Strawberries and Cream Pancakes

A few weeks ago was National Pancake Day - better late than never, right? Here is me finally uploading a wonderful pancake recipe. I can't take all the credit, however, my wonderful boyfriend cooked the pancakes, I only helped!!


Actually, a long time ago, my boyfriend was making me pancakes and started adding lemon juice...I was mildly concerned. As it turns out, he knows a secret about making the  fluffiest, lightest, best pancakes - adding lemon juice and baking soda! The chemical reaction between these two ingredients causes bubbles aka fluffy lightness.

Don't worry, this isn't going to cause an explosion or anything. Just make sure you mix the lemon juice and baking soda into the batter when you're ready to make it (i.e. don't mix the ingredients, then let the batter sit on the counter/in the refrigerator for an hour).


And yes, in case you're wondering, my boyfriend is wonderful and loves making pancakes for us for breakfast (I definitely lucked out). My contribution to the pancake making is adding fruit or other delicious ingredients to the pancakes and, occasionally, whipped cream.

Strawberries and Cream Pancakes

Yield: 5 servings | Prep time: 5 minutes | Total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups low-fat baking mix (like Bisquick)

• 1 cup almond milk

• 2 eggs

• 1 Tbsp. sugar

• 2 tsp. baking powder

• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

• 1 cup sliced strawberries

• 1/2 cup homemade whipped cream

• 1/2 cup sliced strawberries