amazing, fantastic 24 cal potato pancakes

no folks, i'm not kidding.  they're really good and 24 cal each.  i had three for dinner with some cauliflower (a recipe i got from another post on this site) and a salad, and i damn near lost my mind at how full i was and how many calories i didn't eat.  so, give it a try.

potato-carrot pancakes:

1 large potato, grated
1 carrot, grated
1 tbsp flour
1 egg, slightly beaten
salt
pepper


combine all ingredients, spray a pan or griddle with no-stick spray and cook them in 1/4 cup portions like pancakes.  in my opinion, they definitely needed more seasoning, so i added onion and garlic to the mix.  but experiment, it's fantastic.  i bet they'd be wonderful with some no-fat sour cream too.  mmmmmm.   i'm gonna try that next time.  i doubled the recipe and it fed 3 of us with a few pancakes left for my lunch today.

here's the low down per pancake (using 1/4 cup mix per pancake):
24 cal, .8g protein, .2g fat, 5g carbs, 11mg cholesterol, 42mg sodium, .2g fiber.

Ooh, I miss latkes... we always used an onion instead of a carrot, though.  I forgot those were probably low-cal before we put all the sour cream on em!

YUUMM...

When I grew up my dad used to make us Fried Potatoe Sandwiches.

Take 1 potatoe and slice into rounds, kinda thin.  Brown in a frying pan, salt.  Put in buttered bread and ketchup.  Awesome.  I usually only make these now when I am drinking.  It's kinda a party thing.  I know weird but all my friends now love them too.

thanks for this recipe ive been looking for something like this

Hey saroful - latkes?  The whole point is the greasy deep frying, isn't it??  This sounds good - maybe I'll give it a shot. 

I made these the other day, but used an onion instead of the carrot, and a little garlic powder.  They were really good, I ate one with a dollop of nonfat sour cream, and the another one with some applesauce.  YUMMY!

I bet these would be yummy with salsa... Thanks for a good lunch idea.

They sell frozen vegetable pancakes at the grocery store (sorry can't remember the brand) However they have zuchini in them too. I figured I'd mention it because they are yummy with zuchini. If you want to save on the carbs instead of using a potatoe try grating a white turnip or you can also grate cauliflower too. It's fun trying to think of alternative ingredients for our old favorites.

Hey I made these last summer with Zucchini and onion .I never thought of them being low - cal. They were yummy and helped use up alot of zucchini from my garden. Thanks for the info.