A couple weeks ago Jeff Meyerson sent me a link to a site that listed THE BEST PANCAKES for each state. I recall the winner for New York was in NYC. We have some pretty good pancake places here in Western New York. But, as a diabetic, I have to monitor the carbohydrates in the pancake and in the maple syrup (usually over 50mg per serving). At home, I opt for BOB’S RED MILL WHOLE GRAIN LOW-CARB BAKING MIX and DiVinci Sugar-Free Pancake Syrup. Yummy and healthy! What are your favorite pancakes?
PANCAKE RECIPE:
1 cup Whole Grain Low-Carb Baking Mix
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp Canola Oil
1 cup Milk or Cream
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 Packet of your favorite low-carb Sweetner (I use Stiva)
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Pre-heat griddle or pan. Lightly coat griddle or pan with oil or cooking spray.
Blend pancake mix, eggs, and oil. Add approximately 1 cup of milk or cream until desired thickness of batter is reached. Add remaining ingredients. Pour 1/2 cup batter onto griddle or skillet for each pancake. Cook until bubbly, turn and cook until done (about 1 minute per side). Makes 2-3 servings.
NUTRITION
Serving Size: 1.07 oz(s) – 30 g
Amount per Serving
Calories 100K cal6%
Calories from Fat 15K cal2%
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 115mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 11g 5%
Dietary Fiber 5g 20%
Sugars 0g 0%
Added Sugars 0g 0%
Protein 14g 29%
Vitamin A 0IU 0%
Vitamin C 0mg 0%
Calcium 20mg 2%
Iron 1.44mg 8%
Just regular pancakes. Have tried the Divinci syrup and found it terrible. I don’t mind the carbs for breakfast. If I don’t get enough carbs in the morning I find my sugar getting too low about 11 and have to eat some sugars and/or carbs. For some reason if my sugar gets much below 125 I get blurred vision and feel weak. Besides I’m too lazy to make pancakes from scratch esp. early in the morning.
Steve, I can feel it when my blood sugar goes below 100. I always carry a granola bar as a glucose booster.
In my fight to ward off diabetes I have been on a no-carb, no sugar diet. Life is not much fun. I haven’t had so much as a slice of bread nor pasta noodle in six weeks.
Patti, it’s all about making compromises about which foods to eat. And, how much.
We eat Dave’s Killer Bread – 21 Whole Grains and Seeds – Patti. We are on a high fiber diet, this has 5 grams per slice. Also eat whole wheat pasta where possible – at home we use Barilla (they also have a white high fiber one if you don’t like whole wheat). Also, stay AWAY from white rice where possible. I went on the South Beach Diet twice, where you start out cutting out ALL carbs and gradually add them back in (starting with fruit). You get used to it and it really worked for me. I know if I wanted to drop weight quickly, that would work.
As for pancakes, I never order them (and we don’t make them at home), but Jackie does and always gives me one of hers. Where possible, she orders multi-grain pancakes with nuts and berries, preferably baked in. There are two places near us that do them very well. If we go downtown, we go to Teresa’s, a Polish restaurant that makes excellent lemon ricotta pancakes. Down here, Jackie likes the ones at First Watch, which we don’t have in New York (multi-grain with fruit). We had some amazing pancakes at Camille’s in Key West too.
Crap, now I want some.
Jeff, I’m usually in the mood for pancakes about once a month. I make them at home using BOB’S RED MILL WHOLE GRAIN LOW-CARB BAKING MIX. If we’re going out for breakfast, THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE features a dozen different varieties of delicious pancakes. And, the biggest omelets you’ve ever seen (six eggs worth!).
My new diet consists of nuts, oatmeal, fruit, veggies, fish, chicken, eggs, milk,tea. Not a single thing else in six weeks. At least I have lost seven pounds living like this. But who wants to…
Jackie approves of the Whole Grain Low-Carb pancakes, especially with the oil instead of butter. Of course, she’d request pecans in hers, and berries in it or on the side.
Jeff, Pecan Pancakes are my favorite. Katie likes Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Diane prefers a waffle. I’m not sure if Patrick is a pancake fan.
I prefer “English pancakes” which my Dad always made on Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Tuesday aka Mardi Gras aka the day before Ash Wednesday: he’d make a very, very liquidy batter, make very thin pancakes (more like crepes than traditional American pancakes), sprinkle them with confectioners sugar and lemon juice, and then roll them up like a crepe. I could eat those by the gross! And now I really miss my Dad!
Deb, your Dad’s pancakes sound delicious! I’ve had pancakes similar to those when I was in Wisconsin. Wonderful!
I watch my numbers (I don’t feel low blood sugar unless it gets under 80, which isn’t a frequent occurrence) and am careful with my foods, but when I want pancakes, I want the traditional ones, with butter and real Vermont maple syrup. We use Heart-Smart Bisquick to make the pancakes, but we don’t compromise on the butter or syrup. Something we have once every couple of months is a treat worth the splurge. I take 4 units of Meal Insulin prior to the breakfast, and my numbers stay low. Last time we had them, the number later that day was 104.
As for nuts, berries and fruits, you can have ’em.
Patti, I think your approach is too extreme.
Rick, 104 is a great glucose number! I’m usually in the 120s. Butter isn’t going to up your number, but Real Vermont Maple Syrup certainly will!
By the way, Bob’s ed Mill originated here in Oregon. Barbara loves the steel cut oats for breakfast, with chopped apple.
Rick, coincidentally I ate a breakfast of BOB’S OLD RED MILL STEEL CUT OATS this morning! I pour honey on it.
What a discussion! Obviously the tastes in pancakes etc are very different around here!
I’mnot really a fan of sweet pancakes or Pfannkuchen in German but I love the Hungarian variety – which is salty …
They are very thin, made in special pans (nowadays teflon of course) and often filled with a kind of “minced goulash”.
And now something only for the strong of heart – all others skip this, please!
They are called: Palacsinta – the Austrians used to translate this as Palatschinka, Schinken is German for ham.
But in reality the name is derived from : placenta …
When I want pancakes I go to Denny’s!
Bob, I thought you might be an IHOP guy.
I’m dying to try denny’s dulce de leche pancakes, and there is a denny’s I go by on my morning mile walk. so far I’ve resisted
Maggie, I’ve seen a lot of commercials for those Denny’s dulce de leche pancakes!