This recipe for Blueberry Banana Protein Pancakes is a Sunday morning staple every member of your family will enjoy. Naturally sweet thanks to bananas and deliciously filling, these Blueberry Banana Protein Pancakes do not require the use of any protein powder and taste delicious topped with everything from syrup and fresh berries to almond butter!
Several years ago – we’re talkin’ 2011! – I shared a recipe on my blog for my Banana Bread Protein Pancakes. They quickly became a breakfast favorite in our house and they continue to be one of the most popular recipes I’ve shared on this blog to date. I’ve heard from more than a few of you who love making big batches of the pancakes at a time to freeze and reheat in the future (a perfect kid-friendly breakfast idea!) and this inspired me to do the same. Reheat and eat is the way to go on busy mornings, right!?
Today I’m sharing an updated version of the protein pancake recipe and while it varies only slightly from the original, I think my fellow blueberry fanatics out there will want to give this one a shot. Since we’re just about to enter blueberry season, keep this pancake recipe on hand when blueberries go on mega-sale and they’re too deliciously sweet to resist!
The best part about these pancakes is that they’re made with ingredients we almost always have on hand at our house. The base is oatmeal and bananas and the punch of protein comes from cottage cheese which I promise you cannot taste one bit!
I hope you love this recipe as much as we do in our family!
Recipe very slightly adapted from my Banana Bread Protein Pancakes
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Blueberry Banana Protein Pancakes
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 13 mins
- Yield: 8 pancakes 1x
- Category: breakfast, high protein
Description
This recipe for Blueberry Banana Protein Pancakes is a Sunday morning staple every member of your family will enjoy. Naturally sweet thanks to bananas and deliciously filling, these Blueberry Banana Protein Pancakes do not require the use of any protein powder and taste delicious topped with everything from syrup and fresh berries to almond butter!
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1 very ripe banana, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Place all ingredients except for blueberries in a high-powered blender and blend until batter is relatively smooth
- Fold blueberries into the batter
- Spray a skillet with cooking spray and heat to a medium heat (Do not cook on high heat!)
- Pour batter onto the warm pan and allow to cook until edges start to solidify
- Flip pancakes and allow to cook until batter is no longer runny
- Top with syrup, fresh berries or banana slices and enjoy
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Note: I initially shared this recipe on my Instagram feed yesterday afternoon as part of a collaboration and giveaway with Vitamix. This blog post is not sponsored or endorsed by Vitamix but the giveaway on my IG feed is still rockin’ if you’d like to enter!
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I LOVE making pancakes in the blender! Even though I won’t be with my mom this weekend I still wanted to make a Sunday brunch and these would be perfect 🙂
These are seriously my favorite recipe from your blog. I share it ALL of the time with my friends and I know they make them all of the time too!
I’m so glad you like them so much! And thanks for sharing them with your friends!! <3
These look so yummy! I love how they do not have protein powder as I dont use it. Can’t wait to try these this weekend.
I’ve used greek yogurt in pancakes but never cottage cheese. Great way to amp up the protein!
I have never made pancakes in the blender before! I use my ninja pretty much everyday in the summer for smoothies though!
I make your pancakes all the time! My son loves them. I usually make a big batch on the weekend and then he eats them for breakfast before school throughout the week. He will eat them straight from the fridge. He’s always loved them! I often mix blueberries in if I have some in the fridge.
Chase eats them straight from the fridge as well! A great grab-and-go option!!
Love these! I saw your post about these on instagram and made a very similar version for my toddler and I this morning. Delicious! Congratulations on your soon to arrive bundle of joy. I love reading along because I have a boy just a couple weeks younger than yours!
Thanks so much for reading, Larissa! And I also love following moms with kids of a similar age — makes me feel less alone with things like major toddler meltdowns, potty training, nap battles, etc!
These look so good!! My husband LOVES blueberries so I bet he’d scarf these right up. And my daughter is all about bananas…so this would obviously go over well in our house!
Hope you and your sweet family all enjoy them if you give them a try!!
i know a big part of blogging is photography, so I was curious to peek back at your 2011 photos of the variation on this recipe, and it’s so impressive how good your skills have gotten!! Kudos to you 🙂 I imagine a lot of work has gone into it! (No disrespect to your 2011 photos… still far better than anything I can do.)
Thank you, Katie!! I still feel like such a novice and really don’t loooove photography so it always takes me foreverrrr to photograph food but I’m trying!! <3 I appreciate the compliment very much!
Oh em gee, these look delicious. I think this Saturday will definitely have to be a pancake day. – Kaitlyn | http://www.poweredbysass.com
I love blueberry pancakes–you can NEVER go wrong with them 🙂 I think this would suit Mother’s Day so wonderfully!
I love that you use cottage cheese instead of protein powder in these pancakes! I will definitely be trying these!
I love pancakes, I would never have thought to use cottage cheese but it totally makes sense, can’t wait to give these a try.
I’ve been making these pancakes since you first posted them 7 years ago (ahhh! 7!). I love the update too, thanks for posting this one again. It’s been a few months since I made these and they need to make a COMBACK, asap!
I made these this week for my two year old son and he absolutely loved them! He was calling them “cake” so it’s a win win in our house. I shared the recipe with my sister and cousin too to make for their kiddos. Love how your recipes are simple, healthy, and quick! Thanks for sharing!!!
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I’m so, so glad they were a hit with your son!! I know what a victory it is when you can get your little ones to eat something healthy without it feeling like a chore, so thank you so much for sharing this with me!