Today’s Homemaker

I’ve been looking for a whole grain pancake mix that’s healthy and delicious. Why not make my own? Well, whole grains astound me, frankly. It seems like there is a whole world past the unbleached all-purpose flour that requires a fair amount of knowledge and decision-making. And I’m just not up for it yet.

I decided to try these after finding them in my local Fresh Market. Each 3-pancake serving packs in 7 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber…that is unbelievable in my book. I couldn’t wait to dig in.

Unfortunately for me (and the pancakes), John happened to be home when I made them. Not that I don’t love having him around - that’s not the point. It’s just that he’s very anti-healthy. I pointed out that any sweetness lacking in these pancakes could be made up for with the proper amount of syrup. He wasn’t buying it. Fast forward through a lengthy conversation…he convinced me to put chocolate chips in them.

Now luckily for all of us, I did make one small batch without chocolate chips first, and they were delicious. They had a nutty texture (as promised) and the syrup added the sweetness that I desperately require.

When you add chocolate chips to them, however, they become something else entirely. It’s like the chocolate chips do not want to BE there, quite honestly. You can practically see them trying to hastily leap out onto the edge of your plate. And with good reason, because the reputation of both the chocolate chips and the pancakes would be forever soiled if this were the only impression I had gotten of either. In other words, don’t try it.

For those who care about such things, the pancakes are created from whole wheat, blue corn, flax seeds, wheat and oat brans, and “kissed with brown sugar”. (See, I told you this whole wheat flour was complicated…it takes a whole legion of grains to make it up.)

So all in all, thumbs up. I think I may have found my mix.