I’ve been meaning to try protein pancakes for the longest time now.
I mean, c’mon…pancakes that are GOOD for you?? Yes, please!
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal. If I had unlimited time and money and the concept of carbs meant nothing to me, I think I would eat breakfast out at some diner every single morning of my life.
And I’d get pancakes for sure.
Problem is I don’t have unlimited time or money. But, possibly even more true: carbs.
That’s what makes these high protein pancakes so perfect! Not only are they a delicious (and easy!) way to get my breakfast fix any time of the day or week, they’re also super healthy.
Don’t mind me — I’ll just be eating my protes THIS way from now on.
So, if you’re looking for a healthy way to enjoy your breakfast cravings AND to stay true to your macros, give these delicious Lemon Blueberry High Protein Pancakes a try and you’ll be one happy, fit camper.
While you’re at it, I recommend topping these pancakes with this quick lemon yogurt sauce – it’s the perfect healthy combination!
Lemon Blueberry High Protein Pancakes
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- 3 egg whites
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder I recommend Dymatize Gourmet Vanilla
- 2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp lemon zest
- 1/4 cup water
- 2/3 cup fresh blueberries plus more for topping
- coconut oil for greasing pan
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp lemon zest
- Combine the oats, egg whites, cottage cheese, vanilla powder, 2 tsp. lemon juice, 1/4 tsp. lemon zest, and water in a blender.
- Blend until the mixture is pureed. You may need to scrape some of the protein powder from the sides of the blender, as it tends to stick.
- Once pureed, pour the mixture into a mixing bowl and fold in the blueberries.
- Once the oil is hot, pour 1/3 cup of the pancake mixture into the center of the pan. Allow to cook for 2-4 minutes, or until the edges start to harden and a spatula can easily slide underneath the pancake.
- Flip over and cook an additional 2-4 minutes, or until the batter is cooked through.
- Repeat with remaining pancakes.
- To make the optional yogurt topping, combine the yogurt, honey, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a small mixing bowl.
- To serve, drizzle the yogurt sauce over the pancakes along with a few fresh blueberries and optional lemon zest for garnish.
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Great recipe, I made some adaptations: as I only had frozen blueberries I mixed them in the blender and also added sweet potato puree. Replaced lemon for orange and added a bit of cinnamon. It’s not the same pancake but turned out yummy still.
I just made these with Greek Yogurt instead of the cottage cheese. They were good but after the first one, I did add 1/4 cup almond flour to make them a little more like a pancake instead of a thick crepe. I also added 1/2 a packet of Stevia.
Is the serving size of 127 cal. per individual pancake or is it for the full 6 pancakes the recipe makes?
This seems like a good recipe! However, we cannpt eat dairy. Do you have a recommendation to substitute for the 1/2 c cottage cheese?
These sounded so good, however, I could not get them to cook enough to flip without them falling apart! I preheated the griddle at the recommended temperature and greased with coconut oil but did not help.
I did make one change as I did not have protein powder. I substituted ground flax for the protein powder. Could this have been what kept them from staying together.
I just made these – delicious! I substituted greek yogurt for the cottage cheese. Thanks for the great recipe!
any subs for the cottage cheese? yogurt mayb?
if not able to use cottage cheese. what would replace that? thANKS- i LOVE YOUR RECIPES
You can try making it without any cottage cheese – I’d bet it would turn out okay 🙂
Looks yummy!! I am very eager to try these delicious pancakes.
Yay! Enjoy!!
Your Lemon Blueberry High Protein Pancakes recipe looks YUMMY! I like that it has so much protein.
You and me both, Angie 😉 LOVE me some protein! …and, yes, pancakes as well!
YUM! I love using oats in baking!
Yes, me too! 🙂