Pancake day is a favourite in this household, and there was a sigh of disappointment from Jon when he thought he would need to have protein pancakes or banana pancakes this Pancake day. This got me thinking, how can I make pancake day more interesting and Slimming World friendly. I began making a list of what I found important in a pancake (I’m being serious, I literally sat on my sofa and thought about what I enjoyed most about a pancake, I may have been hungry at the time…) I decided that I wanted taste to be the most important factor, I didn’t really mind how the pancakes came, what shape or size, if they fluffy or crepe, I just wanted to feel like I was eating a pancake and enjoying it. Now, I did have one restriction that was unavoidable, the pancake couldn’t be too many calories (or syns). I scoured the internet and my recipe books and found these 3 gems.
Unsurprisingly Pinch of Nom is heavily featured in this post because I am 100% certain that they come up with the best Slimming World friendly desserts, which is were I stumbled across this.
Strawberry and White Chocolate Pancake Tray Bake (55 Calories / 3 syns per portion)
https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/strawberry-pancake-traybake/
Ingredients
- 200 g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sweetener
- 250 ml semi skimmed milk
- 1 egg beaten
- 150 g strawberries sliced
- 20 g white chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp icing sugar to dust
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 160ºC fan.
- Spray the baking tray with a little low calorie cooking spray to grease it and then line with greaseproof paper.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium bowl. Stir in the sweetener.
- Mix together the milk and the egg, and stir into the flour mixture a little at a time until smooth. Beat for 1 – 2 minutes.
- Fold in the strawberries and pour into the prepared tray. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
- Place in the oven and cook for 15 – 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Turn out and remove the greaseproof paper.
- Dust with icing sugar and cut into 20 squares.
I added 2 tbsp of the PBfit peanut butter powder and this did add 1 syn but it was delicious and totally worth it.
I found my next recipe in the new Pinch of Nom cook book (link here)
American Lotus Biscoff Pancakes (307 cal or 5 syns)
Ingredients
- 40g of instant oats
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp of Lotus Biscoff Spread
- 1 tsp of caramel topping
- 100ml of semi skimmed milk
- 1 tsp of caramel sauce
Method
- Whisk together the oats, milk and eggs until combined, add 1 tbsp of the spread and mix again, leave to rest for at least 5 minutes.
- Spray a non stick frying pan with low calorie spray and place over a medium heat. Add 2 tbsp of the mixture to the pan and cook for 2 mins per side.
- Serve with caramel sauce or topping of your choice.
Finally I went with a one of Jon’s favourites lemon and sugar Crepes, this recipe I have known from childhood and with a few extra tweaks I was able to make it Slimming World friendly. What I love about these pancakes is that they are a blank slate and you could have anything on them.
Lemon and Sweetener Crepes (60 calories or 3 syns per portion)
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 100g Plain flour
- 300 ml of Semi Skimmed milk
- 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
- pinch of salt
- juice of a lemon
- sweetener
Method
- Combine the eggs, flour, oil and milk in a large bowl, add a pinch of salt and whisk until it becomes a smooth batter.
- Set aside for 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven on a low temperature
- Spray a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and add in a layer of the batter covering the entire pan.
- Cook on a medium heat for 2 minutes, flip and repeat.
- Once cooked set aside in the oven to keep warm.
- Serve with the juice of a lemon and a sprinkling of sweetener.
How was your pancake day? Which do you prefer, let us know in the comments below!
Until next time.
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Nice , I also love pancakes 💞
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Thank you for sharing these! My parents are both following WW at the moment and were disappointed they couldn’t have, or didn’t allow for, pancakes yesterday. This will be a great help. 😊 I love the sound of the Biscoff ones.
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They are fabulous! Honestly give them a try, let me know how they like them!
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