Dining Out: Breakfast/Pancake Houses

You can basically find the same few things at any Pancake House/Breakfast restaurant - omelettes, pancakes, french toast, hashbrowns, bacon etc. - But some choices are healthier than others

My usual go-to is a Veggie Omelette - with egg whites only - and I try to order fruit instead of hashbrowns/toast/pancakes - depending on the restaurant and size of the omelette this should have 200-300 calories, and it is a very filling breakfast.

When we went to breakfast yesterday, my boyfriend ordered: An Omelette with Bacon, Pineapple, and Ham(about 450 calories) with hashbrowns(about 200 calories) and a side of pancakes with butter and syrup(about 400 calories) - that's over 1,000 calories total!

Apple Picking

This weekend I went Apple Picking at Apple Holler in Sturtevant, Wisconsin

We got really lucky and just happened to be there on the first weekend of Honeycrisp Picking!

Honeycrisp apples are really the best apples in my opinion - for baking/cooking and for eating plain

I have 1/2 Peck of Honeycrisp Apples picked right off the tree -

 which means there are some Apple Recipes in the forecast :)

If you can't wait to make some delicious apple recipes you can try my 400 Calorie Cinnamon Apple Loaf 

or my 150 Calorie Fall Harvest Bread Pudding

145 Calorie Peach Cobbler

After I tried the 130 Calorie Fruit Cocktail Cake I thought I would try it with Peaches to make a Peach Cobbler of sorts -

This time I added some Rolled Oats as a topping, and I topped it with Soy Whipped Cream after it was baked  - yum :)

This Cobbler is Gluten Free, Dairy Free, and Vegan :)

Recipe: Makes 1 mini loaf, double ingredients to make a regular size loaf

1 Diced Peaches Fruit Cup, with the juice - 30 cal

1/4 cup Oat Flour - 90 cal

1 tablespoon Oats - 24 cal

1 tablespoon Stevia - 0 cal                        

= 144 Calories total

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix fruit cup with flour and Stevia

3. Pour into greased mini loaf pan, top with oats

4. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees

5. Let cool, top as desired and enjoy :)

130 Calorie Fruit Cocktail Cake

This cake is based on the one mentioned in the movie Steel Magnolias - not the Armadillo cake, the Cuppa Cuppa Cake "A can of fruit cocktail with the juice, a cup of flour and a cup of sugar"

This cake only has 3 ingredients! It is also gluten free, dairy free, and vegan!

In theory you could try this with any flavor of fruit cup but I used Mixed Fruit with no sugar added - I think you could use any flavor as long as it is in "syrup", "light syrup" or fruit juice - just don't use a gel variety!

Recipe: Makes 1 mini loaf cake

1 Mixed Fruit Cup, with the juice  - 40 cal

1/4 cup Oat Flour - 90 cal

1 tablespoon Stevia, or to taste - 0 cal              

= 130 Calories

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix together the flour and fruit cup

3. Add in the Stevia, mix well

4. Pour into greased mini loaf pan - for a regular loaf pan double all ingredients

5. Bake for 20 minutes at 350

6. Let cool and enjoy!