Protein Pancakes
I’ve been prioritizing meal prepping for our family lately and focusing on breakfasts and snacks. I’ve loved making a sheetpan of Kodiak pancakes for my kids (idea from Naptime Kitchen), but in an effort to cut out gluten from one of their diets, I needed an alternative. From the archive of my memory, I remembered a recipe from an IG account (maybe Feeding Littles? maybe Mama Knows Nutrition?). And I have since tweaked it and found it is a great gluten free option that I’ve also beefed up with some protein.
You’ll notice below that I have a range for most of the ingredients’ quantities. It’s a very loose recipe, so feel free to play with and tweak it yourself! And if you do give it a try, please let me know! I’d love to hear!
Who’s got a good name for these for me?? :)
Protein Pancakes
Ingredients:
6-8 eggs (I usually do 6)
3-4 bananas (I usually do 3 large or 4 medium)
1-2 cups oats (depending on desired consistency)
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
1 t vanilla
1-2 t cinnamon
Optional:
1 scoop protein powder
2 T chia seeds
1/2 cup chocolate chips or butterscotch chips
Preheat oven to 400*
In a blender, blend the eggs and bananas together first. Then add in the cottage cheese, flax seed, and oats, and any other optional ingredients, and blend til well-combined.
I find I need to use my tamper to get the oats down in there and blended well. If you don’t have a super strong blender, maybe do the recipe in two halves.
Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper. Pour your blended mix on the sheet pan and use the back of a spatula to spread evenly. If desired, top with some chocolate chips or butterscotch chips!
My kiddos love to top with a mix of butterscotch and chocolate chips and they skip the syrup!
Bake for 10-12 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let them cool and then cut up into 12 pieces. Store in fridge for 3-5 days or store in the freezer (I use parchment paper in between the layers and store in a ziploc bag).
(If freezing, I simply reheat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.)
My kiddos eat these straight up. I like to enjoy with a spread of PB and smashed raspberries on top and maybe some pumpkin seeds sprinkled on!
Let me know if you give them a try or any tweaks you make to them as well!!
