Happy Pancake Sunday lovelies!
I hope you are all having a great weekend. Unfortunately, Tennessee has been hit with quite the cold front this weekend so BB and I decided to skip the
Rivers & Spires Festival…they closed my wine tent early anyway…boo!
Actually, I spent most of the day yesterday in sweats, wrapped in a fleece blanket, holding a mug of hot tea. I became pretty spoiled over the last few weeks while we enjoyed cloudless skies and 80 degree days, but sadly, this morning the sun was nowhere to be found…just an ugly gray sky to wake up to.
So what did I do?
I brought the sunshine BACK…
with a stack of pancakes that just screamed springtime!
I woke up early yesterday morning, before BB (seems to be somewhat of a trend here lately…stupid internal alarm clock), so I decided to make the most of it:
I answered all of my emails and made a bazillion different folders for all the ones I refuse to delete, caught up with a few of my favorite bloggers,
and wasted about an hour of my life on Facebook (typical).
While catching up with Lauren, my fellow Pancake Sunday enthusiast, I saw that she made these Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes and from that moment I could NOT get the thought of fluffy poppy-seeded lemon pancakes out of my mind.
Am I the only one who immediately thinks of the poppies scene in The Wizard of Oz every time I look at these cute little things?
Let’s hope I don’t get randomly drug tested this week! 😉
Anywho, back to the pancakes!
Since it was strongly suggested to top these babies with strawberries AND I’ve been craving them for WEEKS now, I ran to the store this morning and picked up a pint (they may not be in season, but they are perfectly delicious!) and I’m SO glad I did…the combo was fantastic!
In true Heather-fashion, while I was at the store, I picked up about $80 worth of other things (all things I did indeed need) but in true absent-minded Heather-fashion, once I got back to Casa de Broccoli, I realized…
I FORGOT the lemons!
Of course, that just gave me a reason to open up this little gem for the first time:
Never fear, Stevia is heeeeeeeeeere!
Instead of adding the lemon zest AND the sugar to the recipe, I subbed in 1/2 teaspoon (making 1/2 the recipe) of the new lemon-flavored stevia from NuNaturals (be on the lookout for a full review/giveaway in the future!)
And the result?
Even healthier lemon-flavored pancakes with zero sugar…according to fatsecret.com, I saved 62 calories and SIXTEEN grams of sugar per serving!
To keep up with the low sugar theme, I had an idea for what to top my stack of cakes with:
Lemon-Vanilla Protein Sauce
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder + 5 drops lemon-flavored stevia + water to thin
You have GOT to try these pancakes…if you don’t have the lemon-stevia (yet), then use lemon zest and vanilla stevia, but seriously, just make these NOW!
Do you like lemon-flavored treats?
While I’ve never understood the fascination with lemon pie, lemon bars, or lemon cookies, for some reason you throw some lemon in a batch of muffins, bread, or in this case, pancakes, and I’m ALL over that stuff!
What did you have for breakfast this Sunday morning? Any other Pancake Sunday celebrators out there?
