Paula's Pumpkin Protein Pancakes

[SpacecityPaula]

Nothing like a little alliteration in your food name eh???

can of packed pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie filling)
1.5 Cups of Egg White
1 tsp of Maple Syrup
Cinnamon and Nutmeg to taste
3 Scoops of vanilla protein powder (although I had to sub in a scoop of Butter Cream toffee dymatize because I ran out of vanilla)

Mix Pumpkin, Egg Whites, Maple Syrup and Spices together until fairly smooth. Add PP and mix until well combined.

Heat Griddle until sizzling hot and spray with a bit of pam. pour 2/3 cup of batter onto griddle and cook like a regular pancake (mine were about 8 inches in diameter - if you want a smaller pancake use 1/2 cup to ladle batter onto grill). Flip when top begins to look set and almost dry.

Great with a tbsp of Natty PB and berries on top.

[kfisherx]

Okay so packed pumpkin versus pumpkin pie filling? I just use cannned pumkin when making pies. Is that the same stuff?

Also wrt cooking with protein powder... I keep hearing that it de-natures the protein to cook with the stuff. What do you think?

[dillytl]

Great with a tbsp of Natty PB and berries on top.

Yeah THAT! I actually had this for lunch today - YUMMMMMMY!

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by kfisherx

Okay so packed pumpkin versus pumpkin pie filling? I just use cannned pumkin when making pies. Is that the same stuff?

Also wrt cooking with protein powder... I keep hearing that it de-natures the protein to cook with the stuff. What do you think?

Just regular old pumpkin - no extra ingredients in the pumpkin which is what pumpkin pie filling has.

As far as denaturing goes... every protein you cook denatures to some extent - this is what causes the whites in eggs to change color as they heat and meat to become firm when you cook it. I don't think it's that big of an issue in the grand scheme of things.

[dillytl]

It should say 100% Pumpkin on the label - NOT Pumpkin Pie Filling!!

[PerfectMartini]

Originally Posted by kfisherx

Okay so packed pumpkin versus pumpkin pie filling? I just use cannned pumkin when making pies. Is that the same stuff?

Also wrt cooking with protein powder... I keep hearing that it de-natures the protein to cook with the stuff. What do you think?

Denaturing doesn't affect the amino acids or the peptide bonds between them.

Acid denatures protein (along with heat, think ceviche) so if you consume un-denatured protein it will denature in your stomach before it is absorbed in your intestine.