The whole family will love breakfast or brunch with these delicious cornmeal pancakes filled with pineapple and a touch of coconut flavor! Pancakes are a breakfast favorite with kids, but these cornmeal pancakes give your family a new twist on a favorite by infusing the tropical flavors of pineapple and coconut. Check out this simple recipe for pineapple and coconut cornmeal pancakes for a wonderful weekend breakfast!

Pineapple Coconut Cornmeal Pancakes {Recipe}

Ingredients

• ¾ cup water
• ¼ cup cornmeal
• ½ cup cake flour
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup coconut cream
• ¼ cup crushed pineapple, fresh or canned & drained
• Butter or margarine
• Pancake syrup

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, bring water to boil and add the cornmeal, cooking 4-5 minutes.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Add vanilla, eggs, and coconut cream. Mix well.
4. Add cooked cornmeal and pineapple.
5. Heat a griddle or skillet over medium heat. Place a small amount of butter on the griddle and pour a spoonful of the pancake mixture onto the griddle (to desired size).
6. Cook pancake until the surface is full of bubbles, then flip it over until both sides are golden-brown.
7. Serve immediately with pancake syrup!

Jeannette Quiñones-Cantore is the CEO and founder of Sazón Boricua. She started her blog from Puerto Rico in 2008 to share recipes, advice and tips for the home. She collaborates with Qué Rica Vida, has been selected as a Top Bloguera by LATISM 2012, and is also the founder of Red Bloguera de Puerto Rico. You can follow Jeanette on Facebook, Twitter, or via her blog Sazón Boricua.

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In the eight years that we’ve been married, my husband has customarily been “the breakfast guy.” I’m not much of a breakfast person; my breakfast meals consist primarily of bagels, yogurt, or a bowl of cereal. I rarely eat egg and am not a huge fan of traditional breakfast foods – except for bacon, that I’m good with. Thus, my husband inadvertently took on the role of cooking breakfast the majority of the time since he is actually very much a fan of the meal and could eat pancakes all day long. In all honesty, the man makes better pancakes, and even better eggs, than I do, so I’m happy to have him do it.

Breakfast in bed is, apparently, a tradition for Mother’s Day throughout the nation. I don’t particularly remember doing this for my mami growing up; I’m pretty sure we took her out to eat that day. But, I can say that one of the most fun memories I have of my own Mother’s Day (this year makes only my sixth) is when my baby girl and husband snuck out of the house early in the morning to our local grocery store and bought the necessary items to make me my very own breakfast in bed. The look on my girl’s face alone as she helped carry the plate into my room made the day special.

My breakfast in bed that day was pretty simple and perfect for someone like me who doesn’t normally do a huge breakfast. This year, my husband knows that if he and baby girl decide they want to treat me to a Mother’s Day breakfast in bed, they have some very simple breakfast recipes they can choose from. Here are a few you too can share with your family.

Mother’s Day Simple and Easy Breakfast Recipes for Breakfast in Bed

Bagel Faces for Mom

Ingredients
Package of Bagels
Cream Cheese
Veggies – tomato for a mouth, peppers for eyebrows, cucumbers for eyes, sprouts for hair.

Recipe courtesy of Walmart

Kellogg’s Granola Parfait

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients
1 container (8 oz.) low-fat vanilla flavored yogurt
1/2 cup fresh fruit (sliced strawberries, sliced banana, blueberries or raspberries)
1 cup Kellogg’s® Special K® Low Fat Granola

Directions

1. In 2 tall glasses, layer yogurt, fruit and Kellogg’s® Special K® Low Fat Granola until glass is full.
2. Top with extra fruit.
3. Serve immediately.

Recipe courtesy of Kellogg’s

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Ingredients
2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs
Chocolate morsels

Directions

1. Heat griddle or skillet over medium-high heat or electric griddle to 375°F; grease with cooking spray, vegetable oil or shortening. (Surface is ready when a few drops of water sprinkled on it dance and disappear.)
2. Stir all ingredients until blended. Pour by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle.
3. Add chocolate morsels to your liking to each pancake.
4. Cook until edges are dry. Turn; cook until golden.

Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker’s Bisquick® Pancake recipe

I hope you enjoy your Mother’s Day this coming Sunday with your family and hopefully you get to enjoy your very own (simple) breakfast in bed!

What are some quick and easy breakfast recipes you enjoy eating?

Disclosure:  As a member of the Walmart Moms program, I was compensated for this post. As always, all opinions are my own.