According to my idol, Dr. Oz from Oprah, Fiber is THE most important thing in our diet.  Children over five should be consuming 5grams of fiber, plus their age.  So my 9 year old would need 14 grams of fiber a day.

So, they wanted pancakes for breakfast.  Sometimes I buy whole wheat pancake mix, sometimes I just buy what’s on sale.  Currently, I only have regular store brand buttermilk pancake mix.  So to up the fiber intake, I added 3 TBLS of Wheat germ, 2 TBL of flax meal, and ¾ C of frozen raspberries to 1 cup of the pancake mix.  Unfortunately, all this work only netted an extra 2 Grams of fiber per serving.  Nevertheless, it was better than none.  So I cooked them, and served them.  

Did they eat it?  I loved them actually, but then again, I love most food.  I would make them again for myself definitely.  The kids reaction; Erica, “EWWWW, what did you put in the pancakes?”

Me, “raspberries, you’ll like it.” 

Erica, “no I won’t, I hate raspberries.” 

Me, “you like raspberries,”

Erica, “not in pancakes I don’t”.

Me, “you have to try it anyway.” 

Erica, “only with syrup I’ll TRY it.” 

She took one bite and said, “I don’t like them” and walked away from the table “full”.

I guess I would have been better off serving a pear.  With the skin on I would have 4 grams of fiber and I know they like them.