Pancake Guide: Healthy Recipes, Mix Swaps & Storage

Pancakes can be a healthy breakfast with paleo, gluten-free, and whole-wheat recipes. Discover how to swap Bisquick for standard mix, store leftovers, and even use pancake batter to make waffles and funnel cakes.

Delicious pancakes with raspberries on the wooden kitchen table

Are Pancakes Fattening?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Paula Quinene

Eating three large pancakes with butter, syrup and whipped cream can make you fat, especially if you eat over 3,500 calories in a day and are sedentary. Sitting down to a breakfast of two medium pancakes and a tablespoon of syrup after a workout refuels your muscles without enlarging the size of your fat cells.

Paula Quinene is an Expert/Talent, Writer and Content Evaluator for Demand Media, with more than 1,500 articles published primarily in health, fitness and nutrition. She has been an avid weight trainer and runner since 1988. She has worked in the fitness industry since 1990. She graduated with a Bachelor's in exercise science from the University of Oregon and continues to train clients as an ACSM-Certified Health Fitness Specialist.