Recipe review- High protein Low Carb Pancakes!!

Happy New Year Everyone!!! And with the New Year comes all the resolutions for losing weight and eating healthier.  I admit I'm one of those people who knows I control what I eat and how I treat myself but sometime I just slip - I'm human.  Every once in a while I have a craving for something I know is definitely not healthy like maybe pancakes.

I've seen this recipe all over the internet with some slight variations so I thought I'd give it a try.  Here is my step by step review of the low carb, high protein pancake.  Just typing that seems wrong but it's true.  They turned out a little thinner than a regular pancake but that's to be expected.  There's no flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt or added sugar.  Actually there is only 3 ingredients -- banana, peanut butter and egg.  I guess you could rename these the Elvis special pancakes.  So what do they taste like?  Actually they taste like a peanut butter cookie - nothing wrong with that.

Making these little gems is very easy. First of all puree the banana.  I used my magic bullet to do this and to make all the batter.

For one banana I added a little less than 1/2 cup of peanut butter and 1 egg and then blended it all up in the magic bullet.  Then make them as you would any pancake - in a skillet with butter.  It seemed to me that it takes a lot of butter to get these not to stick, which is fine with me, I'm not afraid of butter.
I chose to eat mine with some Polaner Cherry jam and not syrup but if you like syrup go for it!
These were easy and delicious.  I would recommend them to anyone with a pancake craving who is trying to stick to a low carb, high protein diet.

To recap:

Ease of preparation: Very easy. Uses pantry ingredients that are readily available.

Taste: Good. Not the same as a traditional pancake but these are your traditional pancake.

Texture: Thin and not light and airy like the traditional pancake but once again these are traditional.

Serving size: For this particular post I made one serving but it can be adapted to more servings but adding the same amount of ingredients per serving.

I could see using this batter to make crepes and then filling them with more banana and maybe some Nutella or chocolate chips. I see this recipe as being versatile, healthy and delicious.

So the next time your craving pancakes (on a weekend or even for a weekday breakfast) give these a try. I think you and your family will like them.

If you do give them a try leave a comment and let me know what you think.