I've been eating a lot of cottage cheese bowls for breakfast lately. The apple one in particular is very tasty and simple to make. It's also low-Points/low-calorie and gets me a good dose of protein, calcium, and fruit first thing in the morning. All-in-all, it's a pretty ideal breakfast. That said, I still like to mix it up a bit sometimes. So I've been casting about for other breakfast ideas.

Eventually I settled on this Weight Watchers sheet pan pancake recipe. I made a few adjustments, but the basic idea is the same.

Banana Sheet Pan Pancake

Slightly adapted from Weight Watchers

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt
• 1 c. water
• 5 1/2 Tbsp. sugar, divided
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 4 large bananas, divided
• 2 1/4 c. whole wheat flour¹
• 1/2 c. quick oats
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. coarse sea salt, ground
• chopped pecans, to serve²
• maple syrup, to serve
• raspberries, to serve

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F) and grease a rimmed baking sheet.
2. Combine the yogurt, water, 1/4 c. of the sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
3. Mash two of the bananas and mix them into the wet ingredients.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until just combined.
6. Pour the batter into the pan and spread all the way to the edges.
7. Slice the remaining two bananas and decorate the top of the "pancake" with the banana slices.
8. Sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 Tbsp. of sugar over top.
9. Bake at 220°C (425°F) for 15-20 minutes.
10. Serve topped with maple syrup, raspberries, and/or chopped pecans.

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Variations

Lower-Calorie Version

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. plain fat-free Greek yogurt
• 1 c. water
• 5 1/2 Tbsp. 1:1 monk fruit or stevia sweetener, divided
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 4 large bananas, divided
• 2 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c. quick oats
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. coarse sea salt, ground
• chopped pecans, to serve
• "no sugar added" syrup, to serve
• raspberries, to serve

Spiced Banana Bread Sheet Pan Pancake

The original recipe claimed to be a "banana bread" sheet pan pancake, but it didn't include any of what I tend to think of as the traditional/characteristic banana bread spices. I think, if I were doing it again, I'd want to try to add some more spices to it to amp up the flavour a bit.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt
• 1 c. water
• 1/4 c. brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp. spiced rum
• 2 large eggs
• 5 large bananas, divided
• 2 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c. quick oats
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. coarse sea salt, ground
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
• chopped pecans, to serve
• maple syrup, to serve
• raspberries, to serve

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¹ The original recipe calls for white whole wheat flour (as in flour ground from white wheat berries). I don't generally keep that on hand, so I usually just substitute regular hard whole wheat flour. That said, I think soft flour would be even better here. I didn't feel like grinding any for this recipe, but I might give it a go with soft flour next time. I think 330g should be about right. ^Back
2 The recipe called for using the chopped nuts as a topping, and that's what I did this time. I think I'd be inclined to try mixing them into the batter next time though. ^Back