{"id":569,"date":"2015-04-11T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/11\/vegetable-pancakes-with-carrot-spinach-and-sweet-potato-vegan-gluten-free"},"modified":"2019-12-11T02:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T07:18:54","slug":"vegetable-pancakes-with-carrot-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/vegetable-pancakes-with-carrot-spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Pancakes with Carrot, Spinach & Sweet Potato | Gluten-free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Savoury vegetable pancakes with carrot, spinach and mashed sweet potato in the batter. This vegan pancake recipe is gluten-free, versatile and you can make it with different vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Half confounded, half amused, for a moment I just stood staring at the three bags of sweet potatoes that had just been delivered to my door. I often order my grocery online when the weather gets a little hostile over here and especially the bulky items like potatoes and non-dairy milk cartons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, we do all our groceries on foot. Although, a 20-minute walk (each way) in freezing sub-zero temperatures or even just above zero with wind chill is not always a pleasant trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, I thought I was ordering three sweet potatoes (amongst other grocery items) but I was quite bemused when I got three bags instead. Very strange, as I had put the same order before and received just three sweet potatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store must have had a glitch on their system or the staff misunderstood, which really happens every now and then with online grocery shopping.
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For the high-carb vegans out there, this would probably have been a normal order but for my case, as much as I love sweet potatoes, I do not consume them in such vast quantities in a short period of time. It is just the two of us here and unless I incorporate the sweet potatoes in recipes, Kevin does not eat a whole lot of them on their own, that is plain baked or steamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative mode: ON; I knew I had to use them in any way I could! Pre-cooking a few at a time and storing them in the fridge, ready to be used, helped me along the way whenever creativity would strike; it had better struck everyday lest the sweet potatoes would go bad before I’d have a chance to use them up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting with sweet potato bread<\/a>, I moved on to incorporating a little bit in mashed form in sauces. By the way, I remembered a recipe<\/a> I wanted to try and adapted it to my taste; it came out brilliant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have now adopted the habit of adding a little sweet potato puree in most sauces and it does a fantastic job both for a touch of sweetness and as a thickener. Steadily, I managed to use up two bags pretty quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, every cloud has a silver lining and I soon came up with a few new recipes that are worth keeping and re-using. One of them being these vegetable pancakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savoury pancakes<\/a> are quite a regular brunch at the Lovlie Cocoon, especially on weekends. Adding a couple of dollops of sweet potato mash to the batter made a tasty difference. The pancakes turned out fluffier on the inside with just the right hint of sweetness and slightly caramelised on the outside for satisfying crispiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin asked for more and we made these pancakes three days in a row and even had them for dinner; I decided it was time to share the recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Altering the vegetables with what you have on hand, makes this recipe very versatile. In this version, I am using carrots and spinach but feel free to substitute with other vegetables like cabbage, kale, bok choy, any other greens or scallions, anything really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video for the step by step process.