Sunday Pancakes

I have the morning to myself so...it's definitely Rusted Root radio time.  Do you ever just find a station on Pandora and play it right out?  This station is all want to listen to...all. The. Time.

So, there's that.

And there's pancakes because it's SUNDAY!  It's been a long time since I've made myself pancakes.  There's just something about a Sunday morning where I feel like I can slow down and make myself (and my husband, if he's home) a more "elaborate" breakfast that I wouldn't normally take the time during the weekdays to make.

Which is just dumb.  Because this protein pancake recipe I'm going to share is super easy and fast - there's NO reason why anyone couldn't be doing this during the week.

(The batter can even be made in advance and used throughout the week.)

Here is what you need:

 4 ingredients!  (Note:  This recipe serves ONE)

•  3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese (I use fat-free)
• 1/2 rolled oats/steel cut oats (your choice)
• 1 tsp protein powder of your choice (and this is optional)

 Okay, cool.  So what now?

If you mess up and get some egg yolk in there like I did, no worries!  It's still going to be delicious. 

Put it in your food processor and blend, blend, blend until it resembles a batter. 

While this is going on, I put my frying pan on my stove on medium heat with about a tbsp. unrefined coconut oil.  When the oil is heated through, I put some of the batter on and flip once one side is very bubbly.

Now, before you put the batter in the pan, you can choose from one big pancake or a few mini ones.  I chose 2 small pancakes just because I thought it'd look better in a photo.  :) 

And it did. 

These are super filling and awesome.  The smidgen of vanilla protein powder I used gives that hint of vanilla and the real maple syrup is just a nice treat.  Don't be stingy here - when you want pancakes, use REAL syrup, not the Aunt Jemima nonsense.  Plus, by using real syrup you may find you use less because it has so much more flavor; a little goes a long way!

This recipe can be customized in so many ways, too - you can add fresh fruit, you can add chocolate chips.  You can add them into the batter on the stove or you can blend them in with the batter.  Feel free to make it yours!

So, for the rest of this Sunday I am going to meal prep, craft, listen to Pandora, watch Netflix and simply ignore my phone.  Everyone needs to disconnect now and then from the internet and the outside world.  Everyone should take a break from the noise.