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Red Velvet Protein Pancakes

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Erin

Published:

July 20, 2014

Updated:

April 3, 2017

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Hey everybody, happy Sunday! I was so excited about making something delicious for breakfast today after my quick and easy pre-work breakfasts this past week.  Since I work normal hours all week now, I don’t get as many chances to play in the kitchen in the morning as I did in Miami 🙁 But I think the tradeoffs of not working nights/weekends/holidays make it worth having fewer pancakes in my life.

The star ingredient in these pancakes is…PROTEIN! Duh. Why wouldn’t it be? This protein is the crazy creation of Cellucor, my heroes (not really heroes, but maybe just a little bit).  So the particular one I used in this was their Red Velvet flavor which I have yet to try in a protein shake.  But it does make a mean pancake!  And this recipe has a whopping 51 grams of protein – plenty to keep you full and feed your muscles.

The pancakes themselves are very moist, but not to the point of being dense.  I think if I had used unsweetened applesauce in the place of the Greek yogurt, they would have been a bit lighter.  Give it a try and tell me how it goes 🙂  The red velvet flavor is just enough for breakfast, but not so sweet and overwhelming that you can’t eat them all.  Psh.  Why on earth would I not eat all of my pancakes?  But really, they’re a good level of sweetness for breakfast.
 
The “sauce” (seriously, I don’t know what else to call it!) on them definitely doesn’t leave me missing the maple syrup.  Blending in some cottage cheese helps thicken it up and gives it a touch of cream cheese flavor so it tastes more like a red velvet cake 🙂 If you’re a cottage cheese hater or just don’t feel like buying it, you could sub in actual cream cheese, preferably the fat free kind.  As you can see, my pancakes were kind of overflowing with this delicious sauce – if you want to cut calories out of the recipe, just make less of it.  Or eat less of it.  But I don’t recommend that.
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Red Velvet Protein Pancakes

Prep: 15 minutes mins
Cook: 10 minutes mins
Total: 25 minutes mins
Servings: 1
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Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup rolled oats
  • 1 tbsp coconut flour
  • 1 scoop Cellucor Red Velvet whey protein
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 tbsp non-fat vanilla Greek yogurt
  • 4 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • Optional: Red food coloring

Topping Ingredients:

  • 3 tbsp non-fat vanilla Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp fat free cottage cheese
  • 1 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 tbsp Cellucor Whipped Vanilla whey protein
  • 2 packets Truvia
  • Optional: 6 Ghirardelli 60% dark chocolate chips, melted

Instructions

  • In a food processor or Nutribullet, process the sauce ingredients until smooth.  If using a Nutribullet, blend the cottage cheese and almond milk first, then add the rest and blend.  Set aside.
  • In a food processor or Nutribullet, grind the oats into a fine powder.
  • Mix all pancake ingredients until smooth.
  • Heat a griddle or large non-stick pan over medium-low heat.  Drop pancake batter onto griddle and cook until the top starts to bubble, then flip and cook the other side.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 406kcal (20%), Carbohydrates: 35g (12%), Protein: 51g (102%), Fat: 6g (9%), Cholesterol: 48mg (16%), Sodium: 597mg (26%), Fiber: 8g (33%), Sugar: 6g (7%)

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2 responses

  1. Kat Stewart
    July 23, 2014

    A serving size is one pancake?

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    1. peanutbutterandfitness
      July 23, 2014

      Nope, a serving size is the entire recipe!

      Reply

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