Vegan Banana Peanut butter Pancakes

I LOVE pancakes, it is one of the few things you are allowed to wake me up for in the middle of the night.  One of the things I don't like about pancakes is that they often contain lots of animal-based fats from the milk, eggs, and butter with which they are prepared. After watching many, many documentaries about plant-based diets and the increased risks that come with a diet that is filled with saturated fats and cholesterol from animal based products, I figured it is better to make this healthier, vegan, option.

I was not so excited about the banana at first - I am not a great banana fan. I don't like eating bananas as a snack .. it is something about the texture - but I discovered I do like them when they are heated up or incorporated into something. From banana-muffins, to banana bread, banana fritters, banana oatmeal .. but I especially like these banana-peanut butter pancakes which you can eat guilt free as no animals were harmed in the process.

What you need:
2 bananas
150 grams of flower ( whole meal if you can .. )
150 ml of plant-based milk ( Soy, oat, rice .. all work fine).
1 tsp of baking powder
2 tbsp of peanut butter
vegetable oil for baking

What you will need to do

put the plant-based milk and 1 of the bananas in a blender, and blend until you have a smooth milkshake type mix. If you don't have a blender, just puree the banana with a fork and add to the milk. This will work just fine.

Add the banana mixture to the flower, and add the teaspoon of baking powder, and stir until fully combined. add in the two tablespoons of  peanut butter. slice the second banana into thin slices, and add to the mixture. stir until the banana and peanut butter filling is equally spread through the batter.

in a frying pan, heat a little bit of vegetable oil. when the oil is hot, add in two serving spoons of batter, a pancake each ( this should make a sshhh sound... I do love that sound). Bake until golden brown on both sides. continue this process until you run out of batter.

This should provide you with a nice stack of pancakes for 2 - 3 people .. ( more likely 2 ....). Serve with some maple syrup .. or some kind of chocolate spread works pretty damn good too.