Low-carb High-protein pancakes experiment

gloriaeffe

If you promise you won't think I'm a weirdo for eating pancakes at 5.30pm as my afternoon snack I will share this new recipe I've just created... (I'm studying really hard Anatomy so I really needed a pick-me-up snack, okay?!).

Every recipe I've found for "protein pancakes" always called for oats, but I've decided to omit them and see what may have happened... and awesomeness happened, that's what!

It is an experiment but I'm very happy with the results (devoured too quickly to take a picture, sorry) so I thought it would be nice to share

Ingredients for 2 pancakes - serve 1 person:

- 1 egg white
- 100g cottage cheese (I think it's about 1/2 cup)
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (I used Designer Whey which is all naturally sweetened - and comes at 28g per scoop)
- a dash of cinnamon
- a tiny tiny tiiiiny amount of baking powder
- a couple of tablespoons of milk (I used unsweetened Almond Milk) - quantity depends on your protein powder I think
- 1 spray of coconut oil to grease the pan

Method:

- whisk egg white for a bit until it's a bit foamy
- add cottage cheese, protein powder, cinnamon, and baking powder
- start adding a small amount of milk of choice (start with 1 or 2 tablespoons)
- stir everything and see if the consistency is too thick then just add more milk - it needs to be a pancake-like consistency
- heat a frying pan on medium and spray with coconut oil or anything you normally use
- pour half of the batter in
- timing really depends on your pan and on the batter - just watch it tightly and when it's firm flip it and let it cook on the other side for a minute or two (just check it with a spatula to make sure it's cooked)
- remove the first pancake onto a plate and repeat same process with the remain half of the batter

I have topped mine with a small diced nectarine and a couple of tablespoons of Chobani greek yoghurt.

Nutritional Information (without the nectarine and yoghurt):

- 226 calories
- 10 carbs
- 6 fats
- 32 proteins
- 7 sugars
- 567 sodium

I can't wait to try them with chocolate protein powder and maybe with either berries or strawberries on top.