Chocolate Protein Maki Pancakes

I've been experimenting with protein pancakes for a couple of years now. They make a healthy, delicious and nutrient-dense breakfast. I've tried several recipes I found online in the past, tweaked some of them and came up with my own recipe that answers both, my needs for an energetic day, and those of my taste buds. I enjoy eating pancakes, and sometimes even while traveling I find myself cooking them if staying somewhere with cooking facilities. Heck, even if I find myself heading on short trips, say a weekend abroad, I pack a couple of day's worth of pancakes along with me in the luggage.

I call this version The Maki Pancakes.

Without further ado, let's get to work. There's two parts to this recipe:

1. The pancakes
2. The filling

Pancakes Ingredients                                                                                                              

The ingredients of the pancakes

• 4 egg whites
• 2 whole eggs
• 5 tbsp of oats (40g)
• 1 medium-sized apple, peeled and cut into squares
• 1/2 scoop vanilla or chocolate whey protein powder (optional)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp sweetener of your choice (I use natural stevia sweetener)
• A pinch of salt

Pancakes Directions                                                                                                              

1-Mix the pancake ingredients in a blender until you get a smooth batter
2-In a heated pan sprayed with a non-stick oil (PAM cooking spray), pour enough batter for a large-sized pancake
3-After about a minute cooking, and when bubbles start forming in the pancake, flip it to the other side and cook for a little less than one more minute
4- Repeat for remaining batter

When bubbles start to form, it's time to flip the pancake

Filling Ingredients                                                                                                                

• 100 grams of fat-free greek yogurt
• 2 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder 
• 1 tablespoon sweetener of your choice

Filling Directions                                                                                                                  

• mix the ingredients with a spoon in a small bowl until you get a smooth-texture chocolate yogurt

The yogurt mixed with the cocoa powder and the sweetener

How to make the makis?

Final Directions                                                                                                                    

1. Put a pancake in a plate 
2. Pour some yogurt on it to your liking.
3. Roll it like a real maki
4. Cut it into small makis
5. Repeat for remaining pancakes

Notes:

• You don't have to roll these into makis. Another way to eat these healthy and nutritious pancakes, is to dip them simply in the sauce or spread it over them and they'll taste just as awesome.
• You can use a bit of Lite Hersheys chocolate syrup on top of the pancakes (22 additional calories per tbsp).
  
  

Enjoy!!

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