Palatable pumpkin protein pancake

Sploosh

With fall here and a chill in the air, I thought I needed to switch my usual protein shake to something that would give me the warm and fuzzies. Enter the protein pancake! I’d seen variations of protein pancakes made on Twitter, but my pancakes always fell flat (Get it? Flat?). So I trusted my gut and came up with my own recipe because I’m a home cook and they are fitness instructors and who wants a pancake recipe from a gym rat?

So here’s what I came up with:

Put in a blender:

1 cup almond milk

3 egg whites

1 whole egg

½ cup pumpkin purée (plain, canned)

1 scoop protein powder (optional)

½ cup white whole wheat flour

2 tbsp ground flaxseed

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp nutmeg

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

BLEND!

It’ll keep a few days in the fridge. Pour on a hot pan in the morning for a quick pancake that’ll fill you until lunch. Top with your favorite fruit and maple syrup.

Diamonds on my griddle

A weakness of mine and Tom's is purchasing kitchen tools and appliances. However, after installing a new stove with a built in griddle burner, we had to buy a griddle! I was so excited to use it. The first morning we had off work I made blueberry pancakes on the smooth side, then I flipped it and grilled peaches on the grill side. Everything went great except for the blueberries sticking to the surface pretty bad. But it's okay, I'll just have a blueberry seasoned griddle! We were out of maple syrup so I opened my grandmother's 1998 blackberry syrup, which was divine!

Nothing cures a hangover like a pile of pancakes to the face

After a late night celebrating Jeff's birthday, or as he calls it, "C-section Day," I had the urge to make a pile of strawberry banana pancakes.

Make the best post-party breakfast.