Happy 4th all! This morning I knew there were 2 things I wanted to do. The first was to get my “burn” on by hopping on the treadmill for a 30 minute hill interval jog/walk. I was soooo bummed that Food Network only had “infomercials” on so early. Yes, I totally love watching Food Network as I run on the treadmill….talk about dangling the carrot, right? LOL.
The second thing….Make Simply Filling Oatmeal Protein Pancakes that were originally named Pancake Deliciouso when I was on CORE…fancy name!
This is the simplest protein pancake recipe you will ever make and I bet you probably have everything on hand.
It takes 30 seconds to put all the ingredients in the cup and less than 30 to blend them.
Pour the pancake mix into a nonstick pan over medium heat and sprayed with nonstick spray.
There is something so visually satisfying about seeing the entire 8 inch pan covered with one big pancake ~ not to mention a Simply Filling Pancake 
While the pancake deliciouso 
cooks, prepare you toppings. Today I went with a red, white and blue theme…..
Measure out a tablespoon of pure maple syrup….
Then, I completely flopped it! I have made this pancake a million times and have maybe only done this once or twice.
I pondered scrapping everything and starting again for the sake of my pictures, but, decided it would go back together just like a puzzle.
For the record, I am totally THAT person who thinks they can glue anything back together lol.
With a 1/2 Tbsp sprinkle of whipped butter and fruit…….
Plus a drizzle of pure maple syrup and sprinkle of unsweetened coconut nobody will ever know. LOL…..Ok, well, it still tasted completely delicious and I only ended up using 2 WPA for the syrup and whipped butter ~ DEAL!
When The Husband got home, we headed out for a lunch date at Mary’s Pizza Shack for big salads. I traded him the salami & onions on my plate for his beets. Everything on plate is Simply Filling except for the cheese and dressing.
Served up with ranch on the side for dipping. (4 WPA)
I also had a piece of freshly baked sour dough bread (2 WPA)
After lunch, we watched TED which we both thought was pretty funny and totally worth seeing.
We grilled out and invited family over to celebrate the 4th. I had 1/2 a tri tip steak with The Husband’s Secret Sauce (1 WPA for the sauce).
I had planned on sweet potato fries again, but, I didn’t think everyone would be as excited as I am about them. So, I modified my Healthy Potato Salad to make it close to Simply Filling. I used fat free mayo and dill pickles for the bread n butter.
1 WPA for the olives (these used to be CORE but they are not Simply Filling).
Corn
Swiss Chard
STATS:
- 2,870 calories burned
- 8,537 steps taken
- 10 WPA used, 15 WPA remaining (26 daily points+)
Off to watch the fire works!
Night all!
I just copied the recipe to make in the morning. Thank you! I have been on and off ww for a while with those last 15 pounds to lose, and have decided to start SFT tomorrow so this is a good start. I was just browsing the recipes online on ww and it only seems to have pp+ points, but now SF. Is that something I have to figure out on my own? Is there a section for SF recipes? I am so happy to see you’re starting this around the same time as me, I’ve been following your blog for a looong time now. Keep up the good work 🙂 🙂
Hi Tara,
Weight Watchers will not show a recipe as Simply Filling if it includes any ingredients that are not Simply Filling ingredients. That being said, they do not count spices which have 0 points+. I will usually review a recipe to see if it contains Simply Filling Foods or foods I can sub. An example is what I did today with the Kale Recipe – I subbed Canadian Bacon which is Simply Filling for Bacon which isn’t.
This totally made me realize I need to add a Simply Filling Label to my recipes on my recipe page. I will make a note to do that soon!
Thanks,
Danica
Danica,
My recipe for simply filling pancake or just a low carb, high protein, whole grain pancake is:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/4 cup LF cottage cheese
2 eggs
vanilla and cinnamon to taste, whirl in the blender and cook like reg. pancakes
entire recipe is 10pts plus, saves 45 carbs from a typical pancake recipe
I too use REAL maple syrup not the FF pure corn syrup sugary stuff.
This is a never fail recipe!!
Enjoy
Like minds….very similar and yours sounds delicious too!
Thanks for sharing the recipe I missed last week. I agree – there is nothing like the real deal pure maple syrup (btw – Trader Joe’s has my favorite one).
XO,
Danica
Just started reading your Blog…..Love It!!!!! Love the recipes,I am thinking on joining WW here in Canada….I have a fair amount of weight to lose after being 7 months of finishing Cancer Treatment….I Love my Treadmill…however I have neuropathy in my feet from the chemo ..so some days are hard….It all starts with the food though 🙂 Krystal
Congratulations, Krystal, for finishing 7 months of chemo!! I too finished my 26 weeks of chemo and 6 weeks of radiation back in 2000-2001. Neuropathy gets better – keep moving!! Again, bless you and glad you’re OK!
Juditih
Judith – you are amazing too – thanks for sharing!
WTG Krystal! You are awesome. Since you conquered cancer treatment, you can definitely conquer the weight you want to lose. Baby steps…..just start off by walking and go based on how you feel.
Danica
Sorry, but I’m confused. What is…WPA ?
Hi Judy,
Thanks for asking. WPA stands for Weekly Points Allowance also know previously as Flex Points. They are the extra points+ you can use each week on Weight Watchers above the daily points+ total. When you are on Simply Filling, you count the WPA only for foods that are not Simply Filling Foods.
Danica
Danica and Christine,
Thanks for your simply filling/low Carb high protein pancake recipes. I was totally craving me some carbs. Made these twice already, was a hit all around.
Nice to know you can eat a pancake or two and now blow your entire week.
One question – what is a medium size and large size (like as in diameter in inches?)
Mine poured out to about 6in each to match the recipe, does that make them 4pts then?
Hi Karen,
For the recipe I made above, I made one huge 8 inch pancake. When I am making it in two batches, I make 4 pancakes that are about 4 inches each. I use 1/4 to measure them out if that helps. As long as you divide it by the total number of servings, then, size doesn’t matter 🙂
Danica
Duh! And head smack moment!
Even tho I’m not doing the SF, these are such a point bargain for me.
I haven’t tried the add one yet, I can’t wait to experiment.
Extra bonus, my guys love them, too.
…haven’t tried the add ons yet…
Danica, do you think I could sub chia seeds for the ground flax…ever done that? ~Gail
Hi Gail,
Yes, subbing chia seeds would be delicious.
Danica