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I’m surprised everyday by the new ways you can cook simple meals or the small additions that make them much more delicious. 

Most people already add onions to eggs to spice them up a bit, but have you ever considered balsamic vinegar? I hadn’t but was happy I did. Less then a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar for four eggs adds an enormous amount of taste!

There are other healthy options as well for your morning breakfast. A great example is Marcellina’s Egg White Frittatas! While such a simple ingredient the egg is, there are never ending options on how to cook it!

Balsamic Onion Scrambled Eggs

Balsamic Onion Scrambled Eggs

A simple scrambled egg recipe with a twist!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 2

Calories 450 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 4 Eggs
• 1/4 Onion (diced)
• 1 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
• 1/2 tbsp Olive Oil
• Shredded Cheese (optional)
• Salt (to taste)
• Pepper (to taste)

Instructions

 

• Coat frying pan with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and begin heating on medium heat.
• Add in diced onion and begin cooking until caramelized.
• While onions begin to caramelize, whisk eggs in separate bowl until evenly mixed, adding in shredded cheese, salt, and pepper to taste.
• Once onions are caramelized, pour in egg mixture.
• Continue cooking and scrambling over medium heat to desired consistency.
• Serve with toast or biscuits.

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What else for breakfast?

While I like to eat my balsamic onion eggs with buttered toast, there are other options to add to your plate as well like pancakes! I prefer the healthy option of almond milk pancakes, but to each their own.

Regardless of your extra addons to breakfast, I hope the balsamic onion scrambled eggs are what you wanted out of a meal to start your day!

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Many breakfast meals are rich in dairy and to some that’s exactly what they want. But, not everyone want’s that and look for dairy free options. Well here we are, offering an awesome almond milk pancake recipe!

Are you a fan of pancakes? Do you pour way too much syrup on them like me? Well, what about trying them without milk?

The normal recipe for pancakes requires milk to mix them, but sometimes you run out and forget to grab some on your grocery trip (definitely not speaking from experience). So what do you do? Well if you’re me, you use the almond milk you find in the fridge and discover what an amazing and healthy alternative it is! It turns this popular breakfast item into a dairy-free pancake recipe!

Can You Make Pancakes with Almond Milk?

Yes, you can make pancakes with almond milk as a substitute for dairy milk. In fact, the pancakes I made with almond milk were slightly sweeter and a bit more flavorful than those used with animal milk. So on top of being dairy-free pancakes, they may taste better to some who try them. 

The ratio of milk to almond milk replacement is roughly 1 to 1 and there’s no need to change things up too much.

Milk Substitute For Pancakes

There are a few different choices for milk substitutes in pancakes. What you choose will depend on your tastes but thankfully there are a few different options depending on what you like.

Some dairy-free milk substitutes for pancakes are:

1. Almond Milk
2. Coconut Milk
3. Soy Milk
4. Hemp Milk
5. Oat Milk

Can You Make Pancakes with Coconut Milk?

Absolutely! Another great dairy-free substitute for pancakes is coconut milk. While this recipe uses almond milk, the same could be substituted with coconut milk for a slightly different, but still sweet taste!

Dairy-Free Pancakes

There aren’t any other uses of dairy in this recipe. The only milk used is Almond Milk which is plant-based. 

You may be asking, “what about butter?”. Another alternative here is if you plan on coating the pan or would usually use butter in the batter, different kinds of oils can be used as a substitute. The alternative oils you could use include olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, or coconut oil. 

Egg Free Pancakes?

I do want to clarify these aren’t egg-free pancakes. This means the pancakes are NOT VEGAN and I’m not claiming that at all!

If you want vegan pancakes, simply take the eggs out of this recipe and substitute them with more almond milk or another egg substitute. 

Ingredients & Directions

The ingredients are minimal and will take roughly five minutes to combine/mix. Flour, egg, oil, sugar, baking powder, and of course almond milk are all it takes to make dairy-free pancakes!

