Healthy French Toast or Pancake Recipes?

If you're willing to get out of the norm on your thoughts of pancakes, I make myself oatmeal pancakes nearly every day. They are super filling and satisfying and have a good chunk of protein as well.

To make them I take one banana (any size but weigh or measure it or whatever for accurate calorie count. About 90-110 calorie ones are the best) and mash it up as much as possible.

I then add 1/3 cup egg whites or normal egg beaters (you can just do 2 eggs for more calories/fat), 1/2 cup rolled oats, and whatever else I want. Also, usually about a tablespoon of cinnamon to keep them from being bland. Most of the time I do 2 tablespoons of PB2 and 50 grams (about 1/3 of a cup) of blueberries. I then stir it up and cook them like pancakes (though they do take a few extra minutes).

They come out to 360ish calories with 63 carbs, 5 grams of fat, 21 grams of protein, and >250 mg of sodium. I stay full for hours afterwards and they taste great!

If you're willing to get out of the norm on your thoughts of pancakes, I make myself oatmeal pancakes nearly every day. They are super filling and satisfying and have a good chunk of protein as well.

To make them I take one banana (any size but weigh or measure it or whatever for accurate calorie count. About 90-110 calorie ones are the best) and mash it up as much as possible.

I then add 1/3 cup egg whites or normal egg beaters (you can just do 2 eggs for more calories/fat), 1/2 cup rolled oats, and whatever else I want. Also, usually about a tablespoon of cinnamon to keep them from being bland. Most of the time I do 2 tablespoons of PB2 and 50 grams (about 1/3 of a cup) of blueberries. I then stir it up and cook them like pancakes (though they do take a few extra minutes).

They come out to 360ish calories with 63 carbs, 5 grams of fat, 21 grams of protein, and >250 mg of sodium. I stay full for hours afterwards and they taste great!

looks great ..will try out.thanks also,

PB2?

Powdered Peanut butter..it is just dehydrated with less cals. You can easily do without it or just top with a little natural peanut butter.

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You can make French Toast lower calorie by using a lower calorie bread, substituting egg whites for eggs and then just using cinnamon and a little imitation vanilla in the batter mix.

Pancakes - Bisquick Heart Smart Blueberry Pancakes are very good and low in calories. The recipe is on the box and it makes 8 pancakes at 70 calories each pancake. (i eat with either of the following reduced calorie syrup, a banana, or a "syrup" made by taking a frozen bag of fruit and thawing then mashing the berries into a sauce)

French Toast - This was stated before...Village Hearth makes delicious 40 calorie per slice bread. I use only egg whites with my french toast. To change it up, try the following recipe I came up with:

Stuffed French Toast

2 slices 40 cal bread
1 oz softened 1/3 fat cream cheese
½ tbsp powdered sugar
Dash cinnamon
Diced Fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, peaches, or other of choice)
2 Egg whites

Mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar, then add the fruit (as much or as little as desired). Spread the mixture carefully on one slice of the bread, sprinkle with a bit of cinnamon, and top with the other slice. Soak each side in egg whites and allow to set for about 10 minutes to allow it to soak into the bread (2 egg whites whisked well should be plenty. You could also use the All Whites brand egg whites in a carton. They would probably soak into the bread better and faster so you wouldn’t have to let it sit long). Put in a pan on medium and cook fully on both sides.

Use whole grain bread for your French toast, Pam spray in the pan and fruit instead of syrup. Keep everything else about your normal recipe the same. If you make baked French toast, similar to bread pudding, you can bake the fruit right in.

For pancakes, add wheat or oat bran to your normal recipe. You can also add fruit to the batter: blueberries are famous, apples are cheaper.

The only thing wrong with these foods is that we tend to use over processed flour and a bunch of sugar.

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EASIEST RECIPE EVER annd super good(: Banana protein pancakes!! 1 Banana and 2 eggs. THAT'S IT. Seriously, that easy and they taste so natural and good! Give it a try(:

I really love breakfast foods, mainly because they're some of the easiest to make and the tastiest to eat. Does anyone have any low-cal recipes for French toast or pancakes? Or if that's asking too much, tips or ingredient substitutes to lower the calorie count?

How low cal? There are lower calorie breads available for french toast, and using egg whites only instead of whole eggs would lower it. There are sugar free syrups available that are very low calorie (though I have no idea what they taste like).

Here is a recipe for some Pumpkin Spice Protein Pancakes
http://www.pointsplusdiet.com/listings/pumpkin-spice-protein-pancakes/

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I make my weekend treat pancakes out of:

1 egg
1/3 cup cottage cheese
1/3 cup quick oats
a few dashes of cinnamon
and 1/2 a packet of Splenda is optional

The oats can be as-is out of the canister or you can grind them a bit in a small food processor or something. Mix ingredients and spoon onto a non-stick skillet rubbed with a little butter. These are very healthy, high protein, and tasty. I use a tiny bit of real maple syrup on them.

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I haven't tried this but I was thinking: You could take sara lee's 45 calorie bread, soak it in eggbeaters and cook in olive oil spray. That would cut the calories out A LOT. But I'm not sure if the eggbeaters would work or not. A regular egg would, and just using the sara lee 45 calorie bread would save a lot of calories.