I’ve written before about how eating oatmeal can boost a breastfeeding mother’s milk supply. Because I plan to breastfeed for a long time and want to keep my milk supply up, I’m always on the lookout for recipes that include oatmeal.
The other morning, I was really jonesin’ for some pancakes. As I searched around on the internet for a pancake recipe, I was delighted to find that many recipes included oatmeal.
After comparing several recipes and tweaking them to fit personal taste (and the ingredients I happened to have on hand), this is the recipe I came up with:
OATMEAL PANCAKES
Ingredients:
½ cup flour
1 cup instant oatmeal
1 cup milk, buttermilk, or milk with a little vinegar (depending on your preference)
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
Vanilla, nutmeg, and/or cinnamon to taste
Directions:
Mix all of the dry ingredients together in one bowl; mix all of the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together, stirring until the dry ingredients become moist. Do not overmix the ingredients.
Most recipes called for some sort of sugar, but I omitted it for health reasons. Blueberries, strawberries, or apples would be a great addition to this recipe.
The batter was much runnier than I expected it to be; however, for being runny, the pancakes really puffed up and were HUGE when they were finished. Eating them was sort of like eating a flat oatmeal muffin. They were delicious, and very filling. I cut the leftover pancakes into strips, and snacked on them the rest of the day.
The next time you want pancakes for breakfast, try this oatmeal variety. It’s healthy, and it’s great for milk supply. If you already have a pancake recipe you love and use often and don’t want to deviate too far from it, just add a little less flour than normal, and add ½ to 1 cup of oatmeal.