Give me a short stack of blowout patches with a side of eggs and wreck 'em!

Some days (Mondays), things just don't go as planned.  As hard as I might try to schedule everything down to the minute, the rest of the world just doesn't always get on board.  And I'm left scrambling (oooh, pun not intended but definitely leaving it there) to get dinner on the table.  Tonight was one of those nights.  I just didn't have the time or the brainpower to make what I was planning on, so I threw up my hands and said "That's it!  We're having waffles.  I just don't even care."  There's just something about breakfast for dinner that is comforting.  Poor M.  He was left in a difficult position.  Push the Experiment and the recent Challenge or not get his head bitten off by what had become of me:

He balanced it nicely.  With some humor, he put that little nugget of reason in my head that said "you will regret tomorrow pigging out tonight just because you're stressed."  Damn him and his voice of reason.  People wonder how we're together.  This is why.  I'm the crazy, everything-at-the-last-minute, hates-schedules, overreacting person and he's the calm voice of reason in my life.   Together we make sense.  

I still didn't have time to make the meal I had been planning on, so I had to regroup and figure something else out.  I was still kind of craving waffles, so I looked for a healthy waffle or pancake recipe and I added eggs for 2 reasons:  1) Protein, always protein!! and 2) It'll make me eat fewer pancakes (even though they're healthier, they still have calories)!

So I present:

The meal:  Whole Wheat Pancakes with scrambled eggs

Why is it challenging to M:  Pancakes can be a tricky thing and I know how much I love a stack of homemade buttermilk pancakes.  These are not those pancakes.  These are made with whole wheat flour, VERY little sugar and are thick and very wheat-y tasting.  

ESL:  This was tricky.  At first, I was all, "oh yeah, solid 7 here," despite the fact that these are whole wheat pancakes.   Then I made the batter and it was very whole-wheaty.  Then I made one pancake and tasted it dry and was very concerned and I dropped my ESL down to a 4.  I underestimated the power of pure maple syrup.

ASL:  A 7!  I guess I should have stuck with my original and had a little faith in the recipe.  While he admitted they weren't as good as regular pancakes (seriously, can't fault him for that, it's just plain fact), he thought they were quite good (especially with nice pour of maple syrup).  I was happy with them too.  

These aren't something that I would plan out ahead of time but it's definitely a nice quick recipe to have on hand for when Mondays happen.  And I am satisfied and still on program.  And I can feel good stepping on the scale tomorrow morning, knowing I am not bloated with fat and sugar in my system!  Sometimes it's almost like M knows what he's doing.