Pancakes to the rescue

Yesterday I ran into a bit of a crisis... I was out of Greek yogurt. Now this may not seem like a big deal, but for someone who always has at least 3 tubs of it in my fridge at any given time, it was a big deal.

I had been planning on having Greek yogurt for breakfast, but when I discovered the night before that my last tub of Greek yogurt had gone bad (well before the expiry date!), I had to toss it, leaving me Greek yogurt-less.

Oatmeal was out of the question too because my bananas weren't quite ripe enough. Call me crazy, but for me, bananas have different uses at each of their stages of ripeness. For example, ripe bananas are used for oatmeal whereas less ripe bananas are eaten with cereal + milk or yogurt + granola. Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks that?!

So with oatmeal and yogurt + granola out of the question, pancakes stepped up and came to the rescue. And I came up with an awesome recipe!



Fluffy cottage cheese pancakes
Serves 1

2 tbsp oats
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
Shake of cinnamon
1/4 cup egg whites
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1/4 tsp vanilla

Combine the oats, flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a medium bowl and stir. Then add in the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.

Spray a pan with cooking oil and let it heat up. Scoop the batter into the pan to form 3 pancakes. Cook until the tops start to bubble, then flip and cook until done.



I layered mine with banana and topped them with drippy soy nut butter, blueberries, and coconut. Perfection!

Do you have certain uses for bananas at their different stages of ripeness?

Do you have any other weird food "rules" like that?

What is one food that you absolutely must have in your kitchen at all times?