Thanks for all the great protein ideas everyone! Especially the idea of having the sauteed veggies pre-done so they're ready to go.

I do buy the egg whites but thought they might be a bit bland on their own. And I love hardboiled eggs but I like to eat the whole egg so the calories can add up.

I also love cottage cheese and didn't realize how popular it was for a protein source. The pancakes are interesting but I'll give them a try.

Thanks again!

I came back to add that I checked out the cottage cheese link (Thanks Nelie) and there were so many great ideas...but now I'm hungry!

Thank you guys! Unfortunately I'm allergic to eggs - I can have them *in* stuff if they're not too prominent, but omelettes, scrambled eggs, and egg-based dough products are out for me. But, I get a fair bit of milk, and I'll pick up some cottage cheese next time I'm at the store. That'll help. I'll check out quinoa; how do you cook quinoa anyway?

I made these today for lunch. They were delicious! I think I like them even better than white flour pancakes due to the oatmeal flavor. I made a triple batch and am going to put the rest in the frig for breakfast. I took a sugar free syrup, cooked some blueberries in it and put it on top. Thanks for the recipe!

what is quinoa? never heard of it.

Is the cottage cheese low-fat, non-fat or regular? What kind of oatmeal are you using; the steel cut stuff? Do they get brown and smooth like pancakes when done? They sound very interesting and I love blueberries.

Glad you liked them Tammy... even my non healthy friends liked these...

I use low fat cottage cheese, large flaked oatmeal uncooked... and yes they are nice and smooth when done, make sure you blend them well...

Quinoa (keen-wah) is a grain, rapidly gaining in popularity because it is high in protein and decent in fiber. I used to make my own breakfast cereals and throw quinoa in it for the protein and extra-love. I've never used it for much else though.

Nutritional Info:

Serving Size: (100 grams)
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 374
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 8%
Saturated Fat 1g 2%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 21mg 0%
Total Carboydrates 69g 22%
Dietary Fiber 6g ~
Sugars 0g ~
Protein 13g 26%

Trader Joe's sells pure egg whites--no coloring, etc. There might be some sort of preservative in them, but that's it. I can't remember how expensive they were.

I buy the eggwhites in a carton too... I don't buy Eggbeaters because they are full of stuff that I can't pronounce... The eggwhites in cartons that I buy are pure pasterised eggwhites, you can eat it as is, but who would want to do that... Although I have added the pure eggwhites to shakes, you can't taste it at all but man, oh man, watchout for the gasssss, later on in the day TMI I know

Okay, now I'm confused. I have not yet tried the pancakes but thought about making them this weekend. Every recipe I've seen (even with slight variations) calls for "oatmeal", which I assumed meant that I had to cook up a batch of oatmeal (which is why I hadn't made them yet).

Now Ilene, you said you used large flaked "oatmeal" but uncooked. If I see oatmeal, I think cooked...does everyone actually mean raw oats?? Or is it possible that some of you are using oats and some oatmeal?

Help?

My pancakes call for raw uncooked large or regular flaked oatmeal... most recipes that I've seen with oatmeal, unless specified, call for uncooked oatmeal...

Thanks Ilene. I guess I will continue to just be confused by people using "oatmeal" where I would use oats. Much easier if you don't have to cook up some oatmeal first, which is what I was about to do!!