These Lemon Ricotta Protein Pancakes are flavorful, hearty, and just like the lemon ricotta pancakes you'd find at a cute little downtown café.
🍋 Ingredients
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup part-skim ricotta 63g
- ¼ cup vanilla whey protein powder 23g
- 1 teaspoon coconut flour 2.3g
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Equipment needed
- kitchen scale - recommended for best results and easy cleanup
- Griddle or griddle pan
- non-stick cooking spray
- medium bowl
- Whisk - to mix the ingredients
- citrus zester - to zest the lemon
- knife - to cut the lemon
- measuring spoons
- Rubber spatula or spoon - to get the batter onto the griddle
- Pancake turner
How to
1. Spray your griddle with non-stick cooking spray and preheat over a low-medium flame.
2. Beat the egg with a whisk or fork.
3. Add the ricotta and mix well.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
5. Wait until the griddle is hot enough (when drops of water sizzle up).
6. Pour pancake batter on on the griddle into 3-4 pancakes, and flip when you see steam rising from the top of the pancake.
7. Cook for about one more minute on the other side.
8. Stack, and enjoy!
Ingredient Substitutions
In place of the lemon, orange would be delicious in this recipe!
I would not substitute other types of protein powder in this recipe. For plant-based protein pancakes, try our blueberry protein pancakes.
Top Tip
With these lemon ricotta protein pancakes and my blackberry ricotta protein pancakes, it is especially important to spray your pan with non-stick cooking spray. Recipes high in whey can get very sticky!
The combination of whey and ricotta makes these a very filling high protein breakfast.The next time you wake up hungry, give these pancakes a try!
Recipe
Lemon Ricotta Protein Pancakes
Equipment
- kitchen scale recommended for best results and easy cleanup
- non-stick cooking spray
- whisk or fork
- knife
- rubber spatula or spoon
Ingredients
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ cup (63 g) part-skim ricotta
- ¼ cup (23 g) vanilla whey protein powder
- 1 teaspoon (2.3 g) coconut flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Spray your griddle with non-stick cooking spray and preheat over a low-medium flame.
- Beat the egg with a whisk or fork.1 whole egg
- Add the ricotta and mix well.¼ cup (63 g) part-skim ricotta
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.¼ cup (23 g) vanilla whey protein powder, 1 teaspoon (2.3 g) coconut flour, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- Wait until the griddle is hot enough (when drops of water sizzle up).
- Pour pancake batter on on the griddle into 3-4 pancakes, and flip when you see steam rising from the top of the pancake.
- Cook for about one more minute on the other side.
- Stack, and enjoy!
Andréa Marchese says
I would try a different whey protein powder (try a whey concentrate, stay away from whey isolate). Different brands are processed differently and therefore react differently in recipes. Hope this helps!
Kim says
Love this simple recipe but my pancakes came out dry. Any way to prevent this?
Andréa says
I love this idea, Jeanette! Thanks so much for sharing!
:)
Andréa
Jeanette says
Hi, love the recipe. I made it as pancakes first. Then I tried making it in a mug. I poured all the batter in a mug coated with Pam and microwaved it for 2 minutes and voila a perfect little muffin cake and less clean up!!!
Andréa says
Hi Michele,
Good question! Looking at the recipe, I don't think it should make more than 3 pancakes. But I show 6 in the picture… I suppose I made a double batch? I really don't remember! But I can see how that is confusing, and I appreciate you pointing it out! I will make them again soon and then edit the post. Apologies for the confusion! And thanks for writing in!
Andréa
Michele says
I love these pancakes! But everytime i make them, i can only make 2.5 hand size pancakes, is this suppose to make more?
Andréa says
Hi Elisabeth,
Cooking spray should have been enough. What kind of pan did you use? Was the flame too high? And what kind of protein powder did you use? I'm surprised to hear you needed to add water. I didn't have those issues at all!
Andréa
elisabeth a rodriguez says
How do I keep these from sticking to the pan! I made the recipe twice and after 2 attempts I was done! I used cooking spray but still couldn't flip them. I also had to add water because the batter was too thick to pour after I added the protein powder.