With the holidays over and sugar rushing through our veins you may be looking for a few healthier options.
The Blended Blueberry Pancakes were created for this exact reason. With all the ‘Superfood’ ingredients you’ll be amazed at how good they are for you. Even better – my kids beg for them. They taste amazing straight from the skillet or later from the freezer for an easy snack. (my kids actually love them frozen – don’t judge ’til you’ve tried it 😉).
We use a Blendtec Home blender. It gets ingredients very smooth and comes with like a great warranty. In fact at the very end of the warranty the ball bearings began to stick and they shipped out a new container. It’s still going strong, I think we’ve had it 9 years now. Check out their company if you want (not a sponsored post, just an avid fan).
These pancakes are awesome. They taste great and are packed with nutrients, protein and antioxidants. Follow the links below for health benefits.
Wet ingredients to blend, milk, oil, eggs, blueberries, spinach. I forgot to put the flax and chia seeds in the picture. Oops
Blueberries and Spinach
My kids never liked whole blueberries in their pancakes, but blended up it becomes a treat.
The blueberry juice also hides other super foods like spinach – no one will ever know it’s there. The berries and leafy greens turn the pancakes a nice deep blue color which makes it all the more enticing.
Blueberries are packed with antioxidants and phytoflavinoids – that act as an anti-inflammatory and help fight heart disease and cancer.
Fun fact here, by heating spinach it unlocks even more of the superfood nutrients, making it easier for your body to absorb – pancakes are a tasty way to cook spinach and still have it look and taste delicious.
Flax Seeds
I also add flax seed for omega-3 fatty acids and fiber which help with digestion and lowers blood pressure and bad cholesterol. These need to be blended up to access the nutrients inside the seed, so adding them to blended pancakes and smoothies is great.
Chia Seeds
Chia Seeds are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, antioxidants, iron, and calcium. A 28 gram serving contains 5.6 grams of protein. It’s a super power food wrapped in a tiny seed. These are best served in some sort of liquid so pancakes fit the bill.
Vitamins
I also add a few chewable vitamins. I bought this huge bottle because it was a great deal on Amazon and then my kids hated them. I just started throwing a few into smoothies and blended pancakes. They still love the pancakes and little do they know – all the vitamins too… 😁
Whole Ground Wheat
Wheat has quite a bit of nutrients, if you grind it yourself you are able to eat it before the flour loses the nutrients. I grind mine about 10 cups at a time and store it in the fridge. I like my Blentec wheat grinder because it easily stores out of the way. I also like hard white wheat because it is lighter and still full of whole wheat fiber.
Some recipes blend all the ingredients together. I like to blend just the wet ingredients and fold into the dry.
There is more fruit and vegetables than flour so it makes a wetter batter. To cook it evenly inside, spread out into thinner cakes. I am ok with thinner cakes because I want more fruit and veggies going in my kids.
If you want fluffy pancakes you can easily add 1/2 cup to 1 cup more flour, till the batter is a thickness you like.
Blueberry Blender Pancakes
Mix in a large bowl
3 cups flour
2 TBS sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Combine in blender
2 eggs
2 cups milk or almond milk
4 TBS oil
1 1/2 cups frozen berries
1 cup fresh or frozen spinach
1 TBS flax seed (optional)
1 TBS chia seed (optional)
Pour wet ingredients from the blender into the bowl with dry ingredients and gently fold in until just combined.
Cook on a medium high skillet until light brown on both sides. I like to make mine small, 3″ in diameter, and use as an after school snack.
Freeze leftovers for up to 3 months. The flavors crystallize and taste great as a frozen snack.
I bet this tastes yum yum for a healthy snack.
I like the contrast between the berry colour and pancake mix 🤩
I was wondering why the pancakes had a bluish green color. I love blueberry pancakes. I have never tried putting spinach in with the pancake mix. I would like to try this recipe. I am curious about the taste. I bet I would like it.
I bet you would too. I am always surprised how excited my kids get when I make it. They would otherwise turn down some of these ingredients like spinach and chia seeds. When it’s all blended together they are fine with it. Also baby spinach has the same nutrients, but a more subtle flavor so it’s easier to hide. 😉 I’m sure you don’t have to hide it from yourself, but helpful if you’re cooking for children.
The blended blueberry pancakes look delicious! I love that it’s packed with so many healthy ingredients instead of the traditional unhealthy ingredients. Oooh, I am a big fan of chia seeds! You do a great job with putting together the pancakes. Thanks for sharing!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
You are welcome. I hope you get a chance to try them. What else do you use chia seeds in. There are so many great options, just curious if there is another way I am missing out on.
These look amazing! My kids will love the colours in these pancakes (one way to get them to eat healthily!) xxx
Ashley
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So glad you like it, I hope your kids do too. 😊 It’s nice that it’s all natural colors.