If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know already that I work long days, plus I commute. I generally leave my house at 7:30 am, and return at about 7:30 pm (on a good day).
You can, therefore, imagine that my typical weekday breakfast isn’t very glamorous or post-worthy. I generally get to work about a quarter to nine, and use that time to make coffee. That’s the glamorous part of my breakfast, trust me. I try to gulp down a few drops of it before the clock strikes nine and the phone starts ringing.
On a good morning, I can drink about half of my coffee before I get distracted by my first phone call. On a bad day, the phone rings at 9:01, and the poor, unknowing customer has to deal with an un-caffeinated Miriam (not good). It all goes down hill from there. Generally, between 9:30 and 10:00 I find a minute to go to the fridge and get some milk and bring it back to my desk, where I eat it with some Fiber One. (I told you: un-glamorous!) By the way, Murphy’s Law dictates that your phone will always ring just after you pour the milk over your cereal.
Like I said, my breakfast during the week is nothing to write home on my blog about. But I wrote all of this just to illustrate just how much I look forward to Sundays. Sundays I sleep late. Sundays I stay in bed, just because I can. And Sundays I make myself the most delicious hot breakfasts in the world.
Like this one.
Pancakes are delicious, but who are we kidding? They are basically (to quote Jim Gaffigan) “fried cake.” Not exactly a dieter’s best friend. Enter low fat cottage cheese. Add some (white) whole wheat flour and low calorie sweetener to the equation, and an absolutely delicious and totally healthy breakfast is taking shape.
I like to add (frozen, this time of year) blueberries to my pancakes, but you can add little chunks of apple, some chocolate chips (I know, I know, less healthy) or really anything you like in your pancakes. When you bite into these fluffy delights, you won’t believe how healthy you are being!
Healthy Cottage Cheese Pancakes:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups low fat cottage cheese
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
12 packets splenda, or the equivalent of 1/2 cup sweetener
1 cup blueberries, optional (or substitute your favorite add-in)
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients except blueberries in a large mixing bowl. Mix well until all ingredients are fully combined.
Pour batter by the spoonful onto heated frying pan. Leave room for spreading. Immediately sprinkle a couple of blueberries onto the top of each pancake.
Fry until golden brown on each side. Serve hot, with maple syrup, if desired.
Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by!
Miriam
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love yours. You have the same schedule as I do! I usually have a rice cake with peanut butter around 7:45 when I am sitting in traffic! The pancakes look wonderful.
Fried cake? Never heard that before but it fits. And you are so right about Murphy’s law and the phone or anything in life requiring immediate attention. It always seems to happen after pouring the milk into your cereal.
What a great way to celebrate Sunday with these pancakes!
Wowm these look great!! Too bad you can’t make these for yourself in the office…
I rarely make exciting things for Breakfast during the week as well. I leave my apt at 7am and get back around 7pm after I hit up the gym right after work. But I am loving these pancakes! You must’ve read my mind too because I’m been trying to figure out what to do with some leftover cottage cheese I have.
In a good week, I have loaves of maple oat quick bread in the fridge. A fat slice is one of my favorite breakfasts. Otherwise, I usually have something from the previous night’s dinner. Or an apple, if I stocked up at the makolet.
Sundays are regular work days here in Israel, and the idea of a weekend breakfast suddenly sounds like something out of a movie!
Discovered these last year by chance. Had leftover cottage cheese & had no idea how to use it & bam! Cottage cheese pancakes. I like how gooey they get in the middle. I do agree about the phone calls. In my case, the phone always rang right when I sat my butt in the chair, before clocking in!
With pancakes as delicious looking as these ones, don’t you just wish that every day was Sunday 🙂
Have you ever tried freezing these?
Fianlly got to visit your blog – Love your recipes!
Esty (Chaya’s NP friend)
Welcome! Glad you like it! I’ve never had any left to freeze! If you do try, please let me know how it turns out.
I made these this weekend and they were delicious. They reminded me of cheese blintzes, but much easier to make at home!
So happy to hear that Amy!
Yum,,,,,making these soon,,,and freezing,,,,
Do you think I could bake these?
these recipes look rlly good but i’m on ww and need to know nutrition info before making are you able to provide?
You can plug the ingredients into a nutritional info site and they will give it to you.
Yummy! I will try it because is simple and in the morning I don’t have too much time.
Amazing! The problem with these is I want to eat the entire batch, they’re so good! I didn’t have whole wheat flour, so I used 1/3c oat bran, 2/3c white flour, and used 1 egg + 1 egg white. Delicious. I’m going to try to freeze some, as well. Thank you!