I have always, always hated cottage cheese. I thought it looked disgusting and the texture weirded me out beyond belief. I don’t even know if I ever actually tasted any when I was younger, but I just knew I hated it. Last week, one thing led to another and I came home from Whole Foods with a container of Organic Valley Cottage Cheese..I had a coupon, I was trying to eat more protein, and I really wanted to at least try it..and I am so glad I did! I wasn’t a big fan at first taste but it quickly grew on me and I’ve been incorporating it into breakfasts (stir into oatmeal or greek yogurt- tastes like cheesecake!), snacks (mix with a little stevia, cinnamon, and chopped apple- yum!) and then I decided to try it in pancakes. I also wanted to use up some of my PB2 stash so I came up with this recipe!
Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes
1/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t cinnamon
2 T PB2
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1/4 c milk
3 T egg whites
1 t vanilla
Mix all of the dry ingredients. Whisk all of the wet ingredients and add to dry. Spray griddle or frying pan and heat to medium-high heat. Place spoonfuls of batter onto the griddle/pan, let cook ~3 minutes, flip, and cook ~1 minute on the other side. Top with syrup, sliced banana, greek yogurt, more cottage cheese, etc! Enjoy 
These have a ton of protein, are quick + easy, and pretty tasty! If you are afraid of cottage cheese- don’t be 
You really can’t taste it.
Those pancakes look delicious! I LOVE cottage cheese – you should try blending it in a magic bullet (or something similar) and adding a bit of stevia and banana, or PB2, or vanilla! So good!
I will definitely have to try that as a night time snack
sounds yummy!
i’ve been on a pancake kick lately, and you know i’m ALWAYS a fan of peanut butter, so i’m excited to give these a shot! is the peanut butter flavor in them pretty strong or not really?
It isn’t that strong! It’s light enough that I think they’d be good with even more PB spread on top of them