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Stonyfield Farm’s new line of Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt recently made its appearance at my local grocery store. I love Greek yogurt for its taste and thickness as much as its health benefits. Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt has 0% fat, just 90 calories per 5.3 oz.-serving (for plain), twice the protein of regular yogurt, fewer carbohydrates, and its lower in lactose than regular yogurt.
Inspired by the recipe Fitness Surfer sent me for Eating For Life oatmeal pancakes, I thought I’d try a yogurt version.
High Protein Yogurt Oatcakes
Makes four servings of three pancakes (3-4")
These high protein oatmeal pancakes taste great covered with a shmear of Oikos Greek yogurt (plain, vanilla, blueberry, or honey) or drizzled with with maple syrup, honey, fruit syrup, or agave nectar. I used Top Chef winner, Stephanie Izard’s recipe for Pomegranate Syrup for my pancakes.
Ingredients:
1 cup instant, one-minute, old fashioned, or steel cut Quaker oats*
- 6 egg whites
- 1 cup fat-free Stonyfield yogurt or Oikos Greek Style yogurt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1T agave nectar, honey, maple syrup or sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Directions:
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree.
- Coat a hot pancake griddle or frying pan with a little butter, oil or a non-stick spray. (I like PAM All Natural Original Canola Oil No-Stick Cooking Spray since it doesn’t gunk up my pans.)
- Pour approximate 1/4 cup of batter to make a 3-4" pancake. Flip over once the batter starts to bubble.
*Quaker Oats are the same nutritionally. They roll the oats thinner to make them faster cooking. So steel cut isn’t better than old fashioned or instant.
Approximate nutritional Information for 3 pancakes (1 serving)
Each pancake is one Weight Watcher POINT.
Calories – 136
Fat – 12 calories, 2g
Fiber – 1g
Protein – 11g
Carbs – 21g
Sugars – 9g
Pomegranate Syrup
If you don’t have pomegranate juice on hand, try orange, cranberry or acai berry juice instead. If the juice you’re using is bitter (like black currant juice) use more sweetener or add some apple juice.
Ingredients:
- 1 c 100% pomegranate juice
- 2 T honey
or agave nectar
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I added 1/2 cup more of oatmeal since the first couple were paper thin. Turned out much thicker and much better.
Jason, really? The ones I made were plenty thick. Did you use regular yogurt or thicker, Greek yogurt?
thanks a lot:)
can i use regular yogurt instead of greek yogurt? i don’t have it here where i live..
Dasha, you can make your own Greek yogurt. You take a colander and line it with cheese cloth or coffee filters. Put the colander in a big bowl. Pour in a big container of plain low fat yogurt in the colander and cover it with plastic wrap. Place colander and bowl overnight in your refrigerator. In the morning, all the whey will have drained out of the yogurt. What you have leftover is Greek yogurt.
Many national brands like Dannon and Yoplait now have plain Greek yogurt, so you should be able to find it more easily.
thank you!!!
I tried out this recipe this morning and thought they were great, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Greek yogurt aftertaste (I don’t eat greek yogurt for this reason–I usually only use it as a sub for sour cream). I was thinking of mixing a bit of almond milk and whey protein together to substitute for the yogurt–but it’ll probably mean much thinner pancakes…
Other than the aftertaste, these reminded me of the taste of french toast — very filling and satisfying! I didn’t find myself reaching for a mid-morning snack.
I’m of to look through your recipes for lunch and dinner ideas!
Glad you enjoyed the pancakes even with the aftertaste! (I personally love the taste of Greek yogurt, but to each his or her own!)
I like your idea of the almond milk and whey protein. You could also try coconut milk, which I find sweeter than plain almond milk. Just add less if you’re worried about pancakes that are too thin.
Steel cut oats are better because instant are prossesed and lose nutritional value while steel cut are all natural.
Matt, I have to disagree with you. Instant oats are chopped and rolled thinner than steel cut oats. That’s why they cook up faster. Nothing is added to them or taken away from them. They are exactly the same except for size and thickness.
If you use the whole egg would you cut the number of eggs you used? I hate to waste them..
Yes! 3 egg whites is usually the equivalent of 1 whole egg.