Dieting or not?

I received for Christmas a cookbook called "Eat Well, Lose Weight" by Better Homes and Gardens. No somebody wasn't trying to tell me something, I had actually asked for it. Sometime in the first week of December my husband's doctor said his cholesterol was out of whack! (way out of whack) and that he needed to take medicine and diet and exercise to lower. Something about the fact that he had over a 100% chance of having a heart attack got to him and he has been doing so very wonderful on his Glycemic Index diet (some kind of diet that helps control the fatty acids that lead to cholesterol and it helps lower your cholesterol as well). So I've been half-heartedly doing this myself, knowing self control around the holidays doesn't go over well with me and also because I'm going to see a friend who cooks way good food (all my friends do, hasn't rubbed off on me just yet, but they are working on it) and I'm sure to gain weight back. Although I'm not necessarily losing any weight, I am eating healthier. Salads here and there, fish about once a week, and such. Now back to my cookbook. Early last week I made Apple Griddle Cakes (apple pancakes) and I thought (Mike did too) that they were yummy! My kids all turned up their noses. However yummy they were I decided to twist the recipe just a bit, trying to get my kids to like it and added strawberries instead of apples, applesauce instead of oil, and a teaspoon of vanilla. I had them this morning. My oldest Daughter liked them, my son said with LOTS of syrup he would like them (defeats he purpose of them being healthy) and my youngest well she turned her nose up once again. I thought they were extra yummy and I had two! (200 cal/ 4 g of fiber ea! and without oil and only egg whites no cholesterol). So I thought I would post my picks here of my beautiful strawberry griddle cakes and the recipe is below, happy eating!

1 cooking apple (jonathan or granny smith) (or any kind of fruit) (about 1 cup finely chopped)

3/4 cup whole wheat flour (I use also about 1/4 regular flour added to it)

1 tablespoon sugar (I used splenda)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp salt

3/4 cup fat free milk

1 egg white

2 tablespoons canola oil (I substituted unsweetened apple sauce)

nonstick cooking spray

In a small bowl combine your dry ingredients, stir. In another bowl combine your wet ingredients, whisk, combine both and stir until smooth. Add fruit. Cook just like a pancake. Add whatever topping you want (I added applesauce on top when I had the apples and no sugar added Strawberry jelly on the strawberry ones).

Yummy!