Pancakes to Chirp About
All photos courtesy of Melissa Ergo Photography
Earlier this year I decided that I wanted to incorporate a more sustainable source of protein in my life. Through a few podcasts, I heard about people eating insects – mainly crickets – because of the many benefits to our bodies and the environment. I started searching the internet for a company using insect protein in order to try it out. After all, if it was something that made me gag, that wouldn’t work. In a short time, I came across Cowboy Crickets, a company out of Montana. 
The site mentioned how they had just started and that owners Kathleen and James were both Coast Guard Vets ( James is still serving as a medical in the Montana National Guard). After some introductions and negotiating, Cowboy Crickets decided to sponsor me!
Why Pancakes?
I wanted to find creative ways and different options for using the cricket protein powder. But before we go any further, let’s clear this up:
It’s powder. No legs and heads sticking out. Just powder. We cool?
Of course, I could simply dump it into my Simple Green Smoothie or a bowl of yogurt, but I wanted more. Also, I was having pancake nostalgia. Yearning for a simpler time where I ate pancakes for breakfast as a chubby kid, long before my born-again conversion to a Paleo-ish diet. The following recipe took a few tries to come together and was adapted from the Almond Flour pancakes from Wellness Mama. But this one has ground cricket powder, so it’s a next-level way to #GetYourChirpOn.
Cricket Powder Pancake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of almond flour
- 1/4 cup of Cowboy Crickets Protein Powder
- 1/4 cup of Flax Meal or flax seeds
- 1-2 TBSP of Chia Seeds
- 1/4 cup of Goji Berries
- 2 eggs (bonus points for pasture-raised)
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/4 TSP salt
- 1 TBSP of stevia, Birch Xylitol, or honey
- Coconut flakes
- Grass-fed butter
- Fistfuls of Berries
Best Music Pairings:
*Feel Me Flow – Naughty By Nature
*1,000 Miles – Vanessa Carlton (My daughter’s favorite)
*Flying Horses – Dispatch
Directions:
- Start the music
- Heat a pan to medium and add a bit of avocado oil, coconut oil, or ghee
- Mix the Almond Flour, Cricket Powder, Flax Meal, Chia Seeds, Goji Berries, Eggs, Salt, Water and sweetener into a bowl.
- Whisk until it’s all blended (Let your Three-Year-Old whisk – she’ll do a better job).
- Fill the 1/4 cup scoop and dump a few onto the pan (the 1/4 scoop seems like the ideal size)
- Flip when the bottom feels solid enough -should be golden to medium brown.
- Remove when the other side is done
- Add a couple hunks of butter and a fistful of berries
- Sprinkle some coconut flakes
- Enjoy!
To get your own Cowboy Cricket Protein Powder use promo code “VETS” to save 20%. Not only will you be supporting a great veteran-owned business, but your purchases help me to continue bringing you great posts.
All photos courtesy of Melissa Ergo Photography
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