On Today's Plate: Oatmeal Pancakes

I woke up craving some pancakes. So....I made some :P

I eyeballed some of the ingredients, realizing later that it was a mistake...haha, but, they still came out tasting delicious!!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of oatmeal (I used rolled oats) <-- eyeballed
1 egg (or 2 egg whites)
1/2 to 1 cup of milk (I used skim milk)
1 capful of vanilla extract
cinnamon (its up to you how much you want to use. I used 1 1/2 teaspoons)
fruits (also up to you. I used an apple, but these would go great with berries)

Directions:
1. Since I didn't use any flour, I decided to grind the oats (in my Magic Bullet). Thus, the oats became my "flour". So yeah...step 1, grind the rolled oats.
2. Add the egg and beat with a fork.
3. Pour the milk 1/4 cup at the time, or until you reach your desired consistency. I used a little bit over 3/4 cups (but not the whole cup).
4. Pour the vanilla extract. You could use sugar, Sugar on Raw, brown sugar, or one of those new fancy substitutes (Spenda, Truvia, Stevia). But, since I didn't use any sugar, I wouldn't know how much to actually add. haha!
5. Add the cinnamon.
6. Mix all of your ingredients.
7. Turn on your stove top (medium heat), spray some vegetable non-stick spray on your skillet, and make like normal pancakes.
8. Once they're done, it's time to garnish! I just added some apple wedges, and violá! You can garnish it any way you like. Pour honey or pancake syrup over them, powdered sugar, more fruits. I was going to add cranberries to the actual mix, but I had apparently ran out....damn.

Some variations include adding baking powder, vegetable oil, buttermilk (I guess to replace the milk?), pumpkin puree, etc.

These are a great healthy alternative! And, honestly, the difference is not that noticible. These are approximately 227 calories, 3g of fat, 32g of carbs, 17g of protein, and make 3 pancakes.