Flat Belly Recipe: Power Pancakes

If you like the idea of having a truckload of a healthy breakfast and snack option sitting in the freezer waiting for you to gobble them up, this may be your lucky day!

These are super simple, taste great, are a terrific source of protein and whole grains and are about as handy a food as you can imagine. Here are the ingredients:

1 cup low fat Knudsen cottage cheese
3 cups Quaker Oatmeal (regular slow cook)
1 cup whole wheat flour (est)
1 egg and 4 whites
2 cups nonfat milk
3 scoops chocolate whey protein powder (optional)
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup of dried fruit, raisin or black currants

Soak the oatmeal in the milk while mixing all the other ingredients (or at least five minutes). Heat up a griddle to 400 degrees. Combine the two mixtures in a large bowl and add more flour if you're skipping the protein powder. You may need to eyeball the flour and milk. You want to consistency to be like firm cooked oatmeal, not like pudding and but not so firm its nearly impossible to stir. Add milk or flour to get it there.

Use a 1/3 cup scoop and dollop onto the griddle, flipping the pancakes when they start to get a dull sheen the edges begin to bubble.

This should make around 20 give or take. Let them cool and freeze what you don't eat. Their great topped with Greek yogurt and honey or simply by themselves as a healthy alternative to a pastry.

Eat them as a breakfast or take them with you for a snack (cheaper and healthier than a granola bar).

Yum!