Heart Healthy.
Or not so much. It’s ironic that—thanks to sugary sweets, fancy dinners, and rich desserts—a day devoted to matters of the heart can be so dangerous for your heart. Google “red velvet” and your results will be saturated with butter, eggs, heavy cream, and enough sugar to sweeten even the Grinch. Pretty, for sure. But healthy, it is not.
Until now.
Flipping through People Magazine last Friday, I stumbled across a recipe for “Jessica Alba’s favorite red velvet pancakes.” Red velvet pancakes?! I had to create a heart-healthy version.
Mission accomplished. These are like eating cake for breakfast!
Red Velvet Pancakes for One
- 2T flour (I used 20g whole-wheat pastry)
- 2T plus 1tsp oat bran (20g) (you can sub flour)
- red food coloring (For alternatives, see: Natural Food Coloring Ideas.)
- 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp baking powder
- scant 1/8 tsp salt
- 2T cocoa powder (I use regular, but if you want a more brownie-like taste, try dutch cocoa)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup plus 1T nondairy milk (95g, or more, if needed)
- optional: If you don’t like the taste of fat-free pancakes, be sure to add 1 tablespoon oil
- 1-2 T sugar, or 1 stevia packet (I left it out. If using liquid sweetener, decrease milk accordingly.)
Mix dry ingredients. Add wet and mix. Then make your pancakes! (Makes 5-6)
Nutrition Information:
(For the entire batch)
- Calories: 230 (130 if omitting oil)
- Fat: 14g (or less than 1g if omitting oil)
- Protein: 3g
- Fiber: 5g
I topped these with my Healthy Cream Cheese Icing.
Then, really fancy things happened. I dusted the pancakes with cocoa powder and swirled some of the chocolatey fairy dust into the frosting.
If you’re still hungry for pancakes (although I don’t know how that’d be possible, after these!), I have an entire recipe tab devoted to them:
Question of the Day:
What do you do to be Heart Healthy?
Get regular exercise? Eat healthy foods? Spend quality time with people who make you happy? The heart is an amazing little organ; be sure to treat it right!
I totally had these for breakfast….and they were amazing!
They tasted like brownies! <3 I stacked up the 4 pancakes in layers of pancake, yogurt, pancake, yogurt, pancake, yogurt, pancake, yogurt, sprinkles. <3.
I just found your blog earlier this week. Your recipes are AMAZING. o'.'o
Like, REALLY amazing. I'll be using these recipes for the rest of my life! 😀
Thanks for being awesome!
Lord Bless!
SarahB.
p.s: I knew I wasn't the only oatmeal fanatic out there!
Aw thanks, Sarah!
These look sooo good!! Now i want some but its 9:30 at night….. hmmm breakfast for dessert anyone??? You should make a red velvet cake recipe………. love your blog!!!
Does the “T” stand for tablespoon or teaspoon?
tablespoon 🙂
these pancakes are great!! I omitted the oil, and it still tasted great!! i didn’t think they tasted to good with out anything on them so i just put a little sugar free syrup and yum!!! was it great!!
sorry for the dumb question, but in the measurements, what does T stand for? Never seen that unit before…
I actually think eggs are heart healthy. And the cholesterol doesn’t really affect us as much as we’ve been told to think. Eggs have omega-3’s and are relatively low in the “bad” saturated stuff. I avoid shortening and other trans fats and I eat a lot of nuts. I also do coconut oil and avoid cheap, easily-oxidized oils.
I also run a lot.
I don’t plan on smoking or drinking excessively. And I’m not obese, yet.
Do you have a healthy red velvet cake recipe? Or can I just make this into a bigger batch and make it as a cake instead of pancakes? My middle girl is turning 4 on Friday and she wants red velvet cake, I want healthy …hoping to make us both happy. 🙂
I’m sorry for my stupidity right now but, does T stand for cup or tbsp?
Tbsp
Hi. What’s the carb info please?
These pancakes are great! Except using all your first options (real sugar and oil) I get 300 calories for the one serving. Not sure where your calculations are differing from mine?