Welcome to heart tips Tuesday - pumpkin pancake recipe and products

Howdy Sweet Friends,

Know I am a bit late posting today, but we

were up and out somewhat early today,

had to get blood drawn to finish my physical

from months back,  it had been on the back

burner for a number of reasons.  Then we

ran to Sam's, Target and Walmart,  and

to the mall to do our walking as well.

So we were pooped when we got back,

mainly because all we had to eat or

rather drink,  all day,  was a smoothie.

So we hit the food when we got home

to say the least!!  lol

Some of you had asked me about the 

pumpkin pancake  recipe.

Well............

I had seen this  pumpkin waffle recipe

on another blog and thought it sounded 

delish,  and I was planning to try it but

was  thinking about maybe  making

 pancakes rather than waffles.

For recipe click here to go over

to the Fashionable Foodies blog.

She is the 20 yr. old daughter of a 

friend, her name is Ella,  her mom's

name is Patti and you might know

her as well,  she is from over at

Fill my cup with beauty.

click here

Then we happened to go in Publix Super

Market and they had the buy one get one

free thing going on,  and we happened

to see this.

So we bought the heart healthy pancake mix

then Iooked up the waffle recipe and 

decided to build my own recipe so to speak.

and to the best of my recollection here

it is................

Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe

3 cups of the pancake mix

.

2 1/4 cups of  cold water

.

1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin

.

3 tsps. pumpkin pie spice

.

1/4 cup of brown sugar

.

1 tsp. vanilla flavoring

.

few shakes of  cinnamon

1 cup of coarsely chopped nuts

(I used 1/2 cup each of pecans and walnuts)

*************************

Directions

Blend pancake mix and cold water together with a 

wire whip.  Batter will be slightly lumpy.  Add

 pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, brown sugar, vanilla

 flavoring and cinnamon, and mix again with wire whip.

If the mix appears too thick, you may need to add

 some water to make it thinner.  You should

be able to pour it.

Pour slighty less than 1/4 cup of batter per pancake

onto a lightly greased and preheated griddle or skillet.

 Cook pancakes about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 minutes per side

 or until golden brown, turning only once.

* I cook mine till they have lil holes all in them

then I flip them.

Note!!  I did not make mine as sweet as the other

 recipe called for since we eat ours with syrup,

  so if you want them sweeter you need to add at 

least another 1/4 cup of brown sugar.

*I use Log Cabin Lite Syrup,  and hubby has

been using the Agave Nectar as Syrup as of late.

It is a bit like real Maple Syrup,  but use caution

when pouring,  you don't need much because

it is much sweeter.

Happy Pancaking or Waffling!! lol

Enjoy!!!

Here is another new product we are delighted

to have found.....we love fig newtons,  but have

always gotten the fat free Fig Newmans,  but

no one carries them anymore,  so we happened

to find these at Target a few months ago,  and

they are pretty good,  and they are much cheaper

as well.  plus since they are fat free no bad oils..

Note to Ladies.............

This last part is not really so much about

heart health,  but might be of interest to you.

If you have a problem with using products

with soy here is some crackers that don't

use soybean oil.

We also recently found these at Target as well.

The cheddar bunnies are very much like the

 Goldfish crackers by Pepperidge Farm, 

 but they have the

 safflower and sunflower oil.

I have noticed in the last months that a lot of 

items that used to only have canola/ or sunflower

 oil, now say canola, sunflower and/or soybean oil. 

 So you sort of don't really know which oil you

 are getting and my bet would be soybean oil.

Now according to the heart association 

soybean oil is heart healthy,  so if you have

 heart problems you should probably

get the goldfish crackers.

I started buying the Annie's crackers for 

myself mainly because anything with soybeans,

 oil, flour whatever will produce estrogen in a

 womans body, and if you have any issues of

 why you don't need more estrogen,  then

make sure you are reading those food

labels.

Well, Sweet Friends,

Have a Sweet Fall  Evening

Warm Cozy Hugs,

Nellie