In honor of Daylight Savings Time, I thought I would share a recipe I just made up to celebrate the extra hour today...(Good for You) Pumpkin Pancakes.
I took the Biggest Loser's recipe for pancakes and adapted them. Fair warning - these are not light and fluffy pancakes...they are more dense and cake-like...but they do serve a couple of important functions 1) PUMPKIN. 2) Making you feel like you are eating pancakes and 3) They are actually good for you. (mostly)
1 cup rolled oats (pulverized in the blender or food processor...I took the latter route since when I turned on the blender this morning, it started smoking. RIP, Cuisinart! We had a good run.)
2 eggs
1/3 cup lowfat cottage cheese
1/3 cup canned pumpkin (or fresh puree, if you're all Martha Stewart and happen to have some on hand)
1 tsp. sugar (I used organic cane)
Pinch of salt
Pumpkin pie spice to taste (I probably used at least a 1/2 tsp)
Mix all ingredients well.
Heat the griddle or pan to medium/medium high heat and add your oil of choice (I used coconut). And then...you know...cook the pancakes. I have no idea how long it takes to cook each pancake side. Just make sure there's nothing runny inside left. Makes 4 medium sized pancakes.
Serve with REAL maple syrup (just a bit!)...so help me god, If you use pancake syrup, I will hunt you down.
Did you find this on Pinterest? ;) ::so addicted::
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