Strawberry Banana Pancakes - Being Nutritious (2024)

These strawberry studded pancakes will be your family's new weekend favorite! Strawberry Banana Pancakes are easy to make, lightly sweet with no added sugar, whole grain, and feature that classic strawberry banana duo. Top them with some homemade strawberry sauce for the absolute perfect pancake experience.

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Heart Health Benefits of Strawberry Banana Pancakes

We start with our very own heart healthy pancake mix. So right off the bat, our pancakes are a good source offiber, calcium,magnesium, and heart healthy fats; mainly monounsaturated fat, with a good amount of protein to boot! Most notably, however, is what they lack - saturated fat, hydrogenated oils, added sugars, cholesterol, and refined carbohydrates!

From there, we mix in a little almond flour, which helps with moisture content, as well as adding a delightful nutty-sweet taste, and some heart healthy fats and vitamin E. Almonds have been shown to help lower LDL cholesterol, while maintaining stable HDL levels (1), as well as helping to lower triglycerides (2).

Ingredients

Even without that boxed pancake mix, pancakes are not fussy. We use some simple ingredients for banana strawberry pancakes.

• Heart Healthy Pancake Mix
• Almond flour
• Baking powder
• Nondairy milk
• Banana
• Vanilla extract
• Strawberries

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

If you can measure and chop, you can make strawberry banana pancakes!

1. Step 1: Mash the banana with a fork.

2. Step 2: Chop the strawberries small (remember they are going inside the pancakes, so we don't want huge chunks).

3. Step 3: Mix the dry ingredients together.

4. Step 4: Mix the wet ingredients together.

5. Step 5: Combine the wet and dry ingredients, being careful to mix until just combined.

6. Step 6: Add the chopped strawberries.

7. Step 7: Gently fold in the strawberries.

8. Step 8: Preheat the griddle, spay with cooking spray, and drop the batter by ¼ cup amounts onto the griddle.

9. Step 9: Cook for about 5 minutes, until you start to see bubbles on the top of the pancakes, and the edges start to look dry.

10. Step 10: Flip the pancakes, and cook for another 3-5 minutes, until the pancakes are cooked through.

Substitutions

As written, this recipe is vegetarian and vegan, oil free, and free of added sugar. Here are some other substitutions you might need.

• Nut-free - use 1 ½ cup of the pancake mix, and leave out the almond flour
• Strawberries - use any berry you like; just make sure to chop them small
• Banana - use 1 cup of applesauce, pumpkin puree, or mango puree instead of the banana

Equipment

To make these banana strawberry pancakes, you will just need basic equipment that you'd need to make about any pancakes. You'll want a good cutting board and knife, some mixing bowls and spoons, measuring cups, and a griddle or large skillet and pancake flipper.

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Storage

Cool the pancakes completely, before wrapping in plastic wrap or storing in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I recommend reheating for a few minutes in a 350° F oven, or toaster oven. The microwave can be used, but can lead to pancakes that are both soggy and tough.

Pancakes can be frozen for 3-6 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat using the instructions above.

Pro tip

Make sure to keep the heat on low-medium or even low while cooking the pancakes, so they can cook all the way through.

Why are my pancakes raw inside?

This happens when you cook the pancakes on too high heat. That makes the outside cook way faster than the inside, and the inside ends up raw or soggy. Turn the heat down to medium-low or low while cooking your pancakes.

What are some healthy pancake toppings?

Here are some great ideas for healthy pancake toppings:
- Smashed berries (try our healthy strawberry sauce!)
- Grilled stone fruits, like peaches, nectarines, and apricots
- Applesauce
- Sugar Free Strawberry JamorBlueberry chia jam
- Peanut butter(or another nut butter) and (100% fruit)jelly
- Fruit co*cktail (canned in 100% juice) with a cinnamon sprinkle
- Plain yogurt topped with fruit of your choice and a little honey if needed

Strawberry Banana Pancakes

Laura Yautz

These strawberry studded pancakes will be your family's new weekend favorite! Strawberry Banana Pancakes are easy to make, lightly sweet with no added sugar, whole grain, and feature that classic strawberry banana duo.

Nutrition

Serving: 4pancakesCalories: 258kcal (13%)Carbohydrates: 36g (12%)Protein: 11g (22%)Fat: 10g (15%)Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 95mg (4%)Potassium: 521mg (15%)Fiber: 7g (29%)Sugar: 7g (8%)Vitamin A: 181IU (4%)Vitamin C: 25mg (30%)Vitamin K: 5µg (5%)Calcium: 178mg (18%)Iron: 2.4mg (13%)Magnesium: 111mg (28%)

*Nutrition information is an estimate, and will change based on the brand and individual ingredients and amounts you use. This is provided for your convenience only.