The perfect pumpkin pancakes

Halloween may be over, but Chef Wendell Fowler, author of “Eat Right Now,” says pumpkins shouldn’t fall off your radar when they go on sale! He says to take advantage of the good price, healthy-sustaining vitamins and ‘bell-ringing’ fiber the noble orange orb offers! So, he suggests trying this healthy, dense, sweet, spicy, and bold pumpkin flavored breakfast that can be ready in 20 minutes. Take a look!

Here is today’s recipe:

PUMPKIN SPICE PANCAKES Modified from: Minimalist Baker

3/4-1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk + 1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1/3 cup packed pumpkin puree

1 Tbsp. butter from grass-fed cows or coconut oil

½ tsp pure vanilla extract

3 Tbsp. date sugar or evaporated cane sugar (Sucanat)

1 Tbsp. maple syrup or agave or raw honey

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

Pinch Himalayan salt

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 cup oat flour

• Preheat griddle or skillet to 350 °on medium to medium-low heat. Not too hot – oil shouldn’t smoke and burn when it hits the hot pan.

• Wet Mix: Combine 3/4 cup milk and lemon juice in a large bowl and let rest for 5 minutes to curdle. Then add melted butter or coconut oil, maple syrup, pumpkin, maple syrup, date sugar, vanilla and then whisk to combine.

• Dry Mix: Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices to a sifter and sift over the wet ingredients. If the batter appears too thin, add a bit more flour. If too thick, add a splash of almond milk. If too thin, add a bit more flour. Let batter rest for 5-10 minutes.

• Butter or spray the griddle / pan with cooking spray and pour 1/4 cup measurements of the batter onto the griddle. There should be 6-7 pancakes.

• Flip when bubbles appear in the middle and the edges turn slightly dry. Cook for 1-3 minutes more on the other side, then plate.

• Top with a modest amount of butter and maple syrup then dust with pumpkin pie spice.

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• Cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and allergies are off the chain.
• The disastrous S.A.D. is a pants-on-fire lie of human suffering.
• Eat like you love yourself.
• Americans refuse to place food in context with disease.
• What you eat has EVERYTHING to do with health, happiness and spiritual connectivity.
• Food is our best preventive medicine. (Hippocrates, CDC, NIH, W.H.O., Harvard, Mayo, ADA, AMA et.al.)
• If earth didn’t grow it…don’t eat it