Ingredients

Banana Topping:

• 2 medium bananas
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup walnuts broken into 2 or 3 pieces
• 1 oz butter
• 2 tablespoons sweetened coconut flakes lightly toasted

Pancake mix:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 cup 1% milk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• pinch of salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• butter or oil spray for skillet

Method

Pancakes:

• beat the egg whites slightly
• add milk, sugar and oil and mix well
• in a separate bowl sift together flour, salt and baking powder
• add milk mixture slowly into the flour mixture stirring continuously
• add a little bit of butter on to a skillet and add a spoonful of batter and cook on both side until nice and brown
• make all the pancakes and keep them warm until you are finished with the topping

Topping:

• cut the bananas diagonally into thick slices
• in a skillet melt butter and add maple syrup
• boil on low flame for about 2 minutes
• add bananas and walnuts and cook for another 3 – 4 minutes

For serving stack 2 or 3 pancakes on a plate and top with banana topping.  Sprinkle with coconut flakes

Yields 3 servings