Green Pancakes….. they are really good looking don’t you think?. They are quite surprising. I love the combination of bananas and lemon syrup and I bet you will too
These Green Pancakes Bananas and Honey Lemon Syrup are the best surprise you can have.
So just why are they a surprise? Well it’s about the spinach, the beautiful spinach that make these so green and so very good for you. To be honest they are just as good stuffed with a cheesy chicken mixture. Yes, these amazing pancakes go with savoury or sweet.
I told you they are special. I never thought to include spinach in a pancake till I saw this recipe on Tieghan’s blog, Half Baked Harvest. I went looking for other recipes on the internet after that and discovered a world of pancakes just like these.
They are really best made like crepes thin and delicate, although I have made them as fluffy green numbers too, but you need to adjust the recipe for that. Fold these fine thin ones over, slathered with a spoon of plain or sweetened yoghurt. I love them with sliced bananas but I guess they would be nice with all kinds of berries too or maybe a berry sauce. Now there’s a good idea. What about raspberries or a blueberries either fresh or frozen and just lightly heated with some honey?
As well as eating them for brunch with fruit I also made a big batch of these and filled them with a saucy chicken and vegetable mixture. I covered them with extra cheese sauce and grated cheese and popped them in the oven to bake. Skater can’t resist this kind of thing. That means a double dose of vegetables for the unsuspecting…..
Believe it or not though they really are the best with fruit and a honey lemon syrup. Give them a try and let me know.
Ingredients
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 whole banana nice and ripe and soft
- 200 ml milk any kind (3/4 cup) (200 ml)
- 100 gm English Spinach 2 large handfuls
- 60 gm butter melted cooled to warm
- 130 gm plain flour 1 cup
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 250 gm plain or honey yoghurt
Honey Lemon Syrup
- 125 ml honey ½ cup
- 25 ml lemon Juice ½
- 30 gm pistachios chopped ( 1/4 cup)
- 2 whole bananas sliced
Instructions
- Put the eggs, milk, banana, spinach and butter into the blender and blend until smooth and there are no spinach bits left .
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt and blend again till combined and smooth
- Heat a crepe or fry pan till hot. Add a little oil by wiping some oiled kitchen paper over the pan( I use olive oil spray)
- Pour in enough mix so that it just covers the base of the pan when swirled around ( approx 1/4 cup). Cook till the pancake starts to set 1- 2 minutes- then flip over and cook for 1/2 a minute. Don't cook till dry and dark brown- just done will do.Tip onto a plate and set aside. You can keep them warm by placing a tea towel over them. Continue till the mix is finished. It will make approximately 12 x 20 cm (9in)
- To make the honey lemon syrup put the honey and lemon into a pot or into a bowl in the microwave and cook till hot. Let it just come to a boil them pour into a jug or directly onto prepared pancakes when plated.
- Spread each pancake with a bit over a teaspoon of yoghurt, then fold up. Separate onto serving plates or onto a platter.
- Once they are all filled with yoghurt and plated drizzle with honey syriup and sprinkle with chopped Pistachios and banana
YUM!
These look amazing!!
Thanks for sharing
Julie
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Hello Julie. Thanks we like green!
I thought these would be matcha pancakes but spinach sounds much more nutritious! Tastiest way to eat your greens, I reckon!
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Ha yes I know . Pancakes= vegies who knew
What a creative dish, Tania, and great way to get more spinach into a diet. I have to admit — and this is in no way a comment about the pancakes — that I’d eat a shoe if it was covered in that honey-lemon syrup. It sounds that delicious!
Ha you are funny John. Thanks for your enthusiasm x
I’m always up for a bit of veggie smuggling and these pancakes look the business! I love the idea of them sweet and savoury! I might just have to give them a go 🙂
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid recently posted..10 on 10 Project – July 2016
Veggie smuggling, perfect explanation for this recipe
These look great – love pancakes, and the added bonus of healthy with the spinach makes them perfect.
Cakelaw recently posted..Hairy Dieters’ Lamb, Potato and Spinach Curry
Yeah. Yay for Spinach and banana
These are beautiful! and what a great way to get spinach into something delicious.
jayne recently posted..EASY BAKED FISH WITH TOMATOES AND ARTICHOKES
Mmmm spinach. I love it
They certainly do look green! Very vibrant. I do love pancakes for breakfast and it would be handy to also be eating something that’s great for you. I love mine with bananas as well. These are beautifully presented, Tania xx
Ha thanks Charlie. Green is good
Oh wow, I love this Tania. That colour is incredible and I bet they taste great.
john | heneedsfood recently posted..Frenchs Forest Organic Food Market
Yeah they are pretty good John
I’m so curious about these I’ve never heard of them before. Thanks so much for sharing with YWF, you are a bit clever!
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oh thanks Vicki, you are too kind
What a great idea! I love how vibrant these look and given spinach blends so well into green smoothies I can imagine a pancake version being equally good.
Kari @ bite-sized thoughts recently posted..Spicy + smoky tofu open sandwich
Hi Kari, I thought you might like these. they are quite a good idea to use spinach and bananas in the same meal!
I really want to try these!! Looks bloody amazing.
Hi Mon, aw thanks mate….
Well I’m well and truely behind the times then because I’ve never heard of green pancakes with banana and honey! I like the thought of having them with cheese sauce and chicken though I’m sure if I served them up to Rich sweet he’d wolf them down!
Nancy | Plus Ate Six recently posted..Quinoa, sweet potato & feta bakes {gluten free}
Hi nancy. Its the pancakes made of spinach and banana themselves that are all the rage and a great idea too. Thanks for visiting .