For a while I have been looking for breakfast alternatives to cereal. I am a life long cereal lover, but found it wasn't filling me up for long, and when I looked at the ingredients, even on the so called 'healthy' options, they didn't have much nutritional value. Most of them are packed full of sugar, which gives us an instant boost on the morning, but soon wears off leaving us hungry and tired. After a little research I found that one of the best things you can have to start your day is a source of protein, with some carbs thrown in. This will keep you feeling fuller for longer and stop you from craving a quick fix around 10am, and what could be better than starting the day with chocolate pancakes?!
The thought of protein pancakes may put some people off, but I promise you these are so tasty. A lot of protein pancake recipes I found contain egg, as my partner and son have an egg allergy I had to find one without eggs, and preferably without gluten. So I played around with a few recipes and came up with this combination. It uses protein powder as the source of protein, I use chocolate but you can use any flavour. I use normal whey protein, which is available in most supermarkets these days. I like to have a tub in the house as can some in handy for a quick, filling milkshake when pushed for time. I also use rice flour as it is gluten free, but you could use plain flour for this, or replace with other gluten free versions, such as coconut flour.
Ingredients (for 6-8 pancakes):
32g chocolate whey protein
1 large banana
2 tbsp rice flour
21g gluten free porridge oats
120ml soya milk, banana flavour (can be replaced with other milk, such as almond)
Method:
This is so, so simple, I literally measure all the ingredients and put in the blender. If you don't have a blender you can mix it in a bowl until smooth.
In the meantime I heat up a teaspoon of coconut oil (you can use normal oil) in a frying pan. I prefer using coconut oil in cooking as find it really light compared to other oils. You can pick it up in most supermarkets/health food shops and is quite cheap.
Once the pan is sizzling I pour in two batches of pancakes per pan, (keep them smaller rather than making one big one), and cook for 2-3 minutes per side.
The voila! Your pancakes are ready. You can add some fruit to this to get your carbohydrate intake, raspberries or blueberries are especially yummy. Or be a bit naughty and add some maple syrup!
We love these as a weekend treat! Let me know if you attempt to make these, or if you come up with any other flavour combinations!
KB x
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