{"id":3943,"date":"2017-12-01T17:52:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T22:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2018-09-13T08:18:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T12:18:46","slug":"happy-monkey-banana-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/happy-monkey-banana-pancakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Monkey Banana Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>These are wonderful and are a regular feature at our Hotel el Mono Feliz in Ojochal, Costa Rica. They&#8217;re delightfully decadent yet not too tough to make. We often make them with bananas harvested from trees in the gardens on the hotel property. They&#8217;re definitely a guest favorite.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>We had a couple here for 11 nights&#8230; after having them once, they requested these on 8 additional mornings&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Happy Monkey Banana Pancakes<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>INGREDIENTS <\/strong><br \/>\n1.5 cups flour<\/div>\n<div>3.5 tsp baking powder<\/div>\n<div>1 tsp salt<\/div>\n<div>2 tbsp sugar<\/div>\n<div>1 c almond milk<\/div>\n<div>1 Banana, mashed to very smooth (with a fork on a plate or cutting board) plus 1 &#8211; not mashed &#8211; for the pancakes.<\/div>\n<div>2 tsp apple cider vinegar<\/div>\n<div>1 tbsp flax meal<\/div>\n<div>3 tbsp canola oil<\/div>\n<div>1\/2 tsp vanilla<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>METHOD<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Using a fork, mix milk, vinegar, and flax in a small bowl until it&#8217;s a bit foamy &#8211; let it rest for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>In medium mixing bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pour into Center of flour, add water, oil, and vanilla &#8211; mix a minute w fork (don&#8217;t over mix).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ideally, let it rest for about 10 minutes before making your pancakes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When your griddle or pan is hot, spray with oil then put three thin slices (one inch long) of banana (or four if you&#8217;re bold) in the shape of a star or a plus sign for each pancake you want to make.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pour about \u2153 cup batter over each set of bananas&#8230; (if the bananas move, you can reset them quickly while the batter is just poured). The timing depends on the heat of your griddle. Typically these cook well at higher heat&#8230; about 5-6 minutes on the main side (until cooked almost all the way through) and then another 2-3 minutes on the flip side.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Enjoy!<\/div>\n<div>Pura Vida!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3944\" src=\"http:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639.jpg 931w, https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_3639-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are wonderful and are a regular feature at our Hotel el Mono Feliz in Ojochal, Costa Rica. They&#8217;re delightfully decadent yet not too tough to make. We often make them with bananas harvested from trees in the gardens on the hotel property. They&#8217;re definitely a guest favorite. We had a couple here for 11 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1089,1091],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-breakfast-foods","category-hotel-el-mono-feliz-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9061,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions\/9061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popvegonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}