Apple Pie Protein Pancakes

These have been one of my favorite recipes that I keep going back to. The unsweetened applesauce in this recipe gives the pancakes great flavor and keeps them moist. Applesauce is a great replacement for butter and oil in baking. Other options to replace the butter and oil  in your recipes include Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, banana, and even avocado! Do NOT let the cauliflower in the recipe scare you. You cannot taste it, and it makes the pancakes more dense and cake-like. Read more about the ingredients I use here. You can find the coconut flour and psyllium husk from Vitacost. It's cheaper than the grocery store and delivered right to your door! Use this link  for money off your first order!

Apple Pie Protein Pancakes

Ingredients:

1/3 cup riced cauliflower (I place raw cauliflower in my Ninja food processor and blend until finely chopped)
3/4 scoop vanilla whey protein powder (I used Cellucor)
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1/2 tablespoon psyllium husk
1 stevia packet
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tablespoons egg whites
2-3 tablespoons almond milk
Nutmeg and cinnamon to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat a nonstick pan over medium heat and coat with cooking spray.
2. Microwave your cauliflower rice for 40 seconds.
3. Add all ingredients to your food processor (including cauliflower). Blend until smooth, but do not over mix! Batter should be thick.
4. Add batter to the pan by the heaping spoonful. Cook until set and small bubbles start to form. Flip and cook on the other side. Be patient. Mine are thick so it takes a little longer than regular pancakes.

I layered mine with stevia sweetened Greek yogurt, warm apple slices, and topped them with more cinnamon :)

Serves 1

Nutrition Information:  3 g Fat, 27 g CHO, 14 g Fiber, 24 g Protein

Apple Pie Overnight Oats

Fall spiced apples layered with protein packed egg white oats, and a vanilla cream topping. This will make your taste buds VERY happy. Usually, I make overnight oats without cooking the oats. But cooking them with egg whites makes them a fluffy and thick texture that is really amazing. You can cook them on the stove or in the microwave. I used a microwave because I got home from work late and reallyyy didn't feel like cleaning dishes. You can do it either way, but make sure you watch them in the microwave. If you cook them too long they will bubble up and overflow. Every microwave is different, so my timing may be different than yours. For either method, make sure you really stir the egg whites in. No one likes clumpy eggs in their oatmeal! If you don't have all the spices listed below, just use more cinnamon!

Warning: This will make your house smell really good!

Apple Pie Overnight Oats

For the Oatmeal:

1/2 apple, diced
1 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
Dash of nutmeg
Dash of allspice
Few dashes of cinnamon
1/3 cup oatmeal
2/3 cup water or almond milk (or any milk)
1 packet stevia
1/4 cup egg whites

For the vanilla cream:

1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein
Stevia to taste

Directions:

1. Place apples in a bowl. Add sugar-free syrup and spices. Stir to combine. Microwave for 1 minute or until soft. Place aside.
2. In a different bowl, stir together oatmeal with the water (or milk) and stevia. Microwave 40 seconds. Stir. Microwave in 20 second intervals until the oats are cooked and most of the liquid has been absorbed (I usually do 40 seconds, 20 seconds, 20 second, stirring in between). Stir in egg whites. Microwave an additional 20-30 seconds.
3. Pour the egg white oats over the apple mixture. Place in the fridge overnight. In the morning, combine the vanilla cream ingredients and top the oats. Enjoy!

Add any additional toppings you like (fruit, nuts, nut butter). I added Nuttzo Seven Nut and Seed Butter :)

Oatmeal Crisp Baked Apples

My dad likes to buy in bulk sometimes, and doesn't usually check the quality of the contents in the bag . . . so he bought a bag of Gala apples. They that weren't bad, but they weren't up to par for eating on their own. My mom was about to throw them out (!) . . . but I saved the little guys when I offered to bake them up for dessert. They were SO easy and quick, so I was surprised by how much my sister and my parents RAVED about them. I decided to take a bite and shocked myself- they tasted like apple pie! This is a great, healthy dessert for the whole family!

Oatmeal Crisp Baked Apples

Ingredients:

Apples:

4 apples (I used Gala)
1/3 cup plain oatmeal
3-4 tablespoons sugar-free syrup (enough to coat the oats)
Pumpkin pie spice (or just cinnamon!)

Vanilla Protein Frosting:

1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (optional, but so tasty!!)
Truvia to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cut apples in half and scoop out seeds. Leave a small "hole" to put your filling in.
3. Mix together the syrup and the oats.
4. Place the oat mixture in the "hole" of each apple. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
5. Bake for about 25-30 minutes.
6. To prepare the frosting: stir together all frosting ingredients! Top your apples!