Weight Watchers: Wholemeal Banana and Orange Pancakes

Serves : 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes + 20 minutes standing time
Cooking time: 15 minutes

150 Calories/serving

* 500ml skim milk
* 1 large banana
* 150g wholemeal flour
* 1 teaspoon finley grated orange-zest
* 2 eggs, separated
* light olive oil or macadamia oil, to grease
* 50 ml orange juice

1. Place the milk, banana, flour, orange zest and egg youlks into a blender and process until smooth. Leave to stand for 20 minutes.
2. When ready to cook the pancake, beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold gently into pancake batter using a metalspoon.
3. Heat a heavy-besed frying pan over medium heat and lightly grease with oil. Pour about one six of the batter into pan, swirl to spread in over the base of the pan, and cook untilbubbles appear on the sourface and the underside is lightly browened. Turn the pancake over and cook the other side until browen. Stack the cooked pancakes on a plate and keep warm while cooking the remainder.
4. Serve the pancake sprinkled with orange juice.

Weight Watchers: Pancakes With Berries

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

215 Calories, 11g protein, 4.5g fat, 32g carbohydrate, 6g dietary fibre, 75mg sodium.
A very good source of vitamins B1, B2, B3, and C, magnesium, calcium and iron.

* 375ml buttermilk
* 2 eggs
* 125g plain flour
* 2 tablespoon wheatgerm
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 teaspooon finley grated lemon zest
* light olive oil or macadamia oil, to grease
* 300 g mixes fresh rerries or thaward frozen berries

1. Put the buttermilk, eggs, flour, wheatgerm, lemon zest and lemon juice iinto a blender and process until smooth. Leave to stand for 15 minutes, or refreigerate the batter overnight.

2. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat and lightly grease with oil. Pour about one-eighth of the mixture into the pan, swirl to spead the mixture over the base of the pan, and cook until bubbles apear on the surface and the undeside in lightly browned. Turn the pancake over and cook the other side until browen. Stack the pancakes on a plate and keep warm whilw cooking the remainder.

3. Serve the pancakes topped with berries.


Tips:
The pancakes are made with buttermilk, wich makes the pancakes deliciosly fluffy.