Healthy pancake recipes

If you fancy indulging your sweet tooth this Pancake Day, without overdoing the calories, these healthy recipe ideas are well worth trying. From protein pancakes to Slimming World-friendly batters, you'll also find recipes to suit different diets such as vegan, gluten- and dairy-free.

This easy Jamie Oliver recipe packs each pancake full of protein using oats, banana and almond milk.

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This virtually sugar-free pancake recipe is great if you're watching your waist and fancy indulging in something yummy.

One serving is 3.5 Syns if you're following Slimming World.

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This buckwheat pancake recipe is instantly healthier thanks to swapping white flour for a mixture of wholemeal and buckwheat.

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This easy recipe combines plain flour, caster sugar, baking powder, salt, water and oil to create light and fluffy, vegan pancakes.

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These gluten-free pancakes use ripe bananas instead of flour. Just be sure to check your baking powder is gluten-free. Topped with blueberries for a healthier option, or bacon and maple syrup, they're delicious!

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It's possible to make pancakes out of just two ingredients – bananas and eggs – as this flourless recipe proves.

You can add baking powder to make them fluffier, but all in all a great alternative.

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Whether you're cutting down on eggs or can't eat them at all, this egg-free recipe turns out a pretty decent and tasty pancake!

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If you're watching your carb intake, these coconut flour pancakes should hit the spot. Created by Gwyneth Paltrow for Goop.com, they're gluten and dairy-free, too.

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Sadly no pancakes are Syn-free but this light pancake recipe from Slimming World is the next best thing. Each pancake serving is just 2.5 Syns so you can tuck in, virtually guilt-free!

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Although there's no official Paleo pancake recipe, these no grain, no sugar, low-carb pancakes will do the trick if you're following this caveman-inspired eating plan.

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Mix porridge oats and yoghurt in a bowl and leave in the fridge overnight. In the morning, mix in the eggs and sugar and your batter mix is now ready to fry, toss, flip and eat!

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Flourless pancakes are perfect if you're gluten-free or on a low carb diet. This recipe replaces flour with mashed banana, which is pretty common in gluten-free pancake recipes.

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This Slimming World recipe may be high in Syns (coming in at 7.5 Syns per serving) but they're sugar-free and bursting with vit-packed blueberries.

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Made with ground flaxseed, these pancakes are packed full of omega-3 essential fatty acids (good fats!), putting a healthy twist on this yummy stack.

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If you want a 'healthy' way to do chocolate pancakes, this is it. This recipe uses chocolate protein powder to make them protein-packed as well as tasting oh-so decadent!

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Perfect for vegans, why not give this delicious dairy- and egg-free recipe a go?

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These spinach and feta chickpea pancakes make a delicious quick and healthy meal that's also gluten-free and low in carbs.

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This Weight Watchers pancake recipe only uses banana and eggs. This makes them fluffy, light and low in SmartPoints.

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This recipe by Deliciously Ella uses sweet potato to turn savoury pancakes into a nutritious and vit-packed dish, that's still absolutely yummy.

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These low-calorie pancakes are ideal if you're watching your waist or follow a diet like the 5:2 as they're only 170 calories per portion.

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Using wholewheat instead of white flour puts a healthy twist on everyone's favourite blueberry pancakes.

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Yes, you read it right. This recipe uses a whole avocado combined with buttermilk, eggs, honey, melted butter, vanilla and wholewheat flour to whip up a deliciously light and smooth batch of pancakes.

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These vegan and gluten-free pancakes use quinoa flour and almond flour to get a light and fluffy texture.

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These Slimming World savoury pancakes are only one Syn per serving.

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Nutracheck, the UK's biggest calorie counter, created a low-calorie pancake recipe that's only 68 calories per serving. It cuts calories using skimmed milk and water in the batter, and you cook with Fry Light instead of butter.

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If you're a chocaholic, then these chocolatey pancakes are ideal. They use raw cocoa powder so they taste chocolatey without loads of calories.

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This tasty pancake batter is perfect for vegans, plus buckwheat flour makes a healthy alternative to white flour as it's rich in minerals.

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Pancakes (in moderation) aren't too bad for you, as desserts go, so if you fancy treating yourself to a regular pancake, you'll find the recipe here. Enjoy!