Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce Recipe (2024)

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Treat your loved ones to these Whole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakestopped withFresh Strawberry Sauce. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion! Sponsored by Peapod.

Valentine’s Day is this coming weekend, so when the online grocery service,Peapod, asked me to develop a special Valentine’s Day breakfast recipe for their recipe site, I spent a few days dreaming about all the different kinds of pancakesI could make.

I finally came up withthese gorgeousWhole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakeswith Fresh Strawberry Sauce. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t love pancakes. In fact, I have a few friends who are absolutelyobsessed with pancakes.

In developing this pancake recipe, I wanted to achieve several goals.

• First, I wanted to make a healthy pancake, so these pancakes are made with white whole wheat flour (which is not as strong tasting as regular whole wheat flour), low-fat Greek yogurt and low-fat buttermilk (both of these lighter ingredients add tang and some acidity which gives these pancakes more flavor and makes them fluffier when they react with baking soda/baking powder), and fruit (I love sneaking in some extra fruit at breakfast time).
• Second, I wanted to include several flavor combinations that naturally work together, like strawberries and chocolate, bananas and chocolate, oranges and chocolate. Chocolate compliments lots of fruits :).
• Third, I wanted to give these pancakes an extra lovingtouch for Valentine’s Day, so I made a fresh strawberry sauce to go on top of the pancakes, and cut outcute little heart shaped bananas and fresh strawberries for fun decorations.

These pancakes are made with healthy, whole ingredients. If you’ve never tried white whole wheat flour, this is a great recipe to try it out on. White whole wheat flour is a whole grain flour, but it has a milder taste than regular whole wheat flour.

The consistency you’re looking for in this pancake batter is not too thick, and not too thin.

To make heart shaped pancakes, the easiest way I found is to make pancakes slightly bigger than a heart shaped cookie cutter. I tried using a heart shaped pancake mold, but it was a lot more work and the pancakes didn’t turn out as nicely.

The fresh strawberry sauce is super easy to make, and maple syrup and orange zest complimentthe strawberries nicely.

A pretty presentation will show your loved ones how much you care this Valentine’s Day. To cut out heart shaped strawberries, choose strawberries that are naturally pointy at the ends and heart shaped; then slice into 1/4″ slices, and cut out the white core in a “v” shape to make the heart shape more pronounced. For the bananas, I used a mini heart shaped cookie cutter. Aren’t they cute?

These pancakes are so pretty, I couldn’t stop taking pictures. My family had the biggest smiles on their faces when they sat down to this plate ofWhole Wheat Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Fresh Strawberry Sauce.

If you’re looking for more breakfast ideas for Valentine’s Day, check out these recipes on From The Pod:

Whole Wheat Chocolate Pistachio Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Icing
Cranberry Almond Meringue Tart
Spinach Ricotta Potato Omelet
Potato Hash with Fried Eggs
Ham, Spinach & Mushroom Quiche

Big thanks to Peapod for sponsoring this post which helps support Jeanette’s Healthy Living.