Showing posts with label pancakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pancakes. Show all posts
Friday, April 1, 2011
Cottage Cheese & Apple Pancakes
These pancakes were easy to make and tasted delightful. Though Cottage Cheese & Apple Pancakes are not typically a dinner item, my family humored and indulged me.
I began the magical journey of Breakfast For Dinner by stiffening egg whites, which were then set aside. Yolks, a heaping spoonful of cottage cheese, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt, and a drizzle of honey went into a bowl with shredded apple.
I wasn't sure if I needed to peel the apple first, and after consulting with my mother, decided to leave it on, for color and textural purposes. Apples are sort of strange to grate. I just used a standard, hand held grater, and the apple flattened and oozed juice everywhere as I grated. If there is a better technique out there, I am, as they say, all ears.
Moving on: I folded in the egg whites and cooked the pancakes in a lightly oiled pan. They turned out brown and lovely, like a sandal.
Although the recommend toppings of yogurt and berry sauce sounded real nice, my family and I opted for the classics: syrup and butter.
The pancakes were tender and textured. I enjoyed the fine flakes of apples scattered throughout. Next time I might leave out the cottage cheese, as it was a little sour with the syrup. These pancakes were an excellent way to incorporate two unlike ingredients into an ordinarily nutritionally insignificant meal!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Zucchini-Feta Pancakes
As an accompaniment to the soup tonight, I made Zucchini-Feta Pancakes. I was introduced to zucchini fritters by a fellow vegetarian girlfriend in high school, and ever since then, I've been hooked. Unfortunately the ones we ate as teenagers weren't very healthy; the batter had many eggs in it and they were fried in a half an inch of oil. The worst part was that we dipped them in ranch dressing... not exactly healthy! This Moosewood recipes was much lighter.
Zucchini was grated in the food processor, which is always a quick and gratifying process. Egg yolks, green onion, flour and feta were added. Sometimes feta smells like vomit to me. I love the way it calms down once it's been warmed up. So much tastier! For those of you that can handle it raw in Greek salads, I commend your bravery! But I digress... I folded whipped egg whites into the batter for a light and fluffy green speckled concoction. Then to the stove!
I am happy to report that these pancakes were fried in a simple drizzle of oil. I kept them warm in the oven and ate them with just a skosh of salt and sour cream.
Zucchini was grated in the food processor, which is always a quick and gratifying process. Egg yolks, green onion, flour and feta were added. Sometimes feta smells like vomit to me. I love the way it calms down once it's been warmed up. So much tastier! For those of you that can handle it raw in Greek salads, I commend your bravery! But I digress... I folded whipped egg whites into the batter for a light and fluffy green speckled concoction. Then to the stove!
I am happy to report that these pancakes were fried in a simple drizzle of oil. I kept them warm in the oven and ate them with just a skosh of salt and sour cream.
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