The first step is mixing together all of these ingredients until the pancake batter is smooth and there are no lumps! (picture below) Depending on how many pancakes you’re mixing, you may want to mix smaller portions together at a time to avoid tiring yourself out from mixing. 

Heat the pan you want to cook with on medium heat with a little oil. Once the oil begins to shimmer, you’re ready to make your almond milk pancakes!

Depending on how big you want your pancakes will determine how much you pour. If you want pancakes like mine (4-5 inches in diameter), I use a 1/3 cup to pour the pancake batter into the pan. If you want a different size, I recommend experimenting a little with the amount your pour. The smaller the pancake, the smaller the pour, and the bigger the pancake, the bigger the pour. 

Cook the pancake until it begins to bubble like this. The bubbles shouldn’t be popping and exploding, they should just be visibly forming. 

Then flip the pancake and cook for the same amount of time on the other side! On the first flip, your pancakes should look like the one below!

To double-check that they’re ready to flip, I recommend shaking the pan a little from side to side. If the pancake slides around easily, then it’s not sticking to the pan and is safe to flip. Otherwise, if the pancake doesn’t slide around, it may still be sticking to the pan and not fully browned on the bottom. At that point, you risk trying to flip a pancake that is falling apart. 

Continue cooking all your pancakes and serve! Repeat the same shaking test to determine if the other side is cooked thoroughly before flipping to check. Once both sides are cooked, you’re ready to serve!

Almond Pancake Toppings

These pancakes won’t naturally be the sweetest pancakes you’ve ever had, but they will be sweeter than dairy milk pancakes. If you want a sweeter taste, I recommend adding at least powdered sugar and maple syrup. What you put on your pancakes is entirely up to you though! Below are a few extra suggestions for pancake toppings!

• Butter
• Strawberries
• Banana
• Blueberries
• Powdered sugar
• Syrup

Frequently Asked Questions

I wanted to add some frequently asked questions for anyone looking to make some of these delicious almond milk pancakes and may want to know more!

Do Almond Milk Pancakes Taste Good?

Absolutely, almond milk pancakes make for just as good pancakes as dairy milk ones, sometimes better. Depending on your personal tastes, you may find the sweet almond milk pancakes to be a better option for breakfast and easier on the gut.

Do You Need Milk To Make Pancakes?

You will need some catalyst to adequately mix pancakes together, but it doesn’t have to be dairy milk. Hence this article, as almond milk or other milk substitutes can be used as a pancake batter mix. 

Can I Use Evaporated Milk For Pancakes?

Yes! Evaporated milk can also be used as a milk substitute in pancakes. Simply follow the instructions for the evaporated milk to add the appropriate amount of water to prepare the milk for mixing. 

Can I Add Protein To Pancake Mix?

Yes! You can actually make pancakes from protein powder itself. Treat the protein powder like it’s pancake mix and add in the additional ingredients as a ratio of how much extra protein powder was added. 

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Homemade Almond Milk Pancakes

A delicious and easy dairy-free pancake recipe!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 10 pancakes

Calories 80 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tbsps Sugar
• 2 tsps Baking Powder
• 1 1/3 cups Almond Milk
• 2 tbsps Canola Oil
• 1 Egg
• Toppings (optional)

Instructions

 

• Whisk flour, sugar, and baking powder in a medium sized bowl.
• Add almond milk, 1 tablespoon canola oil, and egg to flour mixture. Whisk until smooth and there are no clumps.
• Heat pan with 1 tablespoon of canola oil over medium heat until oil shimmers.
• Pour batter using 1/3 cup and cook until there are bubbles in the batter. Flip once you see bubbles and cook the other side for an equivalent amount of time (1-2 minutes usually).
• Once cooked, stack and serve with toppings of your choice.

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My favorite meals to make are any that use a slow cooker. There’s no better feeling than throwing a bunch of things in a pot, letting the amazing aroma fill up the house, then have a ready made dinner when it’s done. 

