I recently began reading the book Grain Brain by David Perlmutter and was astounded at the scientific findings that have to do with having gluten in your diet.  I absolutely adore bread, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, biscuits, muffins…you get the idea.  If there is all-purpose white flour in it chances are I will want to get me a piece of it.

So when I started reading this book I knew that I had to make some changes to my diet.  Now, I am not going completely gluten free, I am realistic and know that long term this will not be an option that will work for me or for my family.  I am however looking for delicious options that will satisfy my need for sweets but hopefully begin to curb my addiction (and yes, I would qualify my love of this as an addiction) to these harmful carbs.

I found a recipe for Paleo two ingredient pancakes and although I was skeptical I went ahead and made them.  Surprisingly, they were really tasty.  So good in fact that I plan on making some for my boys as I think that they may like them as well – they are that good.  The main trick to this recipe is to use bananas that have plenty of brown spots as they will give the pancakes that extra sweetness that they need.  I personally like to add berries and a little maple syrup but they are plenty delicious on their own.

I highly recommend giving these a try.  The other ingredient in these – eggs is an ingredient I am particularly fond of on their own and I couldn’t even really tell there were eggs in them.  Give them a try…I hope you like them as much as I do.

Two Ingredient Paleo Pancakes
(makes 1-2 servings, depending on how hungry you are)
Ingredients
1 banana, ripe with brown spots
2 eggs
Optional Ingredients: Berries, butter, maple syrup

Directions
Place banana and eggs in a blender and mix for about 30 seconds until frothy.

Heat a non-stick skillet to medium heat and spray with cooking spray (I like Trader Joe’s Coconut Oil Spray but use whatever you have on hand) and pour the mixture just like you would regular pancakes.  Once they start to bubble just flip them over and you are done.

These are great alone and even better with some berries and if you are feeling a bit decadent – add a touch of butter and maple syrup.