Peanut butter & Chia Jelly sandwich

Peanut butter & Chia Jelly sandwich

OK OK, I can't take credit for this idea, my FREAKING AWESOME sister Kelsey turned me onto making peanut butter and Jelly sandwich's with pancakes instead of bread a long time ago, (she makes a huge batch of pancakes each week, and her kids use them like bread for their sandwich's!!!! Great idea and WAYYYYY HEALTHY!!!)   

THEN... Just this morning, I was mentioning to her that I was obsessed with Chia seeds lately and wanted to try Chia Seed Jelly, of course, she had already tried it, said it was AMAZING and gave me her favorite recipe!

So, at the RISK of having nothing to put in my next cookbook, (I get too excited and have to share all these recipes with you guys instead of publishing them in my books!)   I BRING YOU.... DUN DUN DUN

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHIA JELLY SANDWICHES WITH PANCAKE BREAD!

**** bonus, your kids and Significant other will love these!*****

Make the jam 1st so it has time to set up.

Strawberry Chia Jam

Instructions:

1) Put 1.5 cups of frozen or fresh strawberries in the microwave for 2 minutes.

2) Remove strawberries & add them to a blender (I used a magic bullet)

CAUTION: THEY WILL BE HOT

3) Pour the blended strawberries back into the bowl

4) Add 1/4 cup chia seeds.

Let cool for a few hours or over night!

Then, make your pancake "bread"   Make lots, you'll want to eat this all week! :)

Dry ingredients:

• 1 cup oat flour (just blend 1 cup of dry oatmeal in your blender until it becomes the consistency of flour)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp stevia
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 8 egg whites
• 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese (I omitted this and doubled the yogurt instead!)
• 1 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt 

Directions:

1. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl
2. Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just moistened
4. Heat a non stick pan or griddle (on medium high) and make your pancakes as big or small as your heart desires!  I like them when they’re a nice golden brown 

1/3 Cup of batter  is only  77 calories, 10 carbs and 8 grams of protein.  

Then assemble your PBCJ!

Spread freshly ground peanut butter on 1 pancake (not the store bought Jiffy stuff, WAYYYY TO MUCH SUGAR!)  

Or if you're really counting calories, leave the peanut butter off all together

Then add your jam

SLAM the pancakes together, and you're good to go!