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Healthy Chocolate Cheesecake Pancakes

Posted in Breakfast, Cheesecake/Dairy Desserts, Dairy, Healthy, tagged , , , , , , , on January 30, 2013 | 13 Comments »

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I love weekends.

And I know what you’re thinking. “Duh. We all do.”

But I have an extra love for weekends, and it’s called pancakes. I know, I know, I’ve discussed this before, but I have a feeling most of you weren’t around back then, so let me reiterate.

Weekday breakfasts in my world consist of an enormous cup of coffee as I start up my computer at work, followed by a bowl of cereal and milk about an hour later. And in case any of you thought that bowl of cereal was a treat of any sort, let me clarify.

When I say bowl, I actually mean a cup. As in the awful little Styrofoam cups that my company expects us to drink out of. And I have a theory about my cereal that is proven correct pretty much every morning. It goes like this: basically the world somehow knows the exact second that I pour milk over my cereal, and suddenly my phone rings. And just as I manage to get the person off the phone, hoping to salvage the last bits of crispness in the aforementioned cup, my phone rings again. And it pretty much goes on like that until my cup is full of a soggy mess of cereal.

And that my friends, is breakfast. On a weekday.

And that’s why I have an extra little love for weekends. Honestly, it’s not always pancakes. Sometimes it’s an omelette Sometimes it’s a gourmet form of oatmeal. And often it’s pancakes. And on occasion, it’s ice cream. Don’t judge.

But I digress. Let’s get back to pancakes, shall we?

I’ve been experimenting with various versions of pancakes lately, and this one is among my favorites. It’s healthy and it has chocolate, need I say more?

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Healthy Chocolate Cheesecake Pancakes:

Adapted from my Healthy Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups low-fat cottage cheese

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup (white) whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 cup cocoa powder

16 packets of splenda or 2/3 cup sugar or sugar substitute

chocolate chips, optional (I used sugar free)

Instructions:

In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, milk, eggs and vanilla. Stir until combined.

Add the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and splenda and mix until completely combined.

Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Spray with pam or non stick baking spray.

Pour the batter in heaping spoonfuls onto the hot pan. Fry until the top appears set, then flip it over and fry it until cooked through. It should be lightly browned on the outside of both sides.

If you want an extra treat, sprinkle them with chocolate chips just before flipping them.

Serve hot, with maple syrup, berry sauce (that’s a recipe I’ll have to post one day) or even chocolate sauce!

Enjoy!

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Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all try these delicious pancakes! -Miriam PS- do you follow me on Facebook? Pinterest? Twitter? Instagram? I love connecting with my readers, so make sure to find me!

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Healthy Oatmeal Pumpkin Pancakes

Posted in Breakfast, Healthy, Seasonal, Super-Easy, Vegetarian, tagged , , , , , , on November 6, 2012 | 32 Comments »

Firstly, thank you all for your lovely and supportive comments on my last post! My power is back on and I’m back in the kitchen and appreciating and loving every single minute of it.

Now let’s talk about elections. I’m totally not political. I found this on Pinterest and it completely describes my feelings about today:

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So. I didn’t vote, but I did make pancakes. Not just any pancakes, but healthy pancakes. With pumpkin and all kinds of awesome spices and things. Oh and there’s oatmeal in them, so they have negative calories, I think. Or something like that. So regardless of who wins the election, and whether you’re happy about the result or not, you can totally be happy when you make these pancakes. And happier when you finish eating them, because you did something good and healthy for yourself.

Healthy Oatmeal Pumpkin Pancakes:

Edited on 12/18 with improvements to recipe!

Ingredients:
1 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled oats (old fashioned)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch ground nutmeg
Pinch ground ginger
Pinch salt
1/2 cup sweetener or sugar (12 Splenda packets)
2/3 cup canned pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pie filling
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons canola oil
3/4 cup milk (skim works)

Instructions:
Heat a large frying pan over medium heat.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, oatmeal, baking power, spices and Splenda or sugar. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until combined.
Spray the pan well with Pam, or use a small amount of oil. When the pan is hot enough, spoon some of the batter onto the frying pan and spread it slightly into a circle.
When the pancakes are set on top, flip it and fry for a couple of minutes until both sides are golden brown.
Serve hot with maple syrup, agave syrup or sugar free maple syrup and a sprinkling of chopped toasted pecans.
Enjoy!

Hope everyone is ok and getting their lives back to normal after Sandy! If you’re bored of my diet recipes, stay tuned, because I’ve got a fabulous treat coming up for you soon. And a surprise treat! -Miriam

Linking to Shine Supper Club

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Healthy Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Posted in Breakfast, Dairy, Fruit, Healthy, tagged , , on January 8, 2012 | 17 Comments »

If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know already that I work long days, plus I commute. I generally leave my house at 7:30 am, and return at about 7:30 pm (on a good day).

You can, therefore, imagine that my typical weekday breakfast isn’t very glamorous or post-worthy. I generally get to work about a quarter to nine, and use that time to make coffee. That’s the glamorous part of my breakfast, trust me. I try to gulp down a few drops of it before the clock strikes nine and the phone starts ringing.

On a good morning, I can drink about half of my coffee before I get distracted by my first phone call. On a bad day, the phone rings at 9:01, and the poor, unknowing customer has to deal with an un-caffeinated Miriam (not good). It all goes down hill from there. Generally, between 9:30 and 10:00 I find a minute to go to the fridge and get some milk and bring it back to my desk, where I eat it with some Fiber One. (I told you: un-glamorous!)  By the way, Murphy’s Law dictates that your phone will always ring just after you pour the milk over your cereal.

Like I said, my breakfast during the week is nothing to write home  on my blog about. But I wrote all of this just to illustrate just how much I look forward to Sundays. Sundays I sleep late. Sundays I stay in bed, just because I can. And Sundays I make myself the most delicious hot breakfasts in the world. 

Like this one.

Pancakes are delicious, but who are we kidding? They are basically (to quote Jim Gaffigan) “fried cake.” Not exactly a dieter’s best friend. Enter low fat cottage cheese. Add some (white) whole wheat flour and low calorie sweetener to the equation, and an absolutely delicious and totally healthy breakfast is taking shape.

I like to add (frozen, this time of year) blueberries to my pancakes, but you can add little chunks of apple, some chocolate chips (I know, I know, less healthy) or really anything you like in your pancakes. When you bite into these fluffy delights, you won’t believe how healthy you are being!

Healthy Cottage Cheese Pancakes:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups low fat cottage cheese

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon cinnamon

12 packets splenda, or the equivalent of 1/2 cup sweetener

1 cup blueberries, optional (or substitute your favorite add-in)

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients except blueberries in a large mixing bowl. Mix well until all ingredients are fully combined.

Pour batter by the spoonful onto heated frying pan. Leave room for spreading. Immediately sprinkle a couple of blueberries onto the top of each pancake.

Fry until golden brown on each side. Serve hot, with maple syrup, if desired.

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Miriam

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