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Home » Recipes » Breakfast Recipes » Shamrock Zucchini Pancakes

Shamrock Zucchini Pancakes

March 15, 2013 by Crystal McClean

For St. Patrick’s Day this year we decided to put a little spin on one of children’s favourite snacks. We turned their zucchini pancakes into Shamrocks.  Now don’t be worried, you can’t really taste the zucchini (courgette) in the pancakes, so it’s also a good way to sneak in some healthy veg if your children aren’t fans.

Zucchini pancakes are healthy, delicious, and perfect for St. Patrick's Day

Zucchini pancakes

Here are the ingredients you’ll need for Shamrock zucchini pancakes:

  • 1½       Cups Flour
  • 2½       tsp        baking powder
  • ¾         tbsp      salt
  • 3          tbsp      sugar
  • 1                       egg
  • ¾         pint      milk (aprox, you will probably use less, just add enough to make a nice batter.  I make the batter a little thinner so the zucchini cooks better)
  • 1            Cup     grated zucchini (approximately.  It’s ok to have a little less or a little more)
  • green food colouring (optional)

How to make your Shamrock zucchini pancakes:

1)  Grate your zucchini and put it to the side until you need it.  We leave the skins on as long as they are in good condition, but you can peel the skins off before grating if you’d like to hide the veg within your pancakes.

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2)           Mix dry ingredients

3)            Beat egg, add zucchini and milk in separate bowl

4)            Add liquids to dry ingredients.  Add your green food colouring here.  Mix only until almost smooth

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5)            Cook on hot, lightly greased frying pan or griddle.  Turn only once after bubbling has ceased.

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I used a couple of metal heart-shaped cookie cutters to make the shamrock forms.   It may be best to spray them with a non-stick spray first so that the pancake mix doesn’t stick so much to them.  When it was time to flip them over I lifted the cookie cutters with a pair of tongs and gently eased the edges of the pancake down out of the form with my spatula when it was needed.  Then I turned them over to cook on the other side.

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 For a fun and educational Shamrock wall hanging click here.  To see all of our St. Patrick’s Day activities head over to our St. Patrick’s Day page, or follow us on Pinterest.

READ MORE:   St. Patrick's Day Playdough

Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: Pancakes, Vegetables

About Crystal McClean

I am a Mom, Wife, Home Educator, and Virtual Assistant. We love to have fun together while learning and exploring our environment.

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Comments

  1. Claire says

    March 15, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    I think Paddy’s day is bigger in America than over here (we’re in England but my husband is Irish) I can’t believe how many wonderful activities there are on the web at the moment. Love your pancakes!!

    • crystalmcclean says

      March 16, 2013 at 9:24 am

      The pancakes are good, the kids often request them (though I make them in the usual round format). Here in Northern Ireland it is a bit of a strange land. Monday will be a bank holiday – yet kids go to school. This is the first year there’s an official festival in Belfast over the weekend for St. Patrick’s Day. I agree, in the Eastern USA the day is huge; in my part of Canada it was just McDonald’s shamrock shakes and a drawing at school. It’s quite interesting to see how many ideas there are on the web for this occasion. By the way- I like your ideas for Goodnight Moon!

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