Diet pancakes. Caloric content of pancakes.

Pancakes are one of the most famous and delicious dishes of Russian cuisine. It's hard to find someone who does not like pancakes! However, the calorie content of pancakes makes many people who are overweight, refuse to use them. What to do if you love pancakes very much, but do not want to gain weight? Some recommendations will help you. We recommend diet pancakes, calories in which are much lower due to a special cooking technique and not quite the usual composition.

As you know, excess weight is gained from high caloric intake. Therefore, our goal is to reduce the caloric content of pancakes as much as possible so that they do not lose in their taste. To prepare classic Russian pancakes, we need:

• One liter of milk,
• A third of a teaspoon of salt,
• Five pieces of eggs,
• Four glasses of flour,
• Two tablespoons of sugar,
• A little citric acid,
• Half a teaspoon of baking soda,
• Four tablespoons of vegetable (best of all sunflower) oil,
• And a half cup of boiling water.

Caloric content of pancakes on milk with such composition reaches 200 calories per 100 grams of product. It turns out that if you decide to eat 300 grams of such pancakes for lunch, then use 600 calories, which is almost half of the daily calorie rate for an adult! How to change this recipe so that our pancakes will become dietary?

First, you do not need to pour oil on a frying pan, so that the pancakes do not burn, as this adds extra caloric value to the finished product. It is sufficient to warm the frying pan and lightly lubricate its bottom with a slice of fat before preparing the first pancake - you can not repeat the procedure later. Thus, in the recipe there are 3 tablespoons of oil.

Secondly, to prepare pancakes you do not need an egg entirely. The egg yolk contains a lot of fat and cholesterol, which in fried form loses all useful properties. Moreover, pancakes without yolks turn out to be more light, airy and pleasant to the taste! Therefore, take not five eggs, but five egg whites.

Thirdly, milk for pancakes can be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1 or simply take skim milk. Thus, you need half the milk, that is, only half a liter. And, if you take not ordinary, and mineral water, the pancakes will turn out even more magnificent than if you cooked them on fatty milk.

Fourth, take the corn flour instead of the wheat flour in order to make pancakes. The caloric content of the test will be much reduced.

As a result of such simple manipulations, you reduce the caloric content of pancakes to 150 calories, which already allows you to worry less about the fact that you gain weight!

In addition to all, such pancakes can be made more and more useful. After all, you are more eager not to lose weight, but to maintain a healthy lifestyle. How to do it? Yes, with the help of a filling! The variety of fillings for pancakes is very large. If you want to keep a slender figure and good health, it is better to abandon the seductive thought of pancakes with jam, condensed milk, chocolate and honey - all these supplements are too high-calorie and do not have particular benefits for the body. It will be better if you choose one of the following fillings: fruit or vegetables (lots of vitamins and few calories), mushrooms or fish (useful because of the micronutrients contained in them), cottage cheese (an invaluable source of protein). Caloric content of pancakes with a filling in any case will increase, but, thus, you consume useful substances for your body.

That's all the recommendations that you can give amateurs to enjoy pancakes, which wish to preserve the figure and health. However, do not forget that you should not get involved with pancakes anyway - an excessive amount of any fried foods, even if cooked in the most healthy way, does not lead to beneficial effects for your body!