My cousin, Raleigh, emailed me the other day and asked me to come up with a veggie pancake recipe. Sounded like a great idea to me, but would kids eat a vegetable pancake? Only one way to find out. “Kenya!” I decided to make a basic pancake batter, minus the sugar, add julienned vegetables and then sauté them until golden. Wow! Kenya loved them. Even I was shocked at how easy and delicious these were to prepare.

They’re perfect to serve for brunch, put in a lunch box or even to have as a side dish at dinner. Kenya and I whipped out a bottle of Krazy Ketchup and dipped away eating up the entire batch in one sitting!

Veggie Pancakes (14 Pancakes)

1 Carrot, grated
1 Zucchini, grated
1 Egg
1/4 Cup Milk
1/2 Cup Flour
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Tsp Salt
Oil or Canola Oil Spray

1. Place the grated vegetables in a bowl.
2. Whisk the egg and milk in a separate bowl and pour over vegetables.
3. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and sprinkle over the vegetable mixture. Toss to combine.
4. Coat saute pan with oil or spray over medium heat.
5. Place 1 Tbsp of vegetable mixture in pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Repeat with remaining batter.
6. Serve.

*Allow to cool, place in a ziploc bag, label and freeze. When ready, place in toaster oven or oven at 300 and heat for 10 minutes or until heated through.

We used these to make this recipe:

Oxo Good Grips Box Grater

I can’t tell you how often I’ve wanted to use ketchup in my recipes, but didn’t because of all the sugar and corn syrup in most brands. I was recently sent a squeeze bottle of a new product called Krazy Ketchup, to give it a try. When I find a product I’m passionate about, it’s like falling in love for the first time, and I have a major crush on this ketchup! We did a taste test and couldn’t believe it actually tasted better than Heinz or any of the other “natural” ketchups on the market.

Made from tomato, butternut, carrot and sweet potato puree, agave nectar and a few spices, I was shocked at how tangy, sweet and delicious it was and without tasting “healthy”. Not only is it organic, sugar free, vegetarian/vegan and chock full of stuff that’s good for you, it’s made by 2 moms with 5 kids between them, so they have experience when it comes to what kids and
adults like to eat!

Considering the fact that 97% of families keep ketchup in their kitchen and 1 in 5 moms serve ketchup every day of the week, this should be an item you keep on hand at all times!