Guest Post, KatieDid: 3 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes

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This week we are joined by Katie Kiely of KatieDid! Please check out her lovely blog where you can see her fantastic photographs of both her food and her progress with CrossFit. Seriously, you own it to yourself to checkout her pictures because they are beautiful! Today she shares a simple recipe for paleo-style pancakes that you will love!

My paleo style? Lazy.

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I have no problem admitting that every meal I make takes under 10 minutes. This lifestyle simply does not have to take up half of your day to plan and figure out, and I try to convey that with the recipes on my blog. I’m usually cooking with 4-5 ingredients, and keeping meals simple as can be.

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No fancy flours, ever. Same rotation of vegetables and fruits. The meats that are quick and easy. And enough almond butter to keep me scrounging for money. Luckily I don’t get sick of the same foods.

Paleo pancakes can be confusing and laborious; often involving two kinds of flours, different purees and binders etc. But when I discovered the magic of two or three ingredient pancakes I have truly never looked back. You can get as creative with this pancake method as your normal pancakes, and I love sharing these with friends, paleo or not.

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Using this basic formula I have made banana pancakes, pumpkin pancakes, tahini pancakes, java pancakes, and chocolate pancakes. Today I bring you sweet potato pancakes.

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3 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes

Okay there are some spices, but the base is three simple ingredients and it couldn’t be quicker or easier to make. Have fun adding toppings or add ins.

Ingredients

  • 2 small (or 1 large) Sweet Potato
  • 2 Medium Eggs
  • 1/2 Large Banana
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • Pinch of Salt, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ginger
  • Coconut Oil (or other fat) for cooking

Instructions

  1. Wash and pierce sweet potatoes several times with a fork. Wrap in paper towels and microwave for 5-6 minutes, until soft.
  2. Into a food processor add the scooped out flesh of the sweet potatoes, the two eggs, and half of a banana (for sweetness).
  3. Puree until smooth, and add in baking soda and spices to taste until everything is combined.
  4. Heat a skillet to medium and add coconut oil. Scoop 1/4 cup sized amounts onto the skillet and allow to sit for 2-3 minutes on one side and flip carefully. Cook an additional 1-2 minutes on the opposite side. Continue until all the batter is done.
  5. Makes 6-7 small pancakes.

shot1Author Bio: Katie Kiely is an aspiring food photographer and Crossfit coach and enthusiast. She found the paleo lifestyle after finding out she needed to be gluten free for health reasons. From there she slowly transitioned to this style of eating over a period of time and has not looked back for several years. She blogs her simple paleo recipes at KatieDid and throws in Crossfit, photography, and life tidbits as well.

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  • http://twitter.com/cavebaker Liz Davis

    This is a nice way to add some holiday flavor in the off-season. I’m all about simple recipes, too–if it’s not easy, I will never get around to making it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/coco.ch.129 Coco Ch

    Can you make these without eggs?

    • http://www.facebook.com/katie.kiely.3 Katie Kiely

      I’ve never tried, I’m not sure it would really hold together well without them. -Katie

  • Linda

    I love the idea of recipes with limited numbers of ingredients. And the “no special flours”. I’m pretty new to Paleo and keep thinking that people trying to recreate all of the addictive baked goods by subbing with special flour isn’t the best way to go. I’ll definitely be checking out the rest of your recipes. The “fast” aspect is appealing too!

  • Lynn

    Do these taste like sweet potatoes?

  • sproutsmama

    i wonder about doing these as just “banana pancakes” as she mentioned. anyone have ideas about what else you might add? just bananas would be pretty runny. maybe almond butter?

  • http://www.facebook.com/trista.finster Trista Finster

    Oh, wow, I am totally going to try this recipe, it sounds so good!

    Also, Katie – how about a paleo pancake with only 2 main ingredients? You do need 2 bowls. You need eggs and coconut flour. Use only those 2 ingredients for some plain pancakes with a naan like flavor and texture, or you can dress them up with some raw honey, and cinnamon for a more traditional pancake. Separate your eggs, and whip your egg whites into a stiff peak. Add 1 teaspoon of coconut flour for each egg to your egg yolks, along with your raw honey and cinnamon, and whisk together. The coconut flour will make the yolk/honey mix turn into a paste. Add your stiffened egg whites and mix together. If you are using your hand blender, make it quick so that you do not make the mix go flat. This mix also works well in waffle makers… http://paleoonthecheap.blogspot.com/2013/01/waffles-and-tikka-masala.html

    Ladies, thank you for sharing Katie’s wonderful blog! Yet another to put in my arsenal in my personal battle towards health!

    • http://www.facebook.com/katie.kiely.3 Katie Kiely

      In love with coconut flour also, those sound fantastic!

  • http://www.worldclasslasik.com/cataracts/cataract-surgery-cost Cataract Surgery New Jersey

    What a creative meal! The best things combined (at least for me!) Pancakes and potatoe! Awesome! :)

  • Mom of pancake-hungry kids

    Grr. I just wasted 2 pastured eggs on this. (At $9/dozen.) My first attempt at sweet potato pancakes but Ive cooked all other sorts of pancakes. This didn’t form anything cake-like at all for me.

    • http://www.facebook.com/katie.kiely.3 Katie Kiely

      I’m not sure what might have gone wrong. If you would like to email me katiekiely44@gmail.com with exactly what you did I can try and help you figure it out!

    • Naomi

      Same problem here! It def made more of a soup than a batter!

  • http://bodynsoil.com/blog/ Bodynsoil

    These are one of my favorite pancake to have now, thank you for posting this recipe..

  • jenny

    I doubled the baking powder abs added cloves as well. These were fantastic!