Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes

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Need I say more?  Peanut Butter + Pancake= Pure bliss.  I top these with Walden Farms calorie free syrup, and breakfast is my favorite meal :)  Here's my recipe!  

Serves: 1
Calories: 252 (with 1/3 C oat flour) 

Ingredients:
1/3 or 1/2 C oat flour (depending on your meal plan and nutritional goals-they turn out great either way)
1/2 scoop Isopure zero carb vanilla whey (or protein powder of your choice)
3 Tbsp PB2 (I order mine from netrition.com)
2 Tbsp Stevia in the Raw
1 tsp Truvia
approx. 1 tsp baking powder 
1/4 tsp salt (do not omit)
2 egg whites
Enough water to make your batter pour into the pan, but not too runny. Add, stir, add stir, until it's right.

Directions:

Heat a medium sized frying pan to medium heat.  Combine dry ingredients in a medium size bowl, and mix well.  Add the egg whites, stir, and then add some water.  I just put my bowl under the running water for a sec, stir, add more if needed until I get the consistency right.  You'll get really good at it.   Once your batter is ready to go, spray your pan with cooking spray (I use homemade coconut oil spray, works great!).  Pour half the batter in the pan.  Let it cook until it bubbles and starts to almost lift on the edges.  Flip and repeat (my batter makes two medium size pancakes).  Easy enough?  Try these!  You won't be sorry.  

P.S.  Who says these have to be stuck in the breakfast category??  I often make them for an additional meal in the day somewhere.  For my husband, I use weight gainer or more protein powder and a whole egg vs. egg whites, because his nutritional goals are different than mine. These are so versatile!  Try adding chocolate chips if you want an extra sweet touch, or if you're eating them on the go without syrup!  Mmm..

Beef and Broccoli

Made this for dinner tonight, and it was so YUM!  My husband and I both seriously dropped our  jaws over it and added it to our "definitely make again" category.  Even better, it didn't take me more than about 30 minutes to make!  Boom.  (Adapted from Muscle and Fitness Hers recipe).

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Serves: 2

Calories per serving: ~385 (depending on the leanness of the meat you use)

Ingredients:

1 tsp olive oil

3 cloves garlic chopped

2 tsp ginger, chopped (I buy this fresh and freeze it for when I need it :) )

1/2 cup yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 small bunch broccoli florets in small pieces

12 oz flank or skirt steak (I used filet mignon, so it was a bit less calories), thinly sliced

1 lime, juiced (or about 2 tsp bottled lime juice)

1/2 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp low sodium soy sauce or Braggs

2 tsp cornstarch

Directions:

1. Heat a large saute pan or wok to medium heat. Add olive oil and beef and cook for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. Scoop meat out of the pan and keep warm. I put mine in a bowl with a paper towel to soak up the extra oil.

2. Add garlic and ginger to pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Add yellow onion, broccoli, 1/4 cup of water, sesame oil, soy sauce. Cook 6-8 minutes or until broccoli is bright green.

3. Add cooked beef back to pan and season with soy sauce.

4. Mix 1/2 cup of water with cornstarch and add to pan. Bring to a boil. Add lime juice. Serve with brown rice and hot sauce if desired.  I just added extra Braggs to mine.  Yum!!