Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Healthy Oat-Bran Protein Pancakes!

Pancakes are by far my favorite breakfast food, but while being on a heath kick it may be hard to satisfy all of your cravings -- this recipe puts a new twist on pancakes, and makes a satisfying breakfast.

What You'll Need:
1/2 Cup of "Oat flour" (I used a mixture of whole grain rye, barley, oats and wheat.)
1 teaspoon Chia Seeds
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
2 tablespoons Greek Yogurt
1 teaspoon of Baking Soda (Don't confuse this with baking powder haha)
1/4 cup Water

FIY: Greek yogurt can be GREAT for you, it has many benefits but make sure you check the sugar content in it there are some Greek yogurts with up to 24g of sugar per serving! I also recommend buying plain Greek yogurt and adding in the flavoring yourself, because that is where a lot of the sugar comes from

Directions:
Make your "Oat Flour" -- This is simple just place your Oats into a food processor and blend them until they have a flour-like consistency.
Mix together your DRYS: oat flour, chia seeds, and baking soda.
Mix together your WETS: egg, water, Greek yogurt, vanilla
Lastly, mix together your drys and wets!
Your mixture is going to be thick, not like regular pancake batter -- but this is fine! They should still come out fluffy.
Spoon out your mixture onto a non-stick pan, and fry them until golden.

How to serve:
I layered my pancakes with greek yogurt, it gives them more of a taste, and makes them moister!
I also sliced up some banana and they were deeeeelish!

Dig in!
-- Your foodie, Gabriella Anatra


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