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Summer Berry Oat Bars

Summer Berry Oat Bars

Hello my friends! Happy Summer! It’s berry season, in my mind one of the best things about summer. My family and I have been eating our weight in seasonal local berries. I made these vegan berry oat bars last week and they turned out perfect…

Tropical smoothie bowl

Tropical smoothie bowl

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Blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes

Blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes

Hello! Happy Spring!  Things are looking brighter with the extra daylight and cherry blossoms on every street corner. Spring usually makes an early appearance here on the West Coast. I am so ready for some fresh and bright and these blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes  are light, fluffy, delicious and have spring written all over them. If your looking for a delicious pancake recipe yo came to the right place whether is weekend brunch, Easter or Mother’s day we have the recipe for you.

 

 

These blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes are made with simple ingredients found in your pantry, no fancy ingredients. If you follow a gluten free diet you can substitute the all purpose flour for gluten free all purpose flour. If you can also substitute the ricotta cheese with plain greek yogurt. These lemon pancakes can be topped with a blueberry compote from frozen blueberries or top them with fresh summer blueberries , plain greek yogurt, and of course maple syrup.

 

 

 

Blueberry lemon ricotta Pancakes

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups of all purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 TBSP butter
  • 2 eggs, large
  • 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup of ricttoa
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • Blueberry Compote:
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1 TBSP sugar
  • 1 TBSP cornstarch

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl combine combine sugar, lemon zest, massage zest into sugar for approximately 2 minutes. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  2. In a medium bowl, melt butter, beat in eggs. Add buttermilk, ricotta, and vanilla.
  3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients., do not over mix.
  4. Heat pan , add a small amount of oil.. Pour a small amount of batter to the pan, flip when bubbles appear and the bottom is golden brown.
  5. Blueberry Compote:
  6. In a small pot place blueberries, sugar under medium heat until it bowls, stir constantly. Add cornstarch to thicken. Set on side.
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Oat my Raspberry Bars (Gluten free)

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Gingerbread  waffles

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