When Life* Gives You Egg Whites and Oats

You try to find any way possible to not make it always just be "egg whites and oats".

* Indicates that "life" is actually your "coach"

Protein pancakes are a popular combination in gym rat communities of oats and egg whites (plus a few extras such as protein powder, cottage cheese, peanut butter powder, caffeine, etc.), but when your blender is on the fritz (or just a plain old wimp) this may not be an option for you. 

Or perhaps I am just the lazy one who prefers to do less dishes. To be fair, to me, our current blender's only intended use is for smoothies. That means making more than one batch of anything at a time is not an option. Or an option that I would advise.

That brings us to one of my current creations- French Oats. Because if I can't have French Toast, I might as well have French Oats. These could also be "Lazy Lady's Protein Pancakes" however that doesn't sounds as classy. Below is my recipe for these quick fuel discs. Please note that this recipe is based of my current allowances, adjust ingredients your tastes as necessary. 

French Oats  

Make Julia Child proud... or at least your mom proud(-ish). 

What Goes In

• 1/2 cup of dry oats
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp of sea salt
• 1/2 pack of Splenda (optional)

What to Do

Mix the dry ingredients together, preferably in a mug. 

Stir in the egg whites and the vanilla. 

Let sit for about 5 minutes allowing the oats to absorb some of the moisture from the egg whites. During this time, preheat a frying pan on medium-low.

Pour mug contents into the preheated pan. Allow to cook in the hot pan for about 4 minutes. Once the pan side of the French Oats has developed a sturdy crust, flip and cook on the other side.  Once that side has sat in the hot pan for a few minutes, slide it out and voila! You just made French Oats!

Don't you feel so cultured? I didn't think so.

In the meantime- fake it until you are it!