Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Flour Free Cinnamon Crepes with Berry "Syrup"

This is a yummy breakfast for egg-eating folks!


Ingredients:
These amounts will make one serving, with some leftover berry syrup.

Crepes
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Filling:
1/2 cup cottage cheese
2 tsp. cinnamon
sprinkle of stevia

Berry "Syrup":
1 1/2 c. fresh or frozen berries (or peaches work well, too)
1/2 c. water
5 drops liquid stevia
1/4 tsp. xantham gum

Directions:
  1. Whisk all the ingredients for the crepes together in a bowl.  Then, pour into a frying pan over med-high heat.  Cover the egg mixture with a lid from another pot so it sits right over it (see below).  Cook until egg cooks through - only several minutes.  (No flipping necessary.)

  1. For the filling, mix cottage cheese with cinnamon and stevia.  You can also use cream cheese or mascarpone. 
  2. For the berry sauce, place berries, water, and stevia in a small pot over fairly high heat.  Cook until begins to bubble and thicken a bit.  Add xantham gum if you'd like to thicken it more.  You can add more water at any time to thin it out if necessary.
  3. Place crepe on a plate, fill with cottage cheese and berry mixture, the fold over and put a bit more berry mixture on top. 
I've made this using uncooked bananas with the cottage cheese filling and topping it with melted almond butter too, which requires less prep for a busy morning. 

The berry "syrup" is good over almond flour pancakes, or mixed with plain Greek yogurt too.

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