Monday, February 24, 2014

Super Simple Protein Pancakes....




There are lots of protein pancake recipes out there.... But this has got to be one of my favorites.  It can be tweaked to include your favorite ingredients as well.  

I like to eat pancakes but I don't want all the carbs - here's a way to avoid all the starchiness (depending on what you use, there will still be some carbs, but no starchiness from flour). 

Version 1 - Banana Chocolate
 1 scoop chocolate protein
1/3 small banana
1/3 cup egg whites

Version 2 - Pumpkin Spice
1 scoop vanilla protein
1/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/3 cup egg whites
dash pumpkin pie spice
dash sweetener of choice

Version 3 - Apple Pumpkin
1 scoop vanilla protein
1/8 cup canned pumpkin
1/8 cup unsweetened applesauce
dash sweetener of choice
dash pumpkin pie spice

Version 4 - Pumpkin Blueberry
1 scoop vanilla protein 
1/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup blueberries
sweetener of choice

Version 5 - Chocolate 
1.5 scoops chocolate protein
heaping tbsp plain greek yogurt
dash salt
dash cinnamon
dash sweetener of choice
4 tbsp liquid egg whites
dash baking powder (I use reduced sodium baking powder) 

Version 6 - Strawberry Vanilla
1 scoop Vanilla protein
2tbsp plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup strawberries
dash sweetener of choice
dash baking powder
4 tbsp liquid egg whites
dash salt 

**The choices are endless - don't be afraid to experiment**

Combine all ingredients (I combine everything in my Ninja Blender to make batter - some of them will be relatively runny) - cook as normal pancakes!!  I like to use a small batter scoop and make smaller pancakes, all recipes are ONE serving so eat up!!  

Top with fruit (blueberries, banana, strawberries, etc), agave, sugar free honey/syrup, Cinnamon, etc.    

Enjoy!