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Happy Pancake Tuesday!
I'd been looking into protein pancakes as a good pre-workout breakfast, and found a variety of recipes. I'm not into heavy pancakes (my dad used to call them "sinkers"), but the banana in these made them pretty light.
They don't require a lot of flour, so you could make them gluten free easily, and I'm sure you could sub in some flax eggs to make them vegan.
I like the lemon and blueberry combo (esp. with the banana), and I used plain protein powder, but feel free to try it with vanilla flavoured. Basically if you take the core ingredients you can sub in the different flavours with different fruits, but this combo is sweet enough naturally that you don't need to add sugar (and only need a little maple syrup)!
Make Your Meal Even Healthier Tip:
You could probably sneak more good stuff into the pancakes, depending on what you like...hemp hearts, more flax, other powders (like TruMarine Collagen powder). And try cooking the blueberries right into the pancake on the skillet (or eat more on the side!).
Click through for recipe!...
Makes approx 6 pancakes (1 serving, can be doubled)
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 ripe banana
- 2 eggs
- 1 scoop protein powder (flavoured or not)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp flour (oat or all purpose)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground flax
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- approx 1 tsp lemon zest
- approx 1 tbsp lemon juice
- blueberries
- maple syrup
INSTRUCTIONS:
Blend all ingredients on low in a blender until just combined - do not over blend! (If no blender available, mash the bananas completely, then combine with rest of ingredients until smooth.)
Heat a skillet on medium, and spray with cooking oil.
Scoop about 1/4 of a cup of the mix into the pan and let spread evenly into a circle (not too thin!).
Add fruit here if desired.
When the bubbles come through and the edges are solid (about 2-3 mins), flip and cook the other side for an additional minute or two.
Stack on a paper towel while making the rest of the pancakes.
Top with blueberries and maple syrup if desired, and serve!
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