Saturday, March 8, 2014

Pancakes! Pancakes!!

Weekend bloomer
The most requested breakfast meal from my children are pancakes.  Homemade ones only occur on the weekends, which I make with my former friend Bisquick.   This morning was no different, but I also decided I would make a new kind of pancake for me....Cream Cheese pancakes which I found on the foodie site I Breathe....I'm Hungry....

I have been on the Adkins diet before and I know that a lot of the recipes contained cream cheese.  I'm not really a fan of a lot of fat, but I do like cream cheese.  To keep the fat down, I used light cream cheese from Trader Joe's.  The recipe also called for Stevia or other sweetner package, I'm not a fan of sweetners, even stevia so I used my favorite; whipped cream!

Here's the ingredients:  2 eggs, 2 oz of cream cheese, marked by the red line on the package in the photo below, 2 tbsp of whipped cream.  Use your blender till batter is smooth.  Pour carefully into a skillet or electric skillet set at 300 - 350 degrees.  I noticed these took longer to set up than regular pancakes, likely by twice the amount of time.
Prep for Cream Cheese pancakes

The Carbometer on this dish is quite incredible.  Since this makes at least 4 servings, the carbs are incredibly low - 2.5 carbs.

Just for fun, I looked up the carbs for the breakfast my kids had:

Bisquick Pancakes - 3 each
1 oz of Syrup - A WHOPPING 26 CARBS
Whipped Cream

50 CARBS total
Cream Cheese Pancakes
My son added on 2 hash browns for 28 more carbs.

Looking back at the cream cheese pancakes, I have to say they were good.  I wouldn't say spectacular, but good.  I think I may consider them for a dessert for a special occasion with Whipped Cream and chocolate shavings.

Progress update - 1 lb lost since Tuesday.  To celebrate yesterday, I tried on size 6 jeans.  They didn't fit well, but they ZIPPED UP!

I have NEVER been a size 6 - as far back as 7th grade, I remember being a size 7.  Most of my life I've been a size 9 or 10.   I'm still wearing my 10's but I need a belt, I think I'm an 8.  I don't have any 8's.    If you have size 8 clothes and you want to give them to me...let me know. I can't afford a new wardrobe :-).  Pounds to go....19.

Have a great weekend!  May there be new spring blooms in your garden and lovely weather on your
horizon.

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