You don’t have to give up your favorite breakfast! These keto pancakes are even better than the traditional ones. Paleo-friendly, and can be made non-dairy, too.

Kcal: 630 • Protein: 16 g • Fat: 6 g • Net carbs: 11

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  • Preparation Time

    10 minutes

  • Cooking Time

    5 minutes

  • Difficulty Rating

    1

  • Health Level

    4

  • Serves

    3
By Leah Baumann
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Ingredients

  • Almond flour, ½ Cup (60 g)
  • Eggs, 4 (172 g)
  • Butter, Dairy or Coconut, Unsalted, 1 tablespoon (14 g)
  • Cream cheese, 4 ounces (112 g)
    • or mixture of Tahini, whole, 2 tablespoons (30 g) + Cream, coconut, full-fat/heavy, ¼ cup (60 g)
  • Lemon, ½ (2⅛-inch or 5½-cm diameter) (29 g)
  • Cream, fluid, dairy or coconut, full-fat/heavy, 1 cup (233 g)
  • Blueberries or blackberries or strawberries or a combination of them, ½ cup (75 g)
  • Stevia, 1 package

Instructions

  1. Zest the lemon and whip the cream (add Stevia to the cream if you like it sweet)
  2. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, almond flour, cream cheese/tahini-coconut blend, and lemon zest until smooth.
  3. In a nonstick pan, melt 1 tablespoon butter over low heat.
  4. Pour in 6 pools of 3 tablespoons each of batter, and cook each until golden, 2 minutes each side.
  5. Remove from the pan and continue with the rest of the batter.
  6. Serve with whipped cream and berries.
  • Exchanges per Serving: ⅔ Carb, 2½ Protein, 7½ Fat
  • Serving Size: ⅓ recipe (6 pancakes)

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    Comments 65

    4. Tmphilbro

      What would you use if you cannot have not only Gluten but cannot have eggs or dairy? I am concerned as when I signed up for this app- I stated those two ingredients as do not like- thinking that they would not be included in my meal plans.

      • Ossie-Sharon

        Hi, Tmphilbro. You can substitute coconut versions of dairy products for the most part, or try avocado or nut butters. You can do similar things for eggs, or try tofu for omelettes. There is no gluten in our keto plan, so no worries there.
        You also have the option of switching over to the more flexible regular low-carbohydrate route for the personal version of the Menu Planner, then just tweaking it to be keto. You can do this by deselecting “keto” in the “Dietary Needs” section of your profile (lower right area), then generating a new menu. Once you have the template, click on the edit tool at the upper right of each meal, then make your food selections – you will be guided by the meal pattern, which you can make keto through the following substitutions:
        * For each carbohydrate exchange, use two fat exchanges
        * For each fruit exchange, use a vegetable exchange (unless you use low-carbohydrate fruits like cantaloupe, casava melon, raspberries, or strawberries.
        * For a fruit exchange, use an ounce of dark chocolate (preferably 70% or higher cocoa solids) or a 125-calorie portion of one of our keto desserts.
        The foods are intentionally fairly generic, so that you can prepare them as you wish, still following the keto principles exhibited in our recipes. You can see what foods are considered to be keto supportive here: http://www.trimdownclub.com/what-to-eat-keto.
        If you prefer fewer meals per day as in the keto plan, you can add exchanges from the unwanted snacks to your other meals. Note that since the system wants something at every meal, you can just add a random item like “Vegetables of Your Choice.”
        If you would like additional help, please let me know.

    5. Ppaula

      I look forward to my keto pancakes, whipped cream and blueberries!!! I try to switch it up, but honestly, I eat these most days of the week!! I make a batch of pancakes and whipped cream and store in the fridge for the week! No fuss, easy breakfast that satisfied my sweet tooth! Only thing is, I get hungry fast after I eat these, any suggestions?

    8. Judybrandon

      I have purchased a few Leto cookbooks and have been waiting to get on board, now my daughter and granddaughter are on board and anxious to get started, and the exchange list above will help us make the right choices, thank you and we will see you all in ? an A section. Thank you so much.

      • Ossie-Sharon

        Hi, Kya1. That’s a great idea. If you mean “Birch Benders,” then to equal the value of this recipe, just use two servings of the mix (1-1/3 cups powder), 1/2 cup each half-and-half and water, plus 1 tablespoon of butter.

      • Ossie-Sharon

        Hi, SHAND. The photo is of tiny little omelette-like “pancakes”. They may taste eggy to some people – sorry if it wasn’t to your liking. You absolutely can swap it for something else in your menu – just click on the associated edit tool (pencil icon) and select an alternative from the pop-up list. If you still want keto pancakes, try playing here with the ratio of eggs to almond flour (each egg = approximately 2 tablespoons almond flour + 1 tablespoon water).

      • MedHatter

        you can reduce the eggy flavor by replacing 2 egg whites for each whole egg.

        I followed this recipe (made 1/2 recipe since its only me eating) and also ended up with really liquid batter. I had to add some more almond flour to make it less soupy. I am going to try this again with maybe coconut flour combined with the almond, but wonder if I need to add anything to make it keto or is it still keto with the added 2 Tbsp of almond flour for the 1/2 recipe I made?

      • Ossie-Sharon

        Hi, SheaHill. “Zesting” citrus means grating the peel (“zest” is the little pile of shavings you get from that). “Whipping” cream means pouring “heavy whipping cream” (usually dairy, but can be coconut or soy) into a bowl, and beating it on high speed with an electric beater until it is fluffy (you can do this with a hand-beater, but it takes longer).

    24. Smcmontoya

      I don’t eat any kind of fruits. can you tell me the carbs without the fruits? I love pancakes therefore I need to be sure that I am managing my carbs correctly. As a matter of fact I am doing your recipes and all are so delicious, thanks.

      • Ossie-Sharon

        Hi, dclark1973. The exchange information per serving is at the end of the recipe. They translate to approximately 7 grams of protein and 20 grams of fat per serving.
        For further reference, exchange values are as follows:
        1 carbohydrate exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 3 grams of protein
        1 protein exchange = 7 grams of protein + up to 5 grams of fat
        1 fat exchange = 5 grams of fat
        1 fruit exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates
        1 vegetable exchange = 5 grams of carbohydrates + up to 2 grams of protein
        1 sweet exchange = up to 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 5 grams of fat
        1 free exchange = up to 5 grams of carbohydrates or up to 2 grams of protein or fat

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