Sweet Potato Cottage Cheese Pancakes

This recipe started as many of my recipes do, with me asking myself, "What can I do with this leftover ____?"

In this case it was leftover baked sweet potato. I love this awesome protein packed recipe for Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Banana Pancakes, and thought I could incorporate the sweet potato for my own twist. This recipe is great because you can just throw everything in a blender and it breaks down the oats and everything else to make a smooth batter.

I modified the recipe to include the sweet potato by reducing some of the banana. Here are the amounts I used to make pancakes for 3 people (for a quite filling breakfast).

(3 servings)

1 1/2 cup oats

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1/4 cup greek yogurt (or another 1/4 cup cottage cheese)

3 eggs

3 Tb almond milk (unsweetened vanilla or another kind)

1 1/2 tp cinnamon

3 tp baking powder

1 tp vanilla

1 medium banana 

1/2 cup cooked mashed sweet potato

Instructions:

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth

Make pancakes using ~ 1/4 cup batter

Makes about 4 pancakes per person. 

These pancakes come out so fluffy, despite having no flour. The sweet potato is not strong and the cottage cheese adds a lovely creaminess. I would eat these every day if I could. In fact, I really need to make a huge batch and freeze them, because these are a perfect protein boost for after a workout.  
Healthy + Seriously Delicious = Perfection!!!

Bonus recipe: I love to make a simple yogurt creme on top by mixing some greek yogurt with just a bit of maple syrup and some cinnamon. Just a little sweetness and it goes great with the berries.

I appreciate a simple presentation

But everything is better covered in berries