Avocado & Bacon Pancakes

Creamy avocado, savory bacon, fresh parsley, and a hint of tart lemon make these gluten-free Avocado & Bacon Pancakes a meal that will satisfy all your senses – and are perfect for a fall evening or a cool & crisp fall morning.

Sugar, I LOVE it, and I hate that I love it so.
When I was a young one in Sri Lanka, I didn’t consume vast quantities of soda or candy, but, I hate to admit that when my cousin and I got together, we would eat sugar by the spoonful when no-one was looking. Fast forward to adulthood and sometimes I’d catch myself thinking “what’s for dessert?” when most people were thinking “what’s for dinner?” Yes – I’m that person that wouldn’t turn down dessert after breakfast, and sometimes even indulge in it for breakfast. When I was brainstorming blog names back in 2013, my first choice was “Running on Dessert” – but, someone had beaten me to it!

Then a few days ago, I stumbled on this article by Anahad O’Connor in the Food section of the New York Times “How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat” and then a friend shared a trailer to the movie “Fed Up” on Facebook, and, all I’ve gotta say is gosh darn, I wish I could squelch my sweet tooth, like I squelched that spider!

This past week, I have been trying to give my body a break from refined sugar and most other sugars (with the exception of a few natural, zero sugar sweeteners). And it’s been hard! So Hard! Yesterday when I saw this Hummingbird Cake, I wanted to throw my proverbial towel in and break my sugar-fast by sending my drone up to grab a slice of that cake. But then the clip in that trailer showing the similarities in effects of sugar and cocaine on our brains made me squelch my drone and whip up these pancakes instead. 

These Avocado & Bacon Pancakes aren’t anything fancy, they are savory and do not contain any sugar in them and as I used coconut flour, they are also gluten free. They do take a little while longer to cook than these Yogurt Oatmeal Pancakes did, but, you can still whip up 4 of them in less than 30 minutes. But y’all, that bacon combined with avocado and lemon and parsley make these pancakes a wonderfully sensory-satisfying dinner or breakfast!

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Avocado & Bacon Pancakes

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 28 minutes minutes

Total Time: 33 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 pancakes

Author: Shashi

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Creamy avocado, savory bacon, fresh parsley, and a hint of tart lemon make these gluten-free Avocado & Bacon Pancakes a meal that will satisfy all your senses - and are perfect for a fall evening or a cool & crisp fall morning.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 avocado - mashed well
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 2 strips bacon cooked
• coconut oil/olive oil

Instructions

• Add the coconut flour, salt and baking soda together and stir well
• Then add in the eggs, mashed avocado, coconut milk and lemon juice and whisk till all ingredients are well combined
• Add in the parsley and chop 1 of the strips of bacon up and add it to the mix
• Grease a frying pan with coconut oil and place it over a low-medium flame
• When the pan is hot, drop 3 tablespoons or a ladle of mix onto pan
• Cook for 4 minutes on one side, then flip the pancake and cook it for 3-4 minutes on the other side too
• Repeat with the rest of the mix - should make 4 pancakes
• When all the pancakes are made, chop up the other slice of bacon and garnish pancakes with bacon and parsley.

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*Please note, I am not a nutritionist or dietician and all opinions expressed here in are just my opinions. We all have the freedom to make our own choices and my post is just to inspire, inform and maybe convince you to try these pancakes. Here’s to making choices that make you feel good in your skin, my friends.

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