Blueberry Coconut Red Lentil Pancakes

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Skill Level	Intermediate

Preparation Time	30 minutes	Total Time	50 minutes
Servings	8	Cost Per Serving	$0.82

1 cup	Split Red Lentils
1 1/4 cup	Large Flake Oats
1 cup	Coconut Milk (or substitute with any milk/milk alternative)
1/4 cup	Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
1 tsp	Baking Powder
1 tsp	Apple Cider Vinegar
1 each	Egg (or flax egg)
2 tbsp	Maple Syrup or Honey
1 cup	Fresh or Frozen Blueberries

In a large bowl, cover your red lentils with boiling water. Let soak for at least 30 minutes. (You can do this over night in the fridge with cold water). Drain right before ready to use.
Add oats to a blender and pulse a few times to start breaking them down. Add soaked lentils, and the rest of your ingredients except for the blueberries. Blend until well combined into a batter about the consistency of a smoothie.
Stir in your blueberries.
In a non-stick pan or griddle, add a little butter or oil to just grease the top. Set over medium heat.
Ladel or spoon your batter onto your griddle/pan (about 3 tbsp for each pancake). Once you start to see small bubbles form, flip and cook on the other side for about 2 min.

PDF of NFT for Blueberry Coconut Red Lentil Pancakes

The blues clues of blueberries. Adding a colourful variety of fruits to your diet adds fibre, vitamins, minerals, and helpful plant compounds. The blue of the blueberries is a clue to the type of protective plant compound they contain - anthocyanins. Anthocyanins contain active properties that may improve brain, eye, and heart health while reducing cancer risk.

Lentils are lit! Lentils are rich in protein, fibre, vitamins, and minerals. One-half cup of cooked lentils provides 9 grams of protein and 8 grams of fibre. It also provides 45% of our daily recommended intake (DRI) for folate and about 25% of our needs for copper, manganese, and iron. Did you know that red lentils and split lentils are called the "fast food" of the legume family? That's because they don't require a lot of prep – just rinsing – and about 10 minutes of cooking time. Enjoy some today!

Health, happiness, and whole grain oats. Adding whole-grain oats to the pancakes boosts the fibre content. This gets us closer to our recommended 25 to 38 grams daily intake. Oats' primary type of fibre is 'soluble' fibre (beta glucan). Soluble fibre helps stabilize blood sugars, feeds the friendly bacteria in our GUT, and keeps our heart healthy by binding to cholesterol.