I mentioned recently that my roommate and I are really trying to eat healthy foods. Rhonda (I know, you can imagine the comments we get when we introduce ourselves!), eats mostly Paleo, but she will eat white rice and potatoes, which is not strictly Paleo. The idea is to eat natural foods that have not been processed so much, so that’s what we are striving to do most days. We eat plenty of meat and veggies, but try not to eat anything out of a box.
Some of my blog friends are also trying to lose weight and eat better and these banana pancakes came up in conversation recently and they looked SO easy, I just had to try them.  And I’ll tell you this, they are going to be my new favorite breakfast food! Yummy and so easy to make. We’re pretty sure these came out of a Paleo cookbook, Rhonda had had them before.
The ingredients are so simple:Â one egg and one banana.
Start with one banana. Mash it up really well and add an egg. I sprinkled a dash of sea salt in there.
It will look like this once you have it all mashed up and blended. I added some cinnamon to mine. This will make 3 small pancakes.
Put it in over medium heat in a nonstick pan and let it brown on one side before flipping it over. I had a little trouble the first time I did them with flipping them without it falling apart, but did much better then 2nd batch. Let it brown well before you start to turn it over.
And it will be nice and brown like this. Cook both sides and take this one out and spoon in another one. You should get 3 pancakes out of this one little batch.
With 3 pancakes on a plate, add fresh strawberries and blueberries, with honey over it all and you’ve got yourself a yummy breakfast.
I love, love them with a side of bacon, it’s a filling breakfast that will stick with you for longer than cereal. Yes, bacon is not so great for you, but this bacon is from Trader Joe’s and doesn’t have the chemicals that most have. A little bacon won’t kill you, right? : That’s what I think.
So, I hope you’ll try this one, I was so happy with how they turned out and how easy they are to make. You’ll be hooked like I am now.
By the way, any of you from Florida, I have to tell you this! These strawberries came from Plant City, FL and I’ve been buying my strawberries at Aldi’s (one of my new fave shopping spots too).  Plant City is the strawberry capital of the Southeast and my mom grew up near there. My first cousin, Kendra’s, daughter, Kelsey was just crowned Strawberry Queen this year at the Strawberry Festival, so my family is celebrating down there right now. So happy for her!
Paleo Banana Pancakes
Ingredients
- One Banana
- One egg
- dash of salt
- dash of cinnamon
Instructions
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Mash banana
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Mix one egg, add dash of salt & cinnamon, if desired
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Spoon out a round pancake in heated pan over medium heat.
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Let brown on one side, flip to the other side and brown.
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Makes 3 smallish pancakes.
These look yummy!! Can’t wait to try them. I try not to eat processed foods and appreciate new recipes.
I’ve been eating the Plant city strawberries,they are really sweet this year.
For more Paleo recipes go to TheHobsonHomestead blog, written by a young working mother in Atlanta. There is a link at the top for various categories of recipes, many of which she has come up with herself. She has a recipe for cottage cheese pancakes, and an excellent recipe for a fish casserole – and everything is Paleo and Gluten Free.
http://hobsonhomestead.com/category/recipes/
Thanks, Ann, I will check it out!
Thanks for this recipe, Rhoda! I will try this as soon as I can locate some Florida strawberries. Congrats to the Strawberry Queen!
I’m going to try this out…it sure seems easy enough. I remember the strawberries from Plant City well. It was one of the most tastiest strawberries I’ve ever had.
I will have to try these, they look yummy! I love Aldi’s, great prices. They don’t always have everything on my list but I shop there first then hit the bigger store for the rest.
These look so delicious! Almost too good to be true. I’ll have to try them. I live in Brandon, FL and know it’s a big deal to be crowned Strawberry Queen! The strawberries have been plentiful, cheap, and sweet so far this year. I can’t wait to go strawberry picking myself!
These sound really yummy! I might have to try these sometime this week. We always have bananas on hand and just happen to have a few eggs in the fridge now.
I tried this recipe a few weeks ago. Although it tasted great, the pancakes fell apart horribly. I added some flax seeds to the mix so maybe I messed up the consistency. Will have to try again. Thanks for the reminder!
Changed my day’s plans from scullery duty (ugh) to making banana pancakes. These look amazing! Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Will definitely have to try these. We’ve been making coconut flour pancakes with blueberries, but these look easier. We have some bananas on hand now so I’ll give it a try. And I have some Aldi strawberries in the fridge also.
My hubby just made these. Delish! I put regular syrup on them instead of honey.
YUMMMMMMM… and btw….. “Awwwwww”… when my daughter was attending Southeastern University in Lakeland… we made a point of visiting during the strawberry festival!!!! DELISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
These look delicious. I am going to try them this weekend. Our daughter lived near Plant City and our favorite
thing to do when visiting, was to have a strawberry malt at the farm.
Our kids love pancakes and I try to make them a good hot breakfast each morning before they head off for school. These are going on the menu for sure! Thanks Rhoda!
Oh I love the way you made yours piled high with all the fresh fruit! Aren’t they fab?!
These look yummy – and don’t sound too hard to make! My son loves bananas, so maybe I can get him to eat some banana pancakes 🙂
My teenage daughter heard about these earlier this year and has been making these as her after school snack for a few months now. It could be worse, right? (I’m so glad that she doesn’t reach for the chips and cookies!)
Aldi’s strawberries from Plant City have been DELISH this year!!
I love pancakes and this seems so easy!! I’m gonna do it…with a side of bacon of course. 😉
Plant City strawberries are the best…..I was raised in Plant City and picked a many of berry!!
I’ve seen this recipe floating around the Paleo-sphere for a while now. I don’t often buy bananas, but when I do, I end up eating them before I get around to making the pancakes! They look delicious though, so I’ll have to try extra hard to remember to make them!