Breakfast Adventures
I love, love, love my sandwich maker. Various folks have come up with ways to use it for alternate preparations of Medifast products, such as this grilled cheese sandwich out of the Medifast cream of tomato soup. I have a Cuisinart sandwich maker. You can get one at Bed, Bath and Beyond for about $20 and if you sign up for their email list, they will give you a coupon for 20% off.
At first I was disappointed with the Medifast pancakes, because they were so thin and difficult to flip. I found a recipe for making a muffin out of the pancake mix by adding a little baking powder and then microwaving. This was convenient to prepare and gave the pancake more volume, but it lacked texture. So I decided to try making the pancakes in the sandwich maker. Fabulous!
Here's how to do it
Add 1/8 tsp of baking powder (1/4 condiment) to the pancake mix
Mix it well to combine the baking powder and get all the lumps out of the pancake mix. Once you add the water, you want to stir the pancake batter as little as possible.
Add water as directed on the package and mix until just combined. The pancake batter will be bubbly. You can do this while waiting for the sandwich maker to preheat.
Pour into one side of the preheated sandwich maker.
Close the sandwich maker and bake pancakes for about 3 minutes. Check the pancakes for doneness after a couple of minutes. Don't rely on the sandwich maker's indicator light. On my sandwich maker, it turns green well before the pancakes are done.
Keep in mind that the pancakes will get browned more on the bottom than the top. Remove from the sandwich maker when they are cooked through. Use a silicon spatula so you don't scratch the non-stick finish.
I found that spreading a thin layer of cream cheese on the pancakes takes away the soy aftertaste. I used about 1 tsp (1/3 condiment). Here they are, with a drizzle of Walden Farms syrup.
Here they are, fluffy pancakes with nice, crispy edges, ready to enjoy!
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