** I apologize. Blogger seems to want to put this up in ALL CAPS. I can't figure out why... I am not yelling, no matter what it looks like... swan
I know this isn't supposed to be a "recipe" blog, but really, the food is incidental to telling you just a little bit about our mornings together...
Our weekdays start early, and between the moment when the alarm clock sounds and I need to be out the door, there is not time for anything extraneous. Our weekday breakfast menu is healthy but pretty prosaic and unimaginative. It keeps body and soul together, but no one is going to write home about our Special K and banana habit...
It is a luxury, on the weekend, to have something a little more "interesting" and satisfying for breakfast. Most often, I'll make French Toast with a wonderful, hearty, multi-grain bread that we buy at Costco. It is simply, made for being turned into French Toast. I can also whip up a pretty yummy batch of scones, and we do that sometimes. Or waffles. Or, on a day like today, when He wakes up in the mood for pancakes, we like this recipe -- a modified copycat version of IHOP's Harvest Grain pancakes.
Ingredients
3/4 cup Quaker Oats
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups Silk Milk, Unsweetened, Vanilla
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/4 cup Splenda
1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, cashews, or almonds
**Other possible additions: peeled, chopped apple; raisins
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups Silk Milk, Unsweetened, Vanilla
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/4 cup Splenda
1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, cashews, or almonds
**Other possible additions: peeled, chopped apple; raisins
Directions
*Makes about 20 small pancakes*
1. Grind the oats, almonds, and walnuts in a blender or food processor until fine, like flour.
5. Combine ground oats, almonds, walnuts, and pecans with the whole wheat flour and baking powder in a medium bowl.
6. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk-like mixture, oil, egg and Splenda and mix until smooth.
7. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients,and mix well. This can be done in the blender jar.
8. Pour the batter onto a hot skillet, and cook the pancakes for 2 to 4 minutes on each side or until brown.
9. Serve with sugar-free syrup. Enjoy!
1. Grind the oats, almonds, and walnuts in a blender or food processor until fine, like flour.
5. Combine ground oats, almonds, walnuts, and pecans with the whole wheat flour and baking powder in a medium bowl.
6. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk-like mixture, oil, egg and Splenda and mix until smooth.
7. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients,and mix well. This can be done in the blender jar.
8. Pour the batter onto a hot skillet, and cook the pancakes for 2 to 4 minutes on each side or until brown.
9. Serve with sugar-free syrup. Enjoy!
Sue, what are Splenda and Silk Milk?
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ReplyDeleteSplenda is a sugar substitute, derived from the "real" stuff, but with essentially no calories. It is used a lot by people with diabetes because it does not create the insulin response that sugar does. Silk Milk is a milk-ish product that is made from almonds. We use it because Tom's bariatric surgery left Him with a serious lactose intolerance problem. Silk has more calcium and way fewer calories than dairy milk. The unsweetened vanilla version has a slightly sweet flavor and is wonderful in baking.
swan (sue)
Yum! This recipe looks wonderful, and it is so nice to have a healthy morning recipe. Thank you.
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