Think Pink.

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, so here's an idea: serve breakfast in bed to your special someone, and make it pink!

We call these "Pink Power Pancakes" at our house, because they're choc full of vitamins and protein.
You can use your favorite store-bought pancake mix (I like Krusteaze brand honey whole wheat), or your own pancake recipe for the dry mix ingredients.
3/4 cup water, or skim milk
1/2 ricotta or low-fat cottage cheese
1/2 can beets, or 1/4 cup beet puree
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup pancake mix
1/4 cup grated apple or unsweetened applesauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
In a blender or food processor, combine water, ricotta/cottage cheese, beets or beet puree, apple, vanilla and cinnamon; blend until smooth. Pour into large bowl, add dry mix and stir until combined. Spray a griddle with cooking spray, and set to med/high heat (about 300 deg.) Once the griddle is hot, put vegetable oil on and spread. Spoon the batter on, using about 1/4 for each pancake. Cook until bubbles start to form in batter, then flip and cook for about another minute. To make them extra special, use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the center, serve both parts with syrup, fresh berries, or powdered sugar, and of course, a big glass of milk!