I could not sleep last night, so as I often do, I visualized my breakfast.
I wondered what my regular pancakes would taste like if I added sweet potato…. and the actual meal was better than I imagined!
I added 1/2 cup of mashed sweet potato to my usual Hodgson’s Mills InstaBake pancake mix (and I also added a little extra unsweet almond breeze to the mix because the potato soaked up so much of the almond milk). The result were fluffy, chewy, and slightly sweet pancakes!
These pancakes didn’t "taste" like sweet potato; the potato changed the texture and density more than anything. It was fun to sneak some veggies into my breakfast!
Plus, blueberries and syrup:
10 Minute Strength Routine
This morning’s strength routine consisted of:
- 30 push-ups
- 10 decline push-ups
- Two 30-second planks
- 100 bicycle crunches
- 20 reverse crunches
I am hopeful my schedule will permit me to make it to the gym tonight! We’ll see!
Have a great day!
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Yum, I love potato pancakes! But I’ve never made them at home. I’ll have to get my wife to make these. I cook too, but breakfast is her realm
Mmm, as always, the pancakes look delicious! Your strength routine has inspired me to do a quick one right now!
Sweet potato pancakes sound delicious! I know I’m a huge fan of pumpkin pancakes, so I’ll have to give these a try for sure.
Yum! There’s an organic resaturant in our neck of the woods that has amazing sweet potato pancakes. My mouth is watering! LOL
Adding sweet potato to pancakes sounds good, but did it make them too mushy on the inside? I have a can of sweet potato puree I don’t know what to do with. Thanks for the idea
Mmmm
I love a weekend breakfast during a weekday!
When I can’t sleep, I start to make up stories in my head..for instance..how my boyfriend will one day propose to me, lol…So glad he isn’t a blog reader!!
Hope you’re feeling better today! Sounds like you are.
Looking forward to trying out your sweet potato trick in my own pancakes…
Yum! Those pancakes look so delicious! As always…. Love the idea to add sweet potato.
Those sweet potato pancakes sound so good. I definitely need to try that next time!
I was dreaming of my breakfast last night, too! I love the idea of sweet potato in pancakes. It’s awesome in oatmeal!
I hope you’re feeling better this morning
That sounds so good!
Re: cookie eating. I think emotional eating is good sometimes, too. It’s when I don’t really want to eat something, but I do because I am stressed that I hate.
Re: Hitting a wall. There is an article in this month’s Runner’s World about that too. I can’t rememebr if that is the article you mentioned in your post, but I just read it and thought of you.
Sounds like we might need to add some sweet potato to our “pancake Saturday” routine.
Yum!
Sorry you couldn’t sleep last night, but looks like visualizing breakfast worked out well!
Good idea, those pancakes look very tasty!
What a great way to add some extra nutrients to your breakfast – I’m definitely trying this out over the weekend!
If you ever come to AZ you are making me pancakes! Ha! Hope you feel better!
I love sneaking veggies into meals too! Pumpkin is my go-to…but I’ll have to try sweet potatoes next time!
love these!!!
I am doing a bootcamp this summer and love your mini workout I am going to have to use some of those to push the ladies!
hope you are feeling better today!
Pancakes sound great- I’ve made pumpkin ones but never sweet potato…*adding to list of stuff to try*
What a great idea!
I love new pancake variations. Sweet potato ones sound delicious!
What a great idea! Pancakes look great! I have been on a weekend pancake kick myself! Yum!
Great morning workout! I need to incorporate things like that into my morning. It feels good to get the heartrate up first thing with a little exercise.
Have a great day!
Sweet potato pancakes sound awesome! Your 10 min routine sounds great too – I need to start doing planks!
This recipe is really good…
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1142030
It's a pain to make, but they are awesome!
what a great idea!
you are a straight up genius girl
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Mmm, I love making sweet potato pancakes!
What a great idea! I’ll have to try that soon.
Sneaking in veggies at breakfast is so much fun! Hope you get to the gym too