Listen to the recommendations of nutritionist Olga Shestakova, eat pancakes with vegetables and other dietary fillings.
Doctor Shestakova told in an interview how make pancakes healthier. Speaking with Moscow 24, she noted that the use of whole grain flour helps to reduce the calorie content of Shrovetide pancakes. In addition, wheat flour, which goes to pancake dough, can be partially replaced with oatmeal, chickpeas or another that contains more fiber.
“You can make colored pancakes by adding spinach, beets, and carrots, ground to a puree state, into the dough,” the nutritionist added. Milk, in turn, Shestakova advised to replace it with mineral water.
How can pancakes with sour cream harm?
Continuing, the doctor drew attention to the fact that fillings and additives are often “to blame” for the high calorie content of pancakes. Pancakes are eaten with butter, sour cream, honey, condensed milk, and other sweet or fatty sauces. Their filling is also often high-calorie, fatty or sweet foods – minced meat and ham, cheese, sugar. To make pancakes healthier, you should prepare the filling for them from vegetables, cottage cheese, lean sources of protein.
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“You can use cottage cheese, natural yogurt without additives, jams without sugar, low-fat fish and greens that can be wrapped in pancakes, for example, with the same cottage cheese,” the specialist shared.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote about fatty foods that are good for health.
Important! Information provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. Seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.
Olga Shestakova healthy lifestyle nutritionist, gastroenterologist