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Year Four, Day 314: Cheesy Egg Pancakes



Hi Friends!

So, I made a thing! We are calling them cheesy egg pancakes. It started with me wanting to make chaffles for my breakfast while living temporarily with my son and his family. I am having pretty good success with my ADF fasting eating program. I "fast" on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, allowing myself up to 500 calories. The other days I eat normally. I've managed to lose (and keep off!) 6 pounds.  I need to work on not binging on my eating days.  

I am still hitting the gym nearly every day! Today will be day 39!

When I moved out of my daughter's place recently, I misplaced my chaffle maker. ("Dash mini waffle maker"). I have a suspicion my daughter might have "accidentally" thrown it out. However, I did find my Dash mini griddle.  So I improvised and made cheesy egg pancakes!

So far, I have made them with eggs, cheese, almond flour, and spinach; eggs, cheese, almond flour, green onion, spinach and cilantro; eggs, cheese, almond flour, ham and broccoli; and I did one with leftover rice pudding, eggs, cheese and a dash of almond flour.

They were all a hit in this household! My grandson at 4 ham, cheese, and broccoli yesterday! Note: My grandson LOVES broccoli! Spinach, not so much. So I mince the spinach very finely so he won't spy it and pull it out, saying "Eeeyooo!"

I'm happy to see him eat such healthy food. They are chock full of protein and low carb (er, except for the rice pudding cakes - those were just an experiment!)

I don't have much time to blog today. I am off to the gym and then meeting my son for lunch. Today is my eat whatever day.  I will have cheesy egg spinach pancake on the way out the door and I might even have a cheeseburger for lunch!  

I am feeling pretty dang balanced today.  Happy Tuesday!

Talk to you soon.


Love,


Zita 







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