Healthy Low-carb Cottage Cheese Cherry Crepes - South Beach Diet

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup kamut flour
• 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour or 2 tablespoons whole grain pastry flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup apple juice
• 1/2 cup tsps water
• 1 -2 teaspoon water
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 4 teaspoons transfat-free margarine
• sugar substitute
• 1 cup low fat cottage cheese or 1 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese, at room temperature, excess liquid drained
• 2 cups pitted sweet cherries
• 1/4 cup sugar-free maple syrup
• sugar substitute

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine flours and salt.
• 2 in small bowl, whisk together apple juice, 1/2 c water, egg, and 2 tsp of margarine. whisk into flour mixture until smooth batter.
• 3 melt 1 tsp of remaining margarine in 8" nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. pour 3 tbs of batter into skillet and tilt to coat the bottom with thin layer of batter. (if too thick, add 1-2 tbs water).
• 4 cook the first side for 1 min or until lightly browned. turn and cook the second side for 30-60 seconds. slide crepe onto plate. cover with foil to keep warm. continue making crepes in same fashion, adding the last teaspoon of margarine to pan after making the second crepe.
• 5 place crepe on plate, attractive side down. arrange 1/4 c of cheese and 1/2 c cherries in a line in the center of crepe and fold in quarters. repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 crepes.
• 6 drizzle with syrup.