We all know the saying breakfast is the most important meal of the day. While I do love my share of cinnamon rolls and sugar-filled cereals, these breakfast foods often leave me feeling a sugar crash and sluggish throughout the day. As a busy college student, it is important to have a healthy, filling, and satisfying meal to kick-start the day off on the right foot. This is why I turn to these easy, filling, and healthy 2-ingredient banana pancakes that keep me feeling full and fueled for hours.
There are numerous health benefits to eating a healthy breakfast. Better Health Channel includes a few, such as:
- boosting brain power
- getting essential nutrients
-helping your heart
- reducing metabolic syndrome
-enhancing immune system
-improving skin
-stabilizing energy levels
It can be hard to eat healthy while on a college budget and with limited time to put meals together throughout a chaotic day of classes, extracurriculars, social events, etc. This 2-ingredient banana pancakes recipe is easy, healthy, and quick. It just takes 10 minutes, 1 egg, and 1 banana. That’s it! They taste like a banana-bread-flavored pancake. These pancakes are delicious, gluten-free, and unbelievably simple, allowing you to add a personal flair with add-ins and toppings. My favorite variation is adding cinnamon and chia seeds into the batter and topping the pancakes with peanut butter, berries, and granola. In the fall, I like to add pumpkin pie spice to fit the season.
This simple recipe is the breakfast food you didn't know you needed.
2-Ingredient Banana Pancakes
- Prep Time:5 mins
- Cook Time:5 mins
- Total Time:10 mins
- Servings:1
- Easy
- 1 egg
- 1 banana -the riper the better
Ingredients
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Step 1
In a mixing bowl, combine the ripe banana and egg.
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Step 2
Mash until the batter becomes a custard-like texture with a few chunks.
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Step 3
Heat up a sprayed pan or griddle and use the batter to make small pancakes. The smaller the size, the easier it is to flip.
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Step 4
Flip the cakes to cook until both sides are golden brown.
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Step 5
Add your toppings and enjoy! In this photo, I added berries, peanut butter, cinnamon, and maple syrup as the toppings.
- Chocolate chips
- Blueberries
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Protein powder
- Chia seeds
Optional toppings:
- Nut butter
- Berries
- Maple syrup
- Cinnamon
- Granola
- Butter
- Yogurt
I love to pair these banana pancakes with my matcha latte for a satisfying breakfast that fuels me for the long day ahead. Bananas and eggs are the perfect combinations of carbs, protein, and fat.
Trust me, these pancakes are flipping fantastic!