{"id":80984,"date":"2012-10-24T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=80984"},"modified":"2012-10-23T23:31:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T04:31:20","slug":"7-ways-to-pimp-your-pancake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/7-ways-to-pimp-your-pancake\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Pimp Your Pancake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve loved <strong><a title=\"pancakes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/pancakes\">pancakes<\/a><\/strong> for what seems like forever and have held them in high esteem as my favorite breakfast ever since I was a kid. Perhaps that&#8217;s the reason they were the only item my mom could make &#8211; besides brown sugar cinnamon Pop Tarts &#8211; that was able to lure me out of bed in the morning for school. Somehow, 7 a.m. seemed a little more manageable if a stack of warm pancakes and maple syrup were greeting me at the breakfast table.<\/p>\n<p>This love for flapjacks has led my friends to count me as the official &#8220;pancake queen&#8221; in our social circle, and they always seem to seek my expertise when they&#8217;re getting ready to cook up a batch of their own. While pancakes may have gained a bad reputation for being overly sweet and not the most nutritious breakfast dish on the block, it&#8217;s my conviction that they can actually be made quite healthy with a few simple tweaks.<\/p>\n<p>In testing countless recipes and variations of pancakes myself, I&#8217;ve found that you can health-ify just about any pancake recipe out there and even make it vegan-friendly, <strong><a title=\"gluten free\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/gluten-free\">gluten-free<\/a><\/strong> and far lower in calories, fat, and sugar than many would suspect while still maintaining amazing flavor and texture.<\/p>\n<p>To help you get a leg up on the healthy pancake movement, I&#8217;ve compiled a list of seven simple says to &#8220;Pimp Your Pancake&#8221; and boost their healthy reputation on your breakfast table. With these easy-to-follow tips you&#8217;ll learn how to add more <strong><a title=\"eat more protein foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/eat-protein-foods-not-protein-supplements\/\">protein<\/a><\/strong>, flavor, and heartier texture to your pancakes without sacrificing an ounce of flavor. Click the slideshow to get started!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/7-ways-to-pimp-your-pancake\/add-a-spread-between-layers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80999\" title=\"pancake-slideshow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pancake-slideshow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pancake-slideshow.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pancake-slideshow-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Download <a title=\"healthy breakfast cookbook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/announcing-bakers-dozen-our-first-ecookbook-with-13-healthier-breakfast-and-brunch-recipes\/\">Baker&#8217;s Dozen: 13 Healthier Breakfast &amp; Brunch Recipes<\/a>, our new e-cookbook including a recipe for Chocolate Covered Strawberry Pancakes!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve loved pancakes for what seems like forever and have held them in high esteem as my favorite breakfast ever since I was a kid. Perhaps that&#8217;s the reason they were the only item my mom could make &#8211; besides &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/7-ways-to-pimp-your-pancake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,16],"tags":[328,8440,4252],"class_list":["post-80984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-breakfast","tag-homepage","tag-pancakes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80984"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81001,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80984\/revisions\/81001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}