Healthy Wild Blueberry Cottage Cheese Pancakes [+Video]

Sometimes you just need a big pile of fluffy pancakes and these healthy wild blueberry cottage cheese pancakes will fill your belly but not your waistline.

Growing up I was pretty die hard french toast. My Uncle Richard taught me to do maple syrup, homemade of course, and then a dusting of powdered sugar which is probably why I ended up with a few cavities but I forgive him. 😉 Once Cade and I got married we started experimenting with breakfast recipes and ended up with our Saturday morning hot breakfast tradition.

Most often it’s crepes, Cade’s nutella crepes to be exact but we also love our melt in your mouth buttermilk pancakes recipe that you’ll see by the comments, it’s the best in the entire world. Seriously.

The problem is, I don’t want to always be packing in the calories with heavier breakfasts so with all of this cottage cheese pancake craze I set out to make a healthier pancake. I can’t even describe sinking your teeth into these pancakes and finding little pockets of fresh blueberries. It’s a taste that can’t be beat!

Ingredients for Cottage Cheese Pancakes

I know when you hear the word “pancakes” you don’t think healthy breakfast, but these pancakes use a couple of different ingredients to make them a healthier choice that traditional pancakes. One pancake is only 16 carbohydrates and 3g of fat with 7g of protein (see the recipe card for the complete nutrition facts). Here is what you will need:

• Old Fashioned Oats: We will blend this up to make oat flour which is higher in fiber, vitamins and mineral than all purpose flour.
• Cottage Cheese: We chose to use the low fat cottage cheese and don’t notice any difference in flavor at all. It’s got great protein!
• Vanilla Extract: adds flavor
• Sugar: adds some sweetness
• Eggs : gives the pancakes structure and rise and using more egg whites keeps the protein high while calories are lower
• Baking Powder: gives the pancakes their fluffiness
• Salt: enhances all the flavors
• Wild Blueberries: Depending on the season, you can use fresh or frozen blueberries. Obviously fresh is preferred but sometimes it’s just not feasible. Wild berries take it from delicious to farm-to-table fresh deliciousness!

The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

How to Make Blueberry Cottage Cheese Pancakes

This pancake recipe is easy and we make most of the recipe in a blender. Here are steps:

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If you love apple cider, you’ll likely fall completely in love with Apple Cider Ice Cream. Rich and creamy, fragrant with apples and real apple cider flavor, this ice cream is heavenly when scooped over an apple crisp or served with a slice of pie.

Apple Cider Ice Cream

I tested this recipe a few different ways, and simply couldn’t get the flavor I wanted from apple cider initially. Then I finally stumbled on boiled cider.

What is Boiled Cider?

In a nutshell, boiled cider is a roughly 8 to 1 concentration of apple cider. Nothing is added. It has a tart, sweet apple taste. It will add an intense apple flavor to anything that you cook with apples.

Can you make boiled cider at home? Sure. You’ll need a gallon of cider to make about 2 cups worth of boiled cider. It will take about 5-6 hours to reduce down over low simmering heat.

That said, I found purchasing boiled cider to be a terrific option for my purposes. You can purchase it on Amazon, and also directly from the apple orchard. (It’s a trade off with a higher price and free shipping from Amazon or a lower price and paid shipping direct from the seller.)

Apple Ice Cream Recipe

To make this ice cream, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• Heavy cream
• Sugar
• Kosher salt
• Whole milk
• Boiled apple cider 
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2-Minute Rice Krispie Treat in a Mug [+Video]

If you have 3 simple ingredients and 2 minutes to spare, then you are on your way to a single serving rice krispie treat in a mug! Satisfy that sweet tooth the right way!

Kids love them. Adults love them. They are a great dessert to feed a crowd. Our brown butter dulce de leche rice krispie treats are just about the best thing you will ever taste in your life! And if you want just a classic rice krispies treat, we’ve got you covered there too! But what if you just need a quick Rice Krispie treat fix and don’t want a whole pan of them tempting you all week long?

My sister and her family make little single serving Rice Krispie treats so that they don’t have a bunch of dessert sitting around that everyone keeps munching on. I thought it was such a great idea!

Here is a special glimpse into a typical evening in the Cheney household. We get the kids down for bed, and all we want to do is sit down with a sweet treat and veg!  Is this how it is at your house too? Or are we the only ones? The problem is that most sweet treats come in large quantities. This Rice Krispie treat in a mug for one has been our go-to lately!

The other problem is that we have no time to veg! After the kids are in bed is our prime time to jam out most of our work on the blog. But we aren’t complaining! There is something so fulfilling about being productive with your time! Don’t get me wrong, we quite often turn on some Netflix in the background.

Ingredients for Rice Krispie Treat in a Mug

You only need 3 ingredients to make this sweet treat for one! Here is the ingredients list:

• Butter
• Rice Krispies Cereal
• Marshmallows

If you happen to be out of Rice Krispies, scroll down to the section below for substitution ideas. The measurements needed can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

Rice Krispie Treats – A History

Can you guess what year Rice Krispie treats came to be?  I had no clue, but it was a lot earlier than I expected! According to Wikipedia, Rice Krispie treats were invented in 1939 in the home economics department of the Kellogg Company as a fund raiser. That means there has been 85 years of Rice Krispie treats magic!  Everyone should make this Rice Krispie treat in a mug to celebrate!

Rice Krispie Treats for Special Diets

You can buy Rice Krispies that are gluten free. Just make sure the box says “Gluten Free” on the front.  They are different than your regular Rice Krispies. The Great Value Walmart brand is my go-to!

Butter and marshmallows are gluten-free. That is great news for our gluten free friends!  However with the butter in there, it is not dairy-free.  There is an easy solution for that…just replace the butter with coconut oil!  It works like a charm and still tastes like the Rice Krispie treat you know and love!

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