THM Almond Meal Pancakes

(To read the explanation of the THM eating plan see my post on 1-9-18)

Here is a breakfast dish that we have enjoyed and I have served to quite a few guests who seemed to like it also.

Almond Meal Pancakes   S                                 Serves 1
2 eggs
1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1/4 almond meal
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Whisk eggs. Stir in applesauce and vanilla. Mix almond meal and baking powder together. Add to egg mixture. Spray and heat a griddle pan to med-low. Put 1/4 cup of batter on pan. (I like to add a few dried blueberries). Cook the first side thoroughly to be able to turn it. Pancakes will be thin. They freeze very well.

Almond meal might be a new ingredient for you. It is not as fine as almond flour and that makes it a good choice for these pancakes. I buy it at Walmart and also get the Great Value Unsweetened Applesauce.

I am sharing this single serving recipe because it would be a good way to try it and see if you like it. I usually quadruple it and then we have the pancakes on Saturday and Sunday. I like to serve sausage with it.

In the THM program when you add carbs to a fat meal, or fat to a carb meal, the meal then becomes a cross- over meal. It is still healthy but you are using both kinds of fuels and thus will not have the weight loss advantage. You don't want to do that very often if your goal is weight loss. If you are at the weight you desire, it is perfectly fine.

A word of caution about syrups. They are very high in carbs and can put this meal into cross-over territory very quickly if you do not watch the amount that you use.

I like to put a little stevia in some 0% Greek Yogurt and use that on top of my pancakes.

THM has a recipe for syrup but I have not made it.

Basic Pancake Syrup - FP
1 cup water
2 1/2 to 3 TBS Gentle Sweet
1/2 tsp maple extract
1/2 tsp. butter extract
1 - 2 pinches mineral salt
1/4 tsp. Glucomannan or Xanthan Gum

Put all the ingredients (except the Gluccie or Xanthan Gum) in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over med. heat. Reduce the heal to med-low and whisk in the Gluccie a little at a time (whisk like crazy so it doesn't clump). Allow to simmer for a couple of minutes.

So that introduced two new ingredients which I will go into more on another post. THM sells the Gentle Sweet mixture. You could try Stevia instead. The Glucomannan is a powder from the konjac root and is used to thicken things. It is starch free. Xanthan Gum is available in grocery stores, is also starch free, and thickens.