Introducing 'Fitness Food Friday'

I have decided that to complete my extra blog post of the month, I might as well post something that is beneficial to the reader. Mrs.Pittman once said, and don't quote me, that we should treat our senior blog as if there was someone out there interested in our topic who stumbled upon our blog, we would want to make sure that they get something out of it. Therefore I thought sharing either a recipe, workout, and or health fad would be a fun way to show my research on my blog.


First I would like to share which blog is the crook for making me more cautious on the foods I eat. I learned about her during the summer, and basically she shares some great recipes to fulfill your sweet tooth, but get this, they are all CLEAN. She uses Quinoa or Oat Flour instead of that bleached and processed stuff you get at the market. Her name is Samantha and she gives some great ideas.

Here is an example of what she has on her blog: http://withpeanutbutterontop.blogspot.com/

Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Pancakes

Yes, I just made these and YES they were delicious! I couldn't decide if I wanted pancakes or french toast this morning, so I made both! Why not? The cream cheese added that final much needed touch!

These are very easy to make and no different than any other pancake!

Breakdown: (pancakes only)

269 calories

7.6 g total fat

32 g carbs

19.3 g protein

What you will need:

Pancakes:
1/2 cup oat flour

1 tbsp. Tofutti Cream Cheese

1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1 egg white

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

sweetener, to taste ( I used Stevia)

1 tsp. baking powder

French Toast Mix:

1 egg white

1 tbsp. unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat your pan/griddle over medium-low heat. Combine all pancake ingredients, except for the cream cheese, into a mixing bowl and stir very well. Once your pan is heated, spray it with non-stick cooking spray. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour four pancakes onto the pan and allow to cook. As soon as all four are on, place the cream cheese onto one of the pancakes and flip one pancake on top of it as soon as it starts to bubble. Flip the remaining two pancakes when the surface of each starts to bubble as well. Flip the cream cheese pancake after a minute. Cook until each pancake is firm in the middle. 

Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Once they are cool enough to the touch, place each pancake into the french toast mix and allow to soak for 10 seconds on each side. Return each pancake to the pan long enough to cook the french toast mixture, approximately 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and top with your toppings of choice! I topped mine with blueberries, raspberries, toasted coconut, maple syrup, 1 crushed walnut, and a dollop of Greek yogurt.  (NOT calculated into the breakdown.)

Enjoy!

Enjoy! If you post to Instagram- please tag @sammybfit & hashtag #sammybfit so that I can see your creations! If your profile is set to private- I won't see it! Sorry!