In celebration of the holiday season, I decided to put a festive twist on one of my much-loved breakfast recipes to create this Santa Pancake! 

I recently contributed this recipe to my lovely friend Samantha Sito's blog for her Bristmas series (Blogger + Christmas = Bristmas....get it?), and I couldn't help but repost it on here too. Christmas food is undoubtedly one of my favourite things about the holiday season so I took great pleasure in creating (and eating) this yummy St. Nick!

The great thing about this breakfast recipe is that it's refined sugar and flour free. In fact, it only uses 4 key ingredients and it's so quick and easy to whip together. Plus, it's a great opportunity to embrace your inner child - when the recipe says to play with your food, then it's absolutely acceptable to do just that.

If you're trying to stay healthy this Christmas, this is the perfect Christmas treat that won't sabotage your clean-eating plan but still tastes really good. You can simply play around with the toppings (or, use marshmallows for Santa's beard, if you're feeling really naughty!) and get creative in your efforts.

See how imaginative you can get – you could make a Santa, snowman, reindeer, Christmas tree…the possibilities are literally endless. Remember to tag me on Instagram too (@alicia_hq) as I’d love to see how creative and festive you can be!

Learn more about Samantha's 12 Days of Bristmas on her blog!