Soaked oatmeal & fruit pancakes

The night before I soaked between 1 and 2 cups steel cut oats (didn't measure, just used what I had left in the container.) I soaked these in filtered water with a good splash of lemon juice. I covered them with a towel and put them in a warm spot.

In the morning, I drained and rinsed the oats and them put them in a Vitamix. To the oats I added:

enough milk to cover the oats

1 tsp vanilla

1 banana

4 tablespoons butter

1 glug of maple syrup

5 or 6 strawberries

1 tsp baking soda

1 splash of lemon juice

I then gradually put the Vitamix up to max until it was a smooth batter. We like thin pancakes so I always make thin batters.

These cooked up like regular pancakes. One thing I do is after I flip them, I butter the cooked side immediately so that I can serve them right away when the second side is done. They were a huge success! My children know if there is syrup in the batter, they don't get any with the cakes. This cuts down on the overall sugar since I don't use a lot in the batter. The kids loved them and ate a huge pile.