Foodie Friday presented by Sarah

So, my sister from another mother has started a new series on her blog called Foodie Friday - sarahydavid.blogspot.com

Each week she posts an ingredient and her followers contribute with recipes of their own.  This week's ingredient is oatmeal!

 

I actually use oatmeal in a lot of recipes.  I substitute it for flour when breading chicken or as breadcrumbs in meatloaf or meatballs because it is a sneaky way to add fiber to any recipe.  One of my favorite uses for oatmeal is to add it to arepa mix along with flax seed.  Its definitely a less traditional arepa (venezuelan cornbread sandwich); however, it tastes better to me and its healthier.

 

The recipe I'm going to submit today is for oatmeal pancakes.  I love pancakes, especially the whole wheat ones.  However, in Venezuela whole wheat flour is hard to come by, so to compensate for the loss I started making oatmeal pancakes. 

 

Oatmeal pancakes

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Cinnamon to taste, dash of nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• Optional:  chopped banans, raisins, chocolate chips, dried cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, whatever you like.

Mix ingredients until combined, leave the lumps.  Put a little bit of butter on the griddle and make your pancakes!

You can top with maple syrup or you can make a fresh fruit compote, see recipe in below post.  If you have any oatmeal recipes please share them at sarahydavid.blogspot.com