Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Banana Protein Cakes

I am always looking for a new way to incorporate overly ripe bananas into recipes; they are a natural source of sugar, flavor, vitamins, and minerals. Today, inspiration hit! I only had 1 lonely brown banana; not enough for cookies or muffins. But! What about... PANCAKES! So I whipped up my protein pancake recipe (blogged on here from earlier days) and I smashed a banana into it. The verdict: fluffy, delicious, soft pancakes come straight down from heaven and into my belly. With the friendliest macros a girl ever could hope for! Here is the recipe! PS flavor combo ideas at the end!



Ingredients:
1 ripe banana
1/2 c. pancake mix *
1/4 c. nonfat Organic Milk
1/4 c. liquid egg whites
1/4 c. ground oats *
1/2 scoop Slap Whey Isolate Protein *
Shake of cinnamon


Directions:
Mash the banana. Pretend that banana is your arch enemy. Rawr. It's suffeciently smashed. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Warm griddle. Spray griddle. Make pancakes. I used a soup spoon, and made my pancakes more silver dollar size (~2 spoonfuls). 



Servings: 3 - I made 6 silver dollar pancakes, deciding 2 pancakes would be a serving.
Macros per serving: 154 cal
Fat: 1 gram (WOOOO!)
Carbs: 25 grams (Fuel the Gainz!)
Protein: 9 grams (Mmmm)


Flavor combo ideas: I added some chocolate chips to my batch... who's surprised? No one. I also used the Slappy Birthday flavor protein because it's a good base but you could use any of the flavors (Vanilla, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Cinnamon Swirl, or Strawberry Slapshake) depending on where you are taking the flavor train to.
-Dark Chocolate & Coconut
-Vanilla & warm berries
-Chocolate PB combo
The options are endless, get creative!


* I only use SLAP protein; it's clean, delicious, and it bakes fantastically. It doens't clump or get funky. Need some slap? Head to Weslap.com to pick some up and use LTIPFIT at checkout for a discount!
* Benders has protein pancake bases but all gluten free and other options. Kodiak cakes is protein packed also. Or you can use bisquick, or any other form of pancake mix you prefer. Just be aware it might change the macros a little bit.
*Ground Oats: I take old fashioned oats, I put them in my ninja, I grind to flour like consistency. I like using "oat flour" (as I call it) because it sucks up a lot of excess fluid, adds a bit of health to the meal, and helps control macros. Again, if you want to play around with the recipe, be my guest!