Corn Free July 2014: Strawberry Chocolate Chip Pancakes

My neighbors went strawberry picking last week and were very generous with their haul, sending me back upstairs with a quart of fresh, local berries, so I celebrated my first day of vacation from work with my favorite breakfast indulgence.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups flour (I used whole wheat)
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup vegan chocolate chips or (read the ingredients list carefully, but milk is usually the only one to avoid with chocolate chips)
• 1/4 cup chopped strawberries
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons grass-fed butter
• pure maple syrup

Directions:

1. Whisk together flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until well blended.
2. Gradually stir in milk, a little at a time, until the mixture is just a little bit doughier than cake batter
3. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Meanwhile, stir in chocolate chips and then strawberries until just combined.
4. Pour the batter into the frying pan, making pancakes your desired size.
5. Flip when the batter starts to bubble, then flip again after about 3 minutes to make sure both sides of golden brown.
6. Serve hot with maple syrup.