Chocolate Pancakes with Spinach!

Well its Tuesday morning!  I was planning on being up early and getting right to breakfast so we could start our day on time.  Well that didn't happen.  Benjamin was up 4 times last night and fussy to boot.  He has slept through the night for the last month and a half, so last night was an oddity that I was not prepared for.  Yawn.  Stretch.  Well lets get cracking.

Tuesday morning is Chocolate pancakes.  One of the kids most favorite breakfasts.  One of my favorites too!  Here is how to make them:

- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 4 TBSP of liquid honey
- 2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
- 4 TBSP of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup pureed spinach and blueberries
- 1/2 cup white flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 unsweetened organic soymilk (plus extra to thin if needed)
- handful of mini chocolate chips (or carob chips)

Mix eggs, honey spinach/blueberry puree and vanilla well.  Add cocoa, salt, baking powder and blend.  Add the white flour, wheat flour and wheat germ, lightly blend.  Add soymilk and mix, adding more soymilk if needed to thin to the proper consistency.

Scoop pancakes out by tablespoons and cook on a griddle (I love my cuisinart griddler for this!).  Pancakes are ready to be flipped when bubbles break through.

Serve warm (no need for syrup since the pancakes have chocolate chips!).  These are great room temperature too as a big chocolate cookie for lunch boxes!

Make sure to pair these up with a piece of fruit.  My kids never argue eating fruit and that will up the vitamins and fiber as well (not that these teensy pancakes aren't full of fiber and vitamins).  My kids drink water with this breakfast since they are having a piece of fruit they don't need fruit juice as well.
Enjoy :o)