Oatmeal  Greek yogurt pancakes

I love pancakes and am always looking for new, delicious recipes to try. I recently came across this recipe while looking for healthier alternatives. These pancakes are a little on the denser side because of the oatmeal, but are super moist and delicious. This recipe uses plain greek yogurt, which adds a great serving of protein and gives them a buttermilk pancake taste without the buttermilk calories.

Oatmeal Yogurt Pancakes w/ Blueberries and Chocolate chips
(makes ~6, 4″ pancakes)

1 cup Greek yogurt

1egg
2 tbsp oil (whatever’s your favorite- olive oil, grapeseed)
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup quick oats
1/4 cup flour (you could also use rice flour or tapioca flour)
2-3 tablespoons sugar  (I use a sugar substitute, ex. splenda)

**if you’re adding fruit or chocolate use 2 tbsp; if you’re making plain pancakes use 3 tbsp

2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup blueberries (optional, I used fresh, but frozen would work, too)
1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips ( I use sugar free chocolate chips)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces for cooking pancakes
– Whisk together egg, yogurt, oil, and vanilla
– Add oatmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and stir well
– Fold in blueberries and chocolate chips
– Heat non-stick griddle or pan over medium-low heat with butter
– Using ~1/2 cup spoon batter onto pan and cook ~5 minutes until you can see small bubble burst through on the top side of the pancake
– Flip pancakes and cook for another 4-5 minutes. If you need to cook the pancakes in batches, keep them warm in the oven at 150-200 degrees
If you’ve added fruit and/or chocolate chips these pancakes are delicious on their own no butter or syrup needed!

Variations:
– Substitute the blueberries for chopped bananas
– Make the pancakes plain and garnish with fresh strawberries and whipped cream
– Cook peaches, apricots, apples, pear, or strawberries with a little bit of sugar and orange juice over medium heat for 5-10 minutes until fruit is just tender and serve over plain pancakes
– Use frozen mixed berries
-Add even more protein and flavor to your recipe by adding a scoop of vanilla whey protein

My favorite is to eat these about an hour and a half before my workout for great energy, awesome pumps and a perfect reason for a delicious guilt free carb-up!!

Try these and let me know what you think and I can’t wait to hear what everyone decides to put on them.

Just remember to think healthy, make the best choices possible and when in doubt choose the lesser of two evils. There are way worse things you could be eating and this is way healthier than you used to eat!

Make more mindful decisions today than you did yesterday to live a healthier tomorrow.
(^^Did I just say that? Damn that sounds good!)

That’s what it’s all about. Enjoy.

Committed to your fitness success,

Derek Kuryliw, Certified Sports Nutritionist & Personal Trainer Slim Fit Diet & Fitness, CEO/Founder …for questions or comments [email protected] or 727.851.SLIM

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