Comfort Food

Where is the virtual "scratch & sniff" when you need it?


For the last week I have been dreaming about making pancakes with chopped pears in them, something I had never attempted before. Late bloomer. 


Still feeling the sting from a hurtful email yesterday, this foodie needed some serious comfort food. It is obvious now, my pear pancake fantasies were anointed and had great purpose. Can't believe I ate as many as I did.


After consumption, I can assure you, these pancakes exceedingly comforted and delivered in every dietary and soulful way possible. What is it about comfort food?


Maybe it was the healing and intoxicating aroma of cinnamon?


Maybe it was doing something with my hands?


Maybe it was taking the focus off of myself? (Hard, but good.)


Maybe it was sharing them with someone else?


I submit, all of the above.  Any who, these pancakes rocked and turned a hurting heart into a  thankful one and had me asking God to bring beauty out of a hurting heart by the last swallow.  Here's the hook-up:


Comfort Vegan Pear Pancakes


2 Cups of your fave flour.  (I LOVE one cup of buckwheat + one cup of spelt.)
1/4 Cup coco palm sugar.  (Bulk at New Seasons, it is NOT refined, cheering!)
1 Tablespoon ground flax seed (This and the applesauce below replace eggs.)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon of sea salt
1/2 to 1 Teaspoon of cinnamon (I ADORE Vietnamese cinnamon, super nums!)


Whisk together in a large bowl.


1 Cup of water
1 Cup of unsweetened nondairy milk (you pick: soy, hemp, rice, or almond)
2 Tablespoons of canola oil
2 Tablespoons of apple sauce, unsweetened
1 Teaspoon of pure vanilla extract


Whisk together in a medium bowl. Add to dry ingredients.


1 Pear


Chop pear into small dice and fold into batter with a spatula.


You know the drill from here, add a little canola oil in the frying pan over medium heat, pour 1/4 cup of batter at a time, flip after miraculous bubbles appear. Top with soy butter and REAL maple syrup and enjoy!  Makes about 12 to 14 pancakes, about 1 or 2 or 4 servings, entirely dependent on how much comfort you need.   


Thanks for reading,
L.