02/18/2026
These pancakes are SOOO good! ๐ซ Are you following our sister page Create Real Wellness for all the REAL Food February gems this month?
Do you feel that committing to a healthier, REAL food path means giving up everything you love? I get it! It's a super common concern.
Life IS meant to be savored! Food is not only nourishment for our bodies but for our souls as well. For generations food has been at the center of family gatherings, celebrations, and community festivities. It's a beautiful part of our social web!
Trouble is that it feels so good to be in celebration mode that we want to do it all the time, right?
When we decide that we need to nourish ourselves on a deeper level we need to be open to a certain amount of change. Whether we have specific health goals, or we have an imbalance or illness that we have the opportunity to shift with healthier habits, we can't keep fueling our bodies the way we have been and expect different results, right?
So how do we maintain the idea that life's meant to be savored AND that we might need to reign it in a bit? COMPROMISE
1. If we are nourishing ourselves with fresh, whole, REAL foods the majority of the time then those "indulgences" don't take such a physical toll.
2. There are plenty of ways to make your favorite celebratory or "comfort foods" with REAL food ingredients.
Folks have to find the balance that's right for them. It's largely dependent on where you're starting healthwise and what your goals are, but nourishing yourself more deeply doesn't have to = deprivation.
This is why I was excited to find delicious, nourishing approaches to a dish that I associate with childhood nostalgia: pancakes! Birthday breakfasts, weekends with grandparents. Pancakes = happiness in my brain :)
Years ago when I started eating less refined grains, and especially since I stopped eating gluten, pancakes largely became a food of the past.
Now, every once in a while, I'll whip up a batch of fluffy coconut flour pancakes! (Recipe below.) Since low glycemic is my jam I omit the honey but I make up for it with a drizzle of coconut nectar. Completely satisfies the craving AND they're made with nourishing ingredients! Win win!
โค China Rose
Recipe: www.nourishingdays.com/2010/07/fluffy-coconut-flour-pancakes