Simple is always better. Especially when I’m incredibly lazy on the weekend. Seriously lazy. I mean, I still always work out, but then I tend to not want to do anything else. So my cooking is extremely simple on the weekends. I make lots of eggs, some Applegate Farms precooked chicken sausage, and other people’s dessert recipes. I love trying out other bloggers recipes. Like Brittany Angell’s cosmic brownie recipe. I about cried when I tried that brownie recipe. Seriously the best thing you will ever taste. I swear. You have to try it.
Ok, let’s talk more about the weekend. So it started off on Friday, interesting huh? Well, my gym CrossFit Broadway does the CrossFit Games open workouts on Fridays. A bunch of us get together so we can do a quick, miserable workout and then drink together. I usually don’t drink because all we usually have in the gym refrigerator is beer. And well, beer is gross. I keep thinking that my taste buds will mature and I’ll actually enjoy beer at some point, but I don’t. I still tastes like dog food. But luckily this Friday, my friend Jeremy was oh so wonderful to pick me up some canned champagne. Anywho, after doing that god awful 14.3 workout and getting 108 miserable reps, I started chugging away. I never knew that champagne had such a high alcohol content. Well, my body figured it out pretty fast. My feet did the normal swelling how it always does, even with one sip of alcohol, and I felt a good buzz in no time. It’s always fun being buzzed with people you workout with. You think everything is funny. Especially watching other suffer through the workout you just did. And you REALLY think things are hilarious when you drink 4 of those little bastards. Man do they pack a punch on an empty stomach.
Well, after stuffing my face with some gluten free pizza and tucking myself into bed around 9:30pm, I woke up with one hell of a hangover. Instead of sleeping it off or eating my body weight in greasy food, I went straight to the gym. Sometimes a workout is all you need to cure a hangover. This was not that kind of day. My workout was sh*t and I felt worse afterwards. So I went grocery shopping to get it over with before the Sunday rush, then went straight home, ate some food and found my happy place right on the couch. I did not move from that spot until I had to get dinner. Then I ate dinner and parked my ass right back on the couch for some Modern Family and E! network.
The next day was a bit more productive. I actually showered and put on make up, then biked to brunch with friends. After biking home, I made these wonderful pancakes and then the brownies and proceeded on to watch three movies. Yes, three. First, The Hunger Games. Then Catching Fire (the second hunger games). Then Boondock Saints (had to celebrate St. Patty’s Day somehow). I also folded laundry and cleaned the kitchen. That’s productive, right?
Again, I like lazy weekends.
Damnit. I missed the premier of Total Divas. My weekend was not completely.
Stop judging me.
3 Ingredient Simple Protein Pancakes
- Yield: 2-3 1x
Ingredients
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 1/2 cup vanilla Primal Fuel protein
- Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (optional – or whatever else you want in the pancakes)
- 1 tablespoon butter (or other oil – to grease the pan)
Instructions
- Mix together bananas, eggs, and protein powder until well combined.
- Place a pan or pancake griddle over medium heat. Grease the pan with a bit of oil. Once pan is hot, add a large spoonful of the pancake mixture to the pan, about 3-5 inches wide.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the pancakes.
- Once the pancakes begin to bubble, flip them. Cook for about 1 minute each side, depending how hot the pan is.
- Regrease the pan, as needed.
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AMAZING! Even my 2.5 year old loved them. I used 2 egg whites instead of 1 egg because I’ve been eating so many eggs lately I wanted to mix it up! They turned out great, and I am one of the worst cooks I know lol They did get brown fast but they were not burnt, just the color they were. I also blended them in my blender. Seriously thank you for this recipe, this is my new favorite protein pancake recipe!!
For some reason my phone won’t let me click on the stars but it’s a 5 star recipe for us!
Also, I used Isopure protein powder. It’s the only one that agrees with my stomach. I might have to try formulaX one of these days to see how I do with it! Isopure is hard to bake/cook with, I think because it’s no carb. But my pancakes were still perfect!
looks amazing! is there an alternative to protein powder?
Can I omit the protein powder?
no
Made these for Mother’s Day and they were delicious. Been trying to get my mom to eat better and we allnreally liked this recipe. I used my favorite Arbonne Essentials Vanilla Protein which is vegan, and gluten-free. Very moist texture too!
These pancakes are the best! I made then with blueberries and even if I should go off Paleo I will make these again and again!!
I made these this morning! I used almond flour instead of the protein flour and I even added like an 1/8 cup of ground flax seed. Worked well! Thanks! I didn’t use chocolate chips. I did put a little applesauce over the top of the pancakes. I was going to warm up some frozen blueberries to put over them, but ran out of time.
I have pancake-making deficiency disorder. Why can’t I make a descent pancake? I made these, and I can’t seem to get them firm without burning them. I flip them and they turn into mush, or I cook them too long and they burn. Disclaimer – I did use Paleo Protein powder, but still even with “normal” pancakes I seem to have issues. Anyone? Advice? Am I cooking at too high heat? Is a griddle better than a pan? I really want to be able to make pancakes for my little guys! Thanks! PS The taste was amazing, consistency, not so much.
Okay, I was skeptical — but these came out awesome and tasted wonderful. There are some tricks to those who couldn’t get their pancakes in good consistency, burnt or otherwise.
1) I didn’t use a protein powder; instead I used 4 (large) eggs to 2 (large) bananas in proportion. It doesn’t hold if there is more banana matter and gets scrambled. 2) Use medium-low heat. It takes a bit longer to cook, but this is the only way I could avoid burning (unless you blended everything evenly). 3) Use a smaller sauce pan as the batter doesn’t behave like regular; so you can make a ‘thicker’ but slower cooked pancake.
So, there. I hope that helps those who got them burnt or scrambled :-).
P.S. I substituted a quarter cup of blueberries and mashed them like hell into the batter.
And Juli, great idea and great job! Thanks!
Can I substitute the protein powder with coconut flour? Three ingredients of those seem like it’d be heavenly!
i don’t think it would come out the same for this specific recipe
Thanks Juli for this recipe, pancakes are really good I use different protein but they turn out good.