Pancakes? Nah!

Ever had one of those days where all you can think of is maple syrup?  Yes?  Well you're not alone.  My hunny LOVES his pancakes and his maple syrop but since he's joined the bandwagon of healthy eating (he's now down 20lbs and I'm so proud of him!), I made him something delicious and healthy this morning.  I wasn't in the mood to make him the usual sweet potatoes and eggs and knew how much he misses his old foods so thought to surprise him with a sweet meal (pun intended!)  I made him maple glazed carrots with eggs.  It satisfied his sweet tooth and craving for pancakes, without feeling guilty.  I modified this recipe that I found online: www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/maple-glazed-carrots-00000000007482/


I omitted and modified it a lot as it was just for one portion and I also prefer not to cook with butter.  This was just as delicious (I had to taste it as it smelled so awesome!) as what the original recipe called for.

Here's what I used:

Ingredients

• 1 medium carrot
• 2 tbsp of sugar free maple syrop
• a pinch of sea salt
• 1/4 cup of water
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. Slice up your carrot.  I used my handy Pampered Chef slicer (now stained with sweet potatoes and carrots, but that's fine!). Mine was set to the 1st setting so that my carrot slices would be very thin and easy to cook.

2. In your pan, combine the ingredients above and put a lid on it so that the steam cooks your carrot quicker.  For those of you who are new to the sugar free stuff or sugar reduced stuff, here's the maple syrop I used: (found in any grocery store)

Let it cook for a few minutes.  (all depends on how you like your carrots - al dente or well cooked.) It's that easy!

I served my hunny these with 2 eggs and he loved it!

only 275 calories (that's including the 2 eggs!).  A sweet and yummy way to start the day (especially for the sweet tooth in the family!)  Will definitely make this one again.