Breakfast at Your Desk: These Easy Pancakes Will Change Your Life (Promise)

Have you ever seen a photo with a recipe that made you so hungry you whipped up the recipe on the spot? I did that yesterday after seeing an amazing recipe for pancakes ...

Health magazine recently released their new book The CarbLover's Diet (sounds like a terrific book), and USA Today featured a recipe for oatmeal-blueberry pancakes with a maple-Greek yogurt topping--yum!

I loved the idea of making pancakes with four simple ingredients: oats, eggs, cottage cheese, and blueberries (oh, the vanilla, too). So, I whipped up a batch and was so incredibly smitten with the recipe (it makes a great breakfast or a hearty snack), I wanted to share it with you too:

Blueberry oat pancakes with maple yogurt

(Note: I halved the recipe, and this made about 2 and a half pancakes--enough for a single serving; but the below will probably yield about 4-5 pancakes)

Ingredients:

1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup blueberries

3/4 cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt

1 tablespoon maple syrup

Cooking spray

Preparation:

Combine oats, cottage cheese, eggs and vanilla in a blender or food processor; process until smooth. Gently stir in the blueberries. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon about 2 tablespoons batter per pancake into pan. Cook 3 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over, and cook 3 more minutes or until golden. Combine yogurt and maple syrup; serve alongside pancakes.

Enjoy!

P.S. Need some yummy and healthy breakfast ideas? Get out of your breakfast rut here.