Protein Pancakes

Traditional pancakes suck. There it is. They are calorie/carb bombs that do nothing to get you closer to your fitness goals. Not to mention- they're usually boring. That being said- "healthy" pancake mixes can vary greatly from tasting like chalk to more like dirt.  In my experience, making pancakes out of whole wheat flour is always a bad idea so stay away from it. 

I've made many health pancake recipes and reached high and low for a delicious tasting but healthy option and I've finally found it. The original recipe was posted by Mama Laughlin who I adore. I altered it to make a few different flavors to prevent boredom. 

Basic Recipe

Ingredients:

-1 cup oats 
-1/2 Tsp vanilla
-1 ripe banana

-2 whole eggs (or 4 egg whites)
-dash of Cinnamon
-1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder (you can use any kind of protein powder you have, I use muscle milk, mama laughlin uses Dymatize)
-a splash of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Take 1 cup of oats, scoop of protein powder, and cinnamon and put them in the food processor until it forms a fine powder. 

In a separate bowl mash the banana and add in eggs and vanilla. 

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix. Add in almond milk until it is makes a pancake batter mixture that you prefer. Looks like so..

Cook it up as usual..this part is mind-blowing I know..

So that's the basic recipe- and YUM YUM it is…

Here are the variations I did. 

Vanilla Parfait Pancakes

   Sub chocolate protein powder for vanilla, add a dash of nutmeg to the cinnamon. Mix in blueberries, strawberries, and/or raspberries. 

Choc PB Pancakes

   Add in a Tbsp of natural PB

Pumpkin Pie Pancakes

   Sub vanilla powder for chocolate. Use only half of the banana called for in the original recipe. Add in a 1/4 c pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice ( if you don't have it on hand add cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove)

Time Saver- Make multiple batches of the dry ingredients and ziplock bag them individually -BAM you have pre-made pancake mix. AND DONE..Enjoy!