A side note about this beef stew recipe, is that it isn’t made to be very thick like some beef stews. If you want it to be a little thicker, that’s nothing a little cornstarch can change!

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

A tasty beef stew that takes little effort to make!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Total Time 8 hours hrs 50 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 550 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 2 lbs Beef stew meat (chopped into 1 inch cubes)
• 2 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 lb Russet Potatoes (chopped into 1 inch cubes)
• 2-4 Carrots (chopped)
• 3/4 Onion (diced)
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 3 cups Beef Broth
• 2 tbsps Tomato Paste
• 2 tbsps Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tsp Rosemary
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tbsps Parsley (chopped)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• In a skillet heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Cook beef in skillet until evenly brown, adding salt and pepper to taste.
• In slow cooker, place all ingredients left except flour and mix evenly, including the cooked beef.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 8 hours.
• After the 8 hours, whisk flour and 1/2 cup stew broth until evenly mixed. Add it into the slow cooker, cooking for an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

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Best Patty Melt EVER

I just recently got into the grand world of artisan sandwiches. Now is this an artisan sandwich? No this is not an artisan sandwich, but it is delicious! It’s simple and while caramelizing onions can take awhile (the majority of time for this recipe), it’s entirely worth it for the amazing flavor!

Another plus to this dish, is how many servings you can make! While there are only four servings for this recipe, scaling up is easy and won’t require much more time.

What’s in a Patty Melt?

A patty melt consists of a beef patty with swiss cheese and caramelized onions on rye bread. This recipe takes a slightly different approach and uses sourdough panini bread as I find it provides a slightly sweeter flavor. 

A patty melt is common for a dinner sandwich, but it works just as well for a filling lunchtime treat. 

How to Caramelize Onions

Something you should know beforehand is that there are plenty of “cooking tips” out there that say they can speed up the process of caramelizing onions. Be wary of any tip that says it can make the process faster, as good caramelized onions will always take time and patience!

First off, what are caramelized onions? Ironically, they are called that because they go through a caramelization process where the sugars in the onion break down and become something far sweeter and make the onion a soft brown.

This process is achieved by frying the onions in an oil/butter mixture on medium heat for roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour. Occasionally, the onions may heat up too much and brown too fast. If the onions are beginning to burn, simply add water to deglaze and continue the caramelization process while lowering the heat slightly.

Patty Melt with Caramelized Onions

A delicious lunch with creamy swiss cheese.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 815 kcal

Ingredients

  

Caramelized Onions

• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Vidalia onion (peeled and sliced to length)
• 1 pinch Brown Sugar

Beef Patty

• 1 lb Ground beef
• 1/4 tbsp Garlic powder
• 1/4 tbsp Onion powder
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Pepper
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Sourdough Bread

• 4 tbsp Butter
• 3 tbsp Mayonnaise
• 8 slices Swiss cheese

Instructions

 

Caramelized Onions

• Heat olive oil and butter over medium heat in a non-stick cooking pan or skillet.
• Add sliced onions to the pan and sautee until golden brown. This process can take between 50 minutes to and 1 hour if done correctly. If the onions are browning to quickly, simply add water to deglaze them and lower the heat a little. Add brown sugar to sweeten and salt to taste.

Patty Melt

• In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together ground beef, garlic powder, onion powder, worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Form beef into patties slightly larger than the bread slice you'll be using, they'll shrink when cooked.
• Using any pan, cook the patties on medium heat on both sides until there's no pink in the middle.
• In a small bowl, mix the butter and mayonnaise until combined.
• Spread the mayo/butter mixture on each piece of sourdough on one side each.
• Using a pan, place a slice of buttered sourdough into the pan, butter side down. Place 1 slice of swiss cheese on the dry side. Add caramelized onions over the cheese. Place the beef patty over the onions and another slice of swiss cheese. Finally, place another piece of sourdough with the buttered side up.
• Cook until golden brown and the cheese is melted. Serve immediately.

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