You’ve heard of pro­tein pan­cakes, and you’ve prob­a­bly made a few ver­sions that call for pro­tein pow­ders (I’m sorry for those of you who have)…but today I offer you a gluten-free, REAL-FOODS replace­ment with only FOUR ingre­di­ents, that takes hardly any time at all to make!

It’s true — My pro­tein pan­cakes taste amaz­ing (like actual pan­cakes) AND you can make them in a sin­gle serve blender like the Magic Bullet!

This recipe makes one big serv­ing. It’s per­fect for four reasons:

1. Made from only 4 REAL FOOD (no sup­ple­ment pow­ders) ingredients
2. Excel­lent clean, fill­ing break­fast option with plenty of protein.
3. Excel­lent post-workout meal (I can’t tell you how many times I’ve craved these dur­ring a work­out know­ing I could run home and whip them up and NOT be cheat­ing a clean diet!)
4. If you’re like me and accept that you have an “inner fat-kid” who loves big por­tions and carbs, you’ll love this recipe! It makes one serv­ing, but one serv­ing makes a LOT of pan­cakes! Pile ‘em high, and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 c gluten-free Old Fash­ioned Oats (nor­mally, oats are gluten free, but be sure to check)
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 c 2% (or less) Daisy (or another all nat­ural brand) cot­tage cheese
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (be sure there is no added corn syrup)

INSTRUCTIONS: SEE PHOTO FOR INDIVIDUAL STEPS (SO EASY)! Or see steps in text below…

1. Pre­heat skil­let over medium heat
2. In a sin­gle serv­ing blender (a reg­u­lar blender will work too) add egg whites.
3. Add oats.
4. Add cot­tage cheese
5. Add vanilla extract
6. BLEND & POUR into non-stick (or sprayed with non-stick spray) skil­let into pancakes.
7. Flip when edges start to cook or turn golden (I check them as they cook)
8. Driz­zle the 2 tsp of maple syrup over pan­cakes and ENJOY! :)

And just in case you don’t believe me when I say that ALL those pan­cakes you can make with this recipe can be gob­bled up as one serv­ing, check out the nutri­tion facts:

(Nutri­tion facts cour­tesy of the won­der­ful Livestrong.com ‘My Daily Plate’ application).

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YOUR TURN:  My ques­tion for you: which do you crave more: salt, sweet, sour, or other? Is there a food or a recipe you can’t live with­out? Tell me in the com­ments below! :)