Protein Pancakes

Breakfast is probably one of my most favorite meals of the day. In my eyes, it sets the day off for you and can really determine the rest of your eating habits for that particular day. One of my favorite foods in the world are pancakes. Most pancakes are loaded up with crappy carbs that are no good for you and can really pack on the calories that are unnecessary. Thankfully, protein pancakes are in this lovely world of ours and have been perfected by many people in the fitness world. I have made protein pancakes many times and have succeeded on most and failed on some. With that being said, I feel I have a good recipe for a delicious protein pancake that is not dry and rubbery and will satisfy your pancake taste buds. This is just one of my pancake recipes. The following is a basic pancake recipe using a standard whey vanilla flavored protein. A chocolate pancake recipe will follow very soon! 

Vanilla Protein Pancakes: Yields about 4-5 pancakes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dry oats
1 scoop protein powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 egg whites
Splash of milk (I use almond milk)
50 grams of banana (about 1/2 average size banana)

Directions:

Start with two bowls, one for the dry ingredients and one for the wet. Mix up the wet ingredients first starting with the banana. Take the banana and mash it up to make a paste out of it so its not chunky. Then add in your milk, egg, egg whites and vanilla extract. In the dry bowl, add in your protein powder, oatmeal, baking powder and ground cinnamon. Mix up the dry ingredients so they all blend up together and then add in your wet. Stir this all together and you should have a pancake like batter. Heat up a frying pan and spray with a non stick cooking spray. Pour batter into desired size on pan and cook for about 30 seconds and the flip and cook for another 20 seconds or so. One thing to remember when cooking with Whey protein is that it cooks fast and if overdone, it will turn out rubbery and taste like you are eating cardboard.

**One option if you want a smoother batter and not want the oatmeal texture is to grind up the oatmeal first in a magic bullet type of device or even a blender to make a powder out of it

Macro-nutrients for the above recipe using Cellucor Cor Performance Whey Whipped Vanilla


Calories: 440
Carbohydrates: 43 grams
Protein: 47 grams
Fat: 10 grams