Pancakes//Low Carb

This morning I decided I didn't want my usual food items: bacon, sausage and/or eggs, so I thought what other things can I have that are low carb? Pancakes? Yea, right. Then I started thinking, how can I make some pancakes that are low carb? I got out my almond flour which is 6 carbs per 1/4 cup. I added in 1 egg, 1 tbsp vanilla extract, 1/2 cup water or more if you want, 1 tsp baking powder, and 1 TBSP Truvia which is 8 carbs. Mix all these together and the mix makes about 1 Cup. I would say each pancake is about 4 carbs, I separated the 1 cup into 1/4 cup size pancakes. With this mix you will get about 4 pancakes, I ate 2 and that was filling.

I don't know if I did this the correct way for counting carbs, which I'm not really counting my carbs, I'm just trying to element processed foods, bread, pasta and sugars. Okay, so the almond flour is nice because it is low in carbs 1/4 cup = 6g carbs. It will be a bit gritty, if that's the right word, but this doesn't get anymore close to actual flour and that is what you need for pancakes, cakes, and muffins. Anyways, the only other thing I added to the carb total was the Truvia, I used 1 TBSP maybe I could of used less but this was a test run. My 1 TBSP of Truvia = 8g Carbs, added to the almond flour equals a total of 14g carbs. Since the mixture made 1 Cup I separated each pancake into 1/4 cups, I decided to divide 14 by 4 and that came to 3.5 and I rounded to 4. That is how I got my 4g carb per pancake.

I also used sugar free syrup which is very low in carbs and I would say I used no more than 1 1/2 teaspoons if that. The pancakes came out really good, and they satisfy that want for pancakes. The 2 I had filled me up, I don't feel bloated or tired. I plan to try this for my other craving: blueberry muffins. The only thing about that is blueberries are high in carbs, so I will have to figure out how to keep the total carb count lower.