By Shelley Wishnick RD, CDN, CDE, a registered dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a NYS Certified Nutritionist, and Certified Diabetes Educator with the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators who provides counseling to those with Type 1, Type 2, pre-diabetes and gestational diabetes at the Mount Sinai Diabetes Center.
Many traditional breakfast foods are loaded mostly with carbohydrates. But you can start your morning right with an easy protein pancake recipe that I share with my diabetic patients.
INGREDIENTS:
- ½ cup dry oats
- ½ cup low fat cottage cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 egg whites
- ½ tsp cinnamon
DIRECTIONS:
Blend all the ingredients in blender. Spray the skillet with cooking spray and cook just like “silver dollar” pancakes (3 inch diameter), a few small ones at a time. Then top with your favorite fresh fruit!
NUTRITION:
Serving Size 5 pancakes: 337 kcal, 7 gm fat, 32 gm carbs, 4 gm fiber, 31 gm protein (Don’t forget to count carbs for your fruit of choice)