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Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes

Cottage cheese, eggs, and oats blend into pancakes for two. The portions are sized so the protein estimate clears 30 grams, and they still taste like breakfast.

Prep
10 min
Cook
12 min
Total
22 min
Servings
2
Difficulty
Easy
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Golden cottage cheese pancakes on a plate.

Why you’ll love it

  • Two cups of cottage cheese and four eggs are the protein.
  • The batch is written for two plates on purpose.
  • Oats keep them from tasting like an omelet.
  • They cook in a skillet like pancakes.

Ingredients

Servings2

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Blend the cottage cheese, eggs, oats, baking powder, maple syrup, and salt until mostly smooth.

  2. 2

    Let the batter sit 3 minutes so the oats swell.

  3. 3

    Heat a skillet over medium and film it with the oil.

  4. 4

    Cook the pancakes in batches until the bottoms are golden and the tops look set at the edges, about 2 minutes.

  5. 5

    Flip and cook until the centers are set, about 2 minutes more.

  6. 6

    Serve two portions. The center should not be wet.

Pro tips

  • Medium heat. High heat burns the outside before the center sets.
  • This batch is for two so the protein per plate stays high. Doubling the pan time does not change that math if you also double the eaters.
  • A few oat specks in the batter are fine.

Easy substitutions

Maple syrup
1 tbsp sugar in the batter
Olive oil
Butter for the pan
Rolled oats
Quick oats

Storage and reheating

Storage

Refrigerate up to 2 days.

Reheating

Warm in a skillet. A microwave makes them rubbery.

Nutrition

Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.

Calories
480
Protein
36 g
Carbs
32 g
Fat
16 g
Fiber
4 g

Moderate · Stovetop · Vegetarian, High Protein

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