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Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Banana Pancakes

Inspired by a classmate, I wanted to try pancakes with cottage cheese for a while now!  These hot cakes are packed with protein and kept me awake through my 2 hour Physiology lecture this morning.

These are so simple to make and quite guilt free.

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Why cottage cheese?  Cottage cheese is a COMPLETE PROTEIN.  What's that mean?  It contains all 9 of the essential amino acids that are derived from the food we eat.  Protein aids in tissue repair and growth but it also aids in digestion and metabolism.

A combo of cottage cheese, bananas and rolled oats gives you extra fiber (keeps you full longer!), vitamins and minerals.

Recipe Adapted from AmbitiousKitchen

No. of Hot Cakes: 5
Prep Time: 2 min
Cook Time: 10 min (approximately)

1/2 cup Rolled Oats
1/2 medium Banana
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 Egg (or 2 large Egg Whites)
1/4 cup low fat or fat free Cottage Cheese
1-2 tbsp Almond Milk (I used 1.5 tbsp)

Place all of the ingredients into a blender and blend away until smooth (30sec).
Spray a nonstick skillet with pam (olive oil) and heat over a medium low heat.
Drop 1/4 cup of batter at a time.
Toppings: Peanut Butter (unsalted, unsweetened), the other half of the banana, blueberries, flax seed, hemp seed, Greek yogurt and maple syrup

Enjoy!

References: Benefits of Cottage Cheese
                    Complete vs Incomplete Protein