Pumpkin Pancakes

Per several requests here is my pumpkin pancake recipe.  I love these and hopefully you guys will too!

Ingredients
1/4 cup of canned pumpkin (NOT PUMPKIN MIX)
1 packet of Truvia or Splenda
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 large egg whites
Cinnamon

I mix all of these ingredients together in a bowl in no particular order until it is smooth.  It takes a few since the pumpkin tends to be lumpy but try to mix into a smooth batter.

Then add the mixture to a frying pan that's been sprayed with cooking spray.  I made 3 pancakes with this recipe.

These don't necessarily work the same as regular pancakes.  You want them to cook for about 4 mins on medium heat or until they are a little lighter through the middle.  Flip and cook for about the same amount of time on the other side.  Just keep an eye on them so they don't burn.

I will usually add my Morning Star Breakfast Sausage with these to add some extra protein.  Plus, they taste freakin great!

Nutritional Info:
Calories: 75
Fat: 0
Carbs: 9
Protein: 9

They are also added to www.myfitnesspal.com under "Nikki's Pumpkin Pancakes"

Chocolate Peanut Butter Power Truffles

Here is a quick and easy way to get in protein, good fats and some starch. These are great for quick on the go meals and breakfast. You can use any protein powder you'd like but I was making this batch specifically for the ladies I train and use the protein powder the studio endorses. These can be made totally Vegan by using Vega Protein Powder. I myself prefer the Vega Sport Chocolate flavor. Yum!

Ingredients:

Dymatize Elite - Whey Protein Isolate - Gourmet Vanilla, 8 scoop
Organic Quick Oats, 2 cup
Teddie - Super Chunky Old Fashioned All Natural Peanut Butter, 5 tbsp
Blue Diamond - Unsweet Vanilla Almond Milk-Net Carbs, 1 cup

Coco Dusting:
Generic - Unsweetened Coco Powder, 4 tbsp
Truvia - Nature's Calorie- Free Sweetener - 1 Packet, 3 packet

Directions:
Mix Protein with Oats in a large bowl. Add in peanut butter and almond milk. The mixure will get pretty gooey. In a small bowl mix together Truvia and Coco Powder. Using a tablespoon scoop out protein mix and roll, by hand, into ball. Drop into coco powder mixture and cover ball. Place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper and put in fridge. These little treats will be ready for you when ever you'd like : )

Nutritional info.... serving size is 3 truffles and this recipe makes 14 servings.
Per Serving: 148 calories,12 grams of carbs, 5 grams of fat,17 grams of protein