A freezer of hidden bananas
I once heard someone else’s tale of cleaning out the freezer. They pulled out one banana after another – over 30 in total. They were everywhere in the freezer. I wouldn’t recommend this approach for a couple of reasons 1) it’s tough to find all the bananas as illustrated by this story and 2) it’s impossible to peel the frozen bananas and 3) extremely gross peeling the thawed brown mush. As a result, I usually have a ziplock in the freezer and just peel and add bananas as they no longer are palatable to eat. It’s just amazing how it seems the nastier the banana looks, the better it tastes in recipes. So remember, frozen bananas aren’t just for banana bread, but banana pancakes. This is also perfect for grabbing to make a quick smoothie (avacodo smoothie recipe here).
It doesn’t get much simpler!
This recipe is so simple – only three ingredients. It doesn’t get much simpler than this – plus only one dish to clean!
First, I add the eggs to the blender (my 2L blender can hold a double batch) then pulse in the flour. I’m not a fan of egg shells in my pancakes, so I have my three year old “help me” by counting the eggs for me, instead of cracking them (even though she assures me she’d do a good job cracking the eggs). I smile because according to her count we’re one short, but then I show here there’s one out of her view.
We have her trained well, as she puts her hands over her ears as soon as I motion to turn on the blender. (My husband and I are both engineers and safety including personal protection equipment such as hearing protection is very important.) She shadows me as I pour the batter. I incentivize her to unload the dishwasher (one of her chores) by telling her the first pancakes will be ready when she’s done with her task. She begins singing as she works which gives me another smile. I tell her when she needs to bring her plate for the first pancakes and she also brings her beautiful smiling face. She gives a little “yea!” when I put them on her plate.
Onto a triple batch
As they eat, the kids show me the moon and swing they create with their pancakes. The artwork doesn’t last long as they come quickly for more pancakes. I see the double batch won’t cut it, even with the venison sausage (click here for the recipe) to supplement our family of five. Luckily we have a couple of fresh bananas, although not overripe but they’ll have to do in a pinch. I get out another dozen eggs since the half dozen in the last carton is now gone.
You can opt to add a little milk if you don’t use thawed bananas to thin the batter as desired. Today I made a triple batch and this is exactly what I did for the last batch with fresh bananas.
