Today was one of those Sundays where one breakfast simply won’t do.
After my smoothie this morning, my friend Laurel came over for a while and filled me in on her engagement and we discussed wedding planning until she had to leave for Jacksonville. Once she left, Ryan and I were both feeling a little hungry, so breakfast number two happened!
Oatmeal whole wheat pancakes, baby.
How good do those look?
I made the pancakes by playing around in the kitchen and experimenting a bit.
This is not the exact recipe since I just threw some stuff together, but the basic ingredients included:
- 1 c. old fashioned oats
- 1/3 c. whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1 tbsp. flax seeds (or another tbsp. of chia seeds – don’t omit!)
- 1/2 tbsp. baking soda
- 2 tbsp. melted butter
- 1 c. milk
I mixed everything together with a hand mixer before cooking the pancakes on a hot griddle (sprayed with cooking spray) until they were brown.
After topping them off with syrup, it was pancake-eatin’ time!
Oh man, these were good! They almost tasted like oatmeal cookie pancakes!
Gym Pics + Fro Yo Date
After breakfast round two, Ryan and I cleaned up around the apartment before heading out to our friend Ben’s gym (the same gym where we held the Blogger Boot Camp!).
We didn’t swing by Ben’s gym to work out though. We were there on a mission. Ryan is in the process of creating a workout website detailing different workouts every day. He has the framework of the site in place, but needs photos and other aesthetic things completed before officially launching the site, so we snapped some pictures of him going through five of the different workout routines he created.
I love the premise of his site since I am constantly looking for new workout ideas and scanning the internet for websites with quality workouts. I think he still has a bunch of things he wants to hammer out before his site is up, but I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted!
Since I was Ryan’s designated photographer, he rewarded me with fro yo after we were done!
My cup included pralines ‘n’ cream and peanut butter frozen yogurt, topped with Reese’s Pieces cereal, peanut butter M&Ms, whipped cream. Clearly I couldn’t resist a few bites before snapping a picture.
After enjoying our respective cups of frozen yogurt, we walked to The Fresh Market, located nearby to pick up some grillin’ goodies for this evening.
Once we arrived home, we curled up on the couch for a good hour to read Divergent together.
So far we are both loving it. It’s a really quick read and we’re almost exactly halfway done, so we’re anxious to wrap it up soon!
And now it’s BBQ time! Gotta go!
Happy almost Fourth of July!
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High five on the pancakes. I can’t wait to experiment with that mixture! They looked deee-lish!
I loooooooved Divergent! Enjoy!
these look so good! i am in italy for a study abroad and everyone keeps saying how they miss american breakfasts, maybe we should give this a try! also due to your support of mousse gelato i convinced all my friends (as i am vegan) to give it a try and they love it! i would send you some if it wouldn’t melt!
Huuuuuuum! Those pancakes in the syrup!!! Love it!
Wow! You guys are quite the dynamic internet entrepeneur duo 🙂 it’s awesome! xyx
Happy 4th Julie! The pancakes look amazing and I like how there is no egg needed. Is Ryan a trainer? I can’t wait to see his site!
Hey Julie! Where did you guys get your coffee table from? I think I commented once that I have the same one but am pretty sure I didn’t ask this question. I think I got mine from the Pottery Barn outlet store!
it’s from ikea!
wanted to say congrats to ryan for getting a workout website together!! super exciting and can’t wait to see it when it’s up and running! and wat an awesome wife he has for playing photographer…hehe. nice to see that he has his head on straight and knows the best form of payment comes in fro-yo. 🙂
These pancakes are amazing! I had such a “hankering” for pancakes this morning it’s not even funny lol. I remembered seeing this post from the weekend and I was on a mission to recreate them.
I didn’t have chia seeds so doubled the flax and i subbed 1 tbsp butter for half a banana mushed. Delicious!!
Thanks for the great recipe!
These pancakes look so good!
So I know you said you NEED a hand mixer but I decided to try it anyways by soaking the two tbsp chia seeds in 1 cup milk overnight to make a chia gel. Then I added that in morning to the dry mix. I also subbed out half the flour for protein powder and used a tsp of each baking soda and baking powder instead. They turned out fantastic and I just used some elbow grease to mix the heck out of the batter. Loved them. Thanks for the great recipe!
i have a quick question for you. how many servings is in your oatmeal cookie pancake recipe? they look really good.
These are the best healthy pancakes i’ve made yet!! and i’ve tried a lot!! i use applesauce instead of the butter and double the flax since i don’t have chia seeds. i also don’t use the sugar and add cinnamon. so good!! it’s a great basic pancake recipe. i’ve tried various versions with blueberries and strawberries. delicious! thanks for the great recipe, julie! 🙂
Just made these – they’re awesome!! I substituted apple sauce for the butter and did 2 tbl spoons of flax seed (didn’t have chia). Thanks for the recipe!
Made these today and added blueberries — delish!