Olive Oil Pancakes

This week on pandagrub we are going to be making olive oil pancakes. Olive oil is better for pancakes than butter because it is made of monounsaturated fatty acids rather than saturated fatty acids.  It's still fat so you shouldn't eat too much of it but it is better than butter. The olive oil gives the pancakes a nice fluffy and smooth texture.

The panda in the picture above is named Gangstar. Gangstar is sitting with some olive oil. 

This is what the pancakes first look like when they first go in the pan.

Here is what the pancakes should look like when they are flipped over.

 Here is the ultimate pancake: the panda pancake. The panda's eyes,ears,and nose are made mini Hershey's kisses.

Look at Gangstar trying to steal the panda pancake!

Here is Gangstar with the mini Hershey's kisses bag. Gangstar loves chocolate. The chocolate really goes well with the olive oil. Try it. You might be surprised.

 For the full pancake recipe click here. Try drizzling it with some organic blue agave maple syrup.