Vegan Pancakes
What you’ll need
Flour, sifted (soy, white, brown, rice, spelt – whatever you like)
Dairy-free milk (soy, rice, oat – again, whatever you fancy)
Soya margarine or your cooking oil of choice
Baking powder
Pinch of salt
*If you want sweet pancakes add a bit of brown sugar or argave nectar or other, if you want a savory pancake leave these sweeteners out.
*This recipe will make thicker pancakes due to the baking powder acting as a raising agent. If you want thiner pancakes take the baking powder and add in an egg replacer.
*For every one person dining on pancakes you’ll want half a cup of milk and half a cup of flour – all the other ingredients are really just pinches, dashes and teaspoons.
What to do
Ideally you’re going to be cooking on a great flat griddle that’s reached a medium heat. If you haven’t got this, any frying pan will get the job done. As you can see from the what you need section there’s always an alternative and rarely a need to go out and buy what you don’t already have to hand.
Couldn’t be simpler – get all your ingredients together, put them in a mixing bowl, mix until smooth, drop shallow ladle fulls onto your heated surface, when the pancake starts to bubble in the middle, flip them over. Take it out of the pan and serve. A warning – do not attempt pancakes when you’re likely to be distracted, although a really quick dish, if you turn your back you’ll end up with a burnt cake.
When it comes to toppings there is no limit. Growing up I always favored fresh picked blueberries and pure maple syrup. My other half is partial to lemon and icing sugar. If you’re thinking pancakes for dinner vegan cheese and apple slices or artichoke pate are both excellent places to start.
About veganism
Compassion. What does this word conjure up for you? It’s usually something we reserve for others, and not nearly enough for ourselves. Whatever you’re trying to do with your life – save money, lose weight, make a career change or go vegan – you need to exercise a great deal of compassion for yourself. When you stumble and fall, rather than beating yourself up, just brush yourself off and try again. A lack of compassion can be a huge factor in why people ‘fail’ at meeting their goals. And if your goal is to eat less meat or to go full fledged vegan you’ll need to give yourself a break. After a few glasses of wine your resolve might waver, when you’re out to dinner with friends or invited over to the families house the meat free options just aren’t always a possibility – and that’s okay. Where you can, plan for these possibilities – after all you are trying to do something good for yourself and good for the environment. Have vegan snacks in your bag so if you get caught out you’re not going to starve. Use websites like HappyCow.net to find eateries and health food stores in your local area so you don’t need to go hunting for a meal. Eat at home and invite your friends around so everyone can sample just how yummy vegan fare can be.
If this is all brand new to you, take it slow. Cut out meat a few times a week when this is okay, cut it out except once a month or reserved for those special occasions when you really fancy it. Start experimenting with the alternatives, get comfortable cooking at home with an all vegan meal. You’ll get there in the end. And if you never go 100% vegan – that’s okay. It’s all about what works for you. If you try and force something that’s not natural for you it’s going to be a constant struggle to make it stick, you’re not going to enjoy the process and eventually you’ll resent the whole idea. Set yourself goals and challenges to push yourself that little bit to try some new habit and see if it sticks. And remember you’re never a failure so long as you keep true to you.
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