Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake)

When you get a whole cabbage in your veggie box from Magic Meadow for the week - okonomiyaki is the solution!! Cabbage is high in fibre, vitamin C, has anti-inflammatory properties and is known for its detoxification properties.  It's always good to cook cabbage as it is a goitrogen which can down regulate thyroid function when eaten in its raw form.  I like to always use brazil nuts which are high in selenium when I'm using cabbage to support thyroid function. 

Ingredients

• 6 eggs

• 2 tablespoons of flour (I use coconut or buckwheat)

• 2 brazil nuts (crushed, blitzed in a food processor. 

• 1 tsp of baking powder

• 1 tablespoon tamari (soy sauce alternative)

• 1/2 tsp of sesame oil

• 1 cup of finely shredded cabbage

• 1/2 leek finely chopped

• 4 rinds of nitrate free bacon (or olives)

• coconut oil or butter for cooking

Method

• Whisk the eggs, flour, baking powder, tamari and sesame oil well.

• Add the cabbage, leek, bacon, and mix well.

• Salt and pepper to taste.

• Heat oil in a saucepan.

• Scoop a large spoonful of the mixture into the pan, so there are 4 seperate pancakes (depending on size of pan).

• Cook for 1.5-2 minutes.  Repeat until mixture is finished.  Should make 10-15 pancakes.

Serve with mayonnaise or hummus as a side dish or as a main meal. 

Enjoy x