gluten-free and dairy-free pancakes want to celebrate too! Now before all you Canadians go calling me a traitor, the obvious solution for Canada Day festivities (July 1st) is to just remove the blueberries. As delicious as they may be, they kind of kill the red and white vibe. But if you replaced them with white chocolate chips, I don’t anticipate any Canadian OR American would mind…
PrintRed White & Blueberry Pancakes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 pancakes (5 red and 5 white) 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free oat flour*
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 2 T maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk-divided
- 1/4 cup cooked beet puree
- 1 cup blueberries
Instructions
- For cooking the beet, I cook it in tinfoil in a 425 degree oven for 1 hour and then remove and peel the skins before chopping.
- Combine oat flour, baking powder and sea salt in a large bowl. Divide ingredients equally between two bowls.
- In a separate bowl combine applesauce, egg, maple syrup and vanilla but NOT almond milk. Divide wet mixture equally between two bowls.
- Add half of almond milk (1/4 cup + 2T) to one of the wet mixture bowls and stir.
- Take the other half of the almond milk and blend with cooked beet puree until smooth. Add to other wet mixture bowl.
- Add one wet mixture to one dry mixture bowl and stir. Do the same with the other so you have one red pancake mix and one white.
- Divide blueberries evenly between the red and the white bowls.**
- Add coconut oil to a skillet or large pan and add 1/3 cup batter for each pancake.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes or until edge is cooked before flipping and cooking for another minute.
- Serve warm topped with additional berries and maple syrup (or toppings of choice)
Notes
*make oat flour by grinding up rolled oats in a blender OR use whole wheat flour. **skip this step for Canada Day.
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NOM!! My favorite breakfast food along with a side of patriotism? I’ll take some! I love love love any holiday celebrating my country. I seriously adore red, white and blue, so the 4th is up there with one of my all time favorite holidays. I grew up with my 4th of July’s being at Daddy’s where its about 110 degrees in July, so for food we typically stuck with BBQ chicken, lots of watermelon and a quick no fuss salad!
Are you allowed to use maple syrup on American pancakes? 😛 And I seriously lol’d at the ** note 😉
I don’t think I’ll be celebrating the 4th, but I’m hoping to catch the fireworks and downtown festivities on the 1st… assuming grandma status doesn’t hit hard considering it’ll be a freaking Tuesday. Totally unfair that the Americans got a Friday to celebrate and we had to get stuck with what’s probably the worst day of the week 😡
These pancakes look amazing! So unique using beets! Definitely got to try the recipe out!
Wow! I can’t believe you got those pancakes to turn out so beautifully with beets! Who knew! I’m going to force my mother to make these for me. I suck at pancakes! I can never cook them right! Haha. These are beautiful! Must go pin!
I just pinned these… I seriously can’t wait to make them. Also love your “**skip this step for Canada Day.”. I’ll be traveling on Canada Day… how do I celebrate??? Can we make USA x Canada pancakes when we go to Leafs/Pens?? xoxo
I agree! Bring on more 4th of July breakfast recipes! These look delish and I love your drizzle pic with the syrup. Mhmm 🙂
Loving the look of these pancakes! I’m a little intimidated by cooked beet puree…I need to give it a whirl though!
Love this twist on July 4th. Why should breakfast be forgotten? It is the most important meal of the day.
Ohh, I need more pancakes in my life. Think if I tell my husband they’re made with beets he’ll think they’re healthy?
They’re so pretty! Can you taste any beets? Not a beet fan, so maybe I’ll do just white and blue. 😉
nope! You won’t taste them at all!