Protein Pancake Mix

I love waffles for breakfast, but the typical waffle is carb overload especially once you top it with a pile of syrup.  I'm trying to eat better, but every once in a while it's nice to still have something special for breakfast.  I started by buying a bag of Flourish protein pancake mix.  It was great and easy, but it's kind of pricey and you can only buy large bags at Costco, so I would have to get someone to buy it for me if they went.  I have also tried the Presidents Choice protein pancake mix and it was good as well, the bags are small though.  But this mix is easy to whip together if you have all the ingredients in the house.  If I have this mix sitting in the pantry it is then so easy to make waffles for breakfast, 5 to 10 minutes and I'm eating waffles.  I like to top my waffles with some nice thick Greek yoghurt, fruit and nuts (walnuts, pecans or almonds).  In the summer while camping I'll treat myself to 1 can of whip cream and I'll add a little whip cream.  (Okay, I now buy 2 cans, but one goes to the group camping trip where we cook waffles over a campfire as a group.)

Protein Pancake Mix

2 cups oat flour

3 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups whey protein isolate

1/2 cup buttermilk powder

1/2 cup ground flax seed

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons baking powder

2 tablespoons baking soda

1 tsp salt
 

Blend all the ingredients together well.  I prefer to use a mixer so that I know everything is well distributed.  Especially watch out for lumps in the brown sugar, baking powder and baking soda.

Place into an air tight container.  Makes 7 1/2 cups of mix.

To make pancakes or waffles

For 1 person/ 1 waffle

Mix  1/2 a cup of mix with 1/4 cup of milk and a small egg.  I just use a cereal bowl and a fork or small whisk.  Mix until blended.  Place batter in a greased hot waffle iron and cook for about 2 minutes or until done and lightly browned. Or pour into a hot griddle or skillet and make 2 or 3 pancakes.

I have used half an egg in this recipe by mixing the egg and pouring approximately half into mix and reserving the other half for another purpose.  I have also used a whole egg which works fine, it just tastes a little more eggy.

For 1 cup mix add 1/2 a cup milk and 1 large egg.

Approximately 221 cal, 31.4 g carbs, 5.6 g fat, 12.5 g protein in 1/2 a cup mix.

With milk and egg, approximately 289 cal, 34.6 g carbs, 9.2 g fat, 17.7 g protein.

Calculated using MyFitnessPal using my best approximation of how many servings this mix will create.