These Barely Banana Protein Pancakes are made with just 4 simple ingredients. They’re a kid-friendly breakfast or snack recipe that can be made quickly in the blender!
Note- I was provided a free copy of this cookbook. All opinions are my own.
Hi Friends!
I have a special treat for you guys today (Be sure to read the whole post!) If you’ve been paying attention in my toddler meals posts, you probably know that we’re breakfast creatures of habit around here. Now, I’m totally fine with that, but it is fun to change things up every once and a while. So when my friend and fellow RD Katie from Mom’s Kitchen Handbook reached out to me to check out her new cookbook, I jumped at the chance when I realized it was ALL ABOUT BREAKFAST!
Rise And Shine: Better Breakfasts for Busy Moms (affiliate link) is packed with 75 super easy breakfast recipes that all sound phenomenal. In this digital world, it’s been a while since I looked through a physical cookbook but I definitely spent some time tagging some recipes to try in this one.
A few that immediately caught my eye were:
Photo Credit: Erin Scott
PB Waffle Iron Sandwich
Milk & Cereal Bars
A Green Smoothie (even the kids will love)
Actually I pretty much wanted to try all of them, so huge congrats to Katie for writing such a phenomenal cookbook….but these Barely Banana Protein Pancakes were the first recipe I tried. And they were a huge hit! They’re similar to my Sweet Potato Protein Pancakes but with a little bit different twist.
Squish and I both loved them and Katie’s been kind enough to let me share the recipe with you guys!
Here’s how you make them:
PrintBarely Banana Protein Pancakes
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup oats
- 1 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 1 small ripe banana
- oil or butter for greasing skillet
- blueberries for topping, optional
Instructions
- Combine eggs, oats, cottage and banana in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour into a greased skillet and cook like regular pancakes.
- (I made about 18 silver dollar sized pancakes)
I added some cinnamon to mine…and instead of syrup, I just defrosted some frozen blueberries and smashed them up to make a sauce!
Now, did you note that these pancakes require a blender? Well here’s the good news. We have a blender to give away to one of you! And not just any blender….A Nutri Ninja!
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My quick morning go to breakfast is a berry spinach smoothie! I would love to check out her cookbook for some new recipes!
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Cereal is my favorite go-to breakfast during the week. Sometimes on the weekend I will make a quiche and each during the week, but it’s usually cereal. These pancakes look delicious!
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Overnight oats are always great for on the go mornings!
Oats!! Topped with crunchy nuts and cranberries
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On busy mornings I’m a cereal with fruit girl. But I love pancakes!! This version looks awesome, can’t wait to try.
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Usually a protein shake right after working out (which is early morning) and 2 eggs on the run. I always have your Quinoa Breakfast bars in the freezer and grab one if I don’t have any eggs made in advance.
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I always try to get my breakfast the night before and prepare overnight oats. If I forget to do that then I’ll have toast with peanut butter and a banana or I keep homemade pancakes in the freezer.
Um…that photo of squish? The cutest. Thank you for featuring my book!
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I have a tub of cottage cheese in my fridge that needs to be used before it expires, and I think this is the perfect recipe!
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For busy mornings I like doing a yogurt bowl made of greek yogurt, fruit and some oats to eat in the car. With coffee of course!
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Overnight oats
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I like to have pre-boiled eggs in the fridge to serve on toast. So excited to make this recipe for my little one. I found your page while looking for ideas to switch up her menu. Thank you!!
yay! glad you found me!