Looking for some tasty brunch inspo? Smash your weekend workout then refuel with these nutritious, delicious, easy-to-make protein pancakes from our expert nutritionist Linia Patel.
Healthy Protein Pancakes Recipe
Serves 2
Ingredients
- ½ cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 tbsp protein powder (go for a neutral flavour)
- 1 banana mashed or ½ tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 125ml milk of choice
- 1 tbsp coconut oil to cook the pancakes or cook spray
- Fruit of choice to serve (1/3 cup blueberries for example)
Instructions:
- Place all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) in a large bowl.
- In a different bowl (or in a blender) combine the wet ingredients (eggs, milk, vanilla extract and banana (if using) until well mixed.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir together until well combined.
- Place a pan or griddle on to stove with low-medium heat. Lightly grease the pan using coconut oil or cooking spray. Spoon out the pancake mixture into pan according to desired pancake size.
- Cook pancakes until the bottom side is brown (3 -4 minutes), then flip the pancake and cook the other side until lightly brown.
- Repeat with remaining batter.
- Top pancakes with fresh fruit, a dollop of Greek yogurt and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup.
Energy boosters (optional)
- Boost fibre content further by replacing half the flour with whole oats
- Serve with 1 tbsp of runny almond nut butter for more good fat, protein and therefore calories
Nutritional information
|
Nutrient |
Per serving (81g) |
|
Calories (kcal) |
378 |
|
Fat/g |
8.5 |
|
Of which saturated fat/g |
6.1 |
|
Carbohydrate/g |
46 |
|
Of which sugar/g |
24 |
|
Fibre/g |
6.9 |
|
Protein/g |
25 |
|
Salt/g |
1.3 |
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