Wholefood Pancakes with Vanilla and Cinnamon Poached Apples

Vanilla and Cinnamon Poached Apples

• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 2 vanilla pods, split lengthways, seeds scraped (using pods and seeds)
• 250 g coconut sugar
• 400 g green apples, peeled, cored and cut in eighths
• 1000 g water

Wholefood Pancakes

• 100 g brown rice
• 100 g buckwheat grains
• 2 bananas, peeled and chopped (approx. 190 g)
• 1 large egg
• 300 g milk of choice (e.g. cow's milk, rice milk)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• unsalted butter, for frying
  or grapeseed oil, for frying