Whole Wheat Aquafaba Pancakes

Disclaimer: OXO kindly provided me with the set of SNAP Glass Food Storage Containers you’ll see pictured in this post, but I was not compensated for this post. All opinions are my own. Try not to poop your pants in excitement that a recipe post-i.e. This is a pretty solid recipe. To recap my time in Melbourne, Melbourne breakfast is indeed THE THING. I had this ricotta hotcake that was life-changing-like top three things I’ve ever eaten in life-but also, every single pancake I had there was phenomenal.

It was as though Melbourne got some sort of city-wide memo that all pancakes should be really super fluffy, tight-crumbed and tender (NEVER CHEWY) and topped with all the most exciting things. So recreating the miraculously fluffy hotcake was a top 10 priority once I got home; lower than calling my parents, but above laundry (just kidding) (or am I).

These are based off my basic buttermilk pancakes, but tweaked with whole wheat (my preferred flour for these, actually), aquafaba (the miraculous chickpea brine egg substitute) and olive oil to keep these vegan. I just realized the only other thing I’ve made with aquafaba aside from this lemon meringue pie was this whole grain aquafaba waffle…I don’t mean to keep pairing aquafaba with whole wheat, but maybe they just go together, 1 of these pancakes deemed them “more filling” than expected for a vegan pancake.

Also “hearty,” which I agree with-whole wheat flour does wonders without being overly heavy. In a post about aquafaba pancakes, Kenji of Serious Eats mentioned that aquafaba tends to make pancakes gummy and dense in the middle. My taster also described these as “small,” which I disagree with because my pancakes are always around 2.5-3″ big, and these happen to fit perfectly inside my very cute new OXO class containers. Made from BPA-free borosilicate glass. So these SNAP Glass Food Storage Containers can withstand extreme temperature changes without the risk of cracking or shattering!

Leakproof thanks to lids with four locking tabs and a removable gasket! Nestable AND stackable, so they’re a breeze to fit into my already-full kitchen cabinets! Little Salad Dressing Shaker. So when I’m done eating carbs 24/7, I will surely be making some delicious salads and touting them to work in style instead of my leaky, beat-up Tupperwares (yas!). Way better than the Costco version I almost bought (PSA: those are NOT leakproof).

I also have a treat for you! Once upon a time, I posted about these Sudio Sweden earphones (I adore my white and rose gold pair so much; I feel 10x classier whenever I use them). If you want a pair of your own, you can get 15% off by using the code “pancakeprincess” (no quotes) at checkout! The sound quality is fantastic and the earbuds are actually pretty comfortable to wear, a rarity. I’m ranty today. Here’s the recipe. Fluffy, hearty whole-wheat pancakes that are vegan thanks to aquafaba.

I have seen people use their potholders over and over never wash them. They wonder why they get larder beetles in with their potholders. The bugs are after the grease. You should be sure to wash potholders, dish towels and dish clothes often. Keep the drawers they're in clean. It's easy to drop food in the drawers while cooking around the kitchen and that will bring in bugs. I use jars for most of my flour, sugar etc. because of the pesky little monsters you see in the picture.

It doesn't matter how clean your house is these things can come in from the store or anywhere for that matter. I put anything that fits in a jar. Buy chalkboard paint or chalkboard paper and put the names of the items you have in the jars on the front. If you put oatmeal in a jar cut the instruction off the back of the box.

Stick that inside the jar, this should be with just about everything you put in a jar. I also love canning jars and now Ball has them in colors, blue and green, pint or quart. I use small jars for my candies for decorating cakes and cookies. Ball now has a jar lid you can add to your canning jar that has a shaker top on it or you can also buy the jar to go with the lids. All the items are so good for storage. Whip off any jars you put in your pantry.

The containers that hold oil or even spray will get greasy, be sure to wipe them clean with hot soapy water. Always keep your toaster clean. Bugs love bread crumbs. Keep cereal in something they can't get into. I'm careful with bird seed, sunflower seed, dog and cat food always put them in a plastic container.