I love breakfast meals. They’re filling, nutritious, relatively fast to make, and usually cheaper than other meals. Why not eat the most important meal of the day (breakfast!) for any meal?
The recipe below is for one serving, because I’m sad to say my husband doesn’t like breakfast foods (aside from eggs, sunny-side up or scrambled), but also because this makes it easy to adjust for any number of people.
Oatmeal Ricotta Pancakes with Cherry Topping
(Yield: 1 serving)
2/3 c rolled oats (I used Quaker Old-Fashioned)
¼ c plus 1 TB ricotta cheese, divided
1 egg
½ small banana, mashed
1 tsp vanilla
Dash salt
1 c fresh cherries, pitted and halved
Cooking spray
In the blender, pulse the oats until powdered, and transfer them to a separate bowl. In the blender, purée the cheese, egg, banana, vanilla, and salt, then add the oat powder and blend until just mixed. Heat a small 6” pan over medium heat, lightly spray it with cooking spray, then add half the batter. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until the pancake is golden on the bottom; flip and cook for another 2-4 minutes or until the pancake is golden on the second side. Repeat with the remaining batter (you will end up with 2 pancakes, each 4-5” in diameter). For the cherries, lightly spray a separate pan with cooking spray and cook the cherries on medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until they start to soften. Top the pancakes with the cherries and 1 TB of ricotta cheese.
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Rosa says
July 29, 2009 at 11:44 amOMG, that looks so scrumptious! A wonderful combination…
Cheers,
Rosa
Dawn (foodnfit) says
July 29, 2009 at 12:09 pmI could for sure eat breakfast for every meal–I love it! And this looks soooooo good!
Krista says
July 29, 2009 at 5:01 pmI think I need to make these tomorrow! They sound great….
Karyn (French Charming) says
July 29, 2009 at 5:08 pmDivine! Love this, it almost looks to good to eat…almost!
xoxo
Karyn
Anh says
July 29, 2009 at 5:50 pmYes, it is certainly wonderful! I love cherries!
Selba says
July 29, 2009 at 5:51 pmYummmm… I really want to have it for my breakfast now! :)
Reeni says
July 29, 2009 at 6:23 pmThis is heavenly with Ricotta and fresh cherries. What a lovely combo!
Juliana says
July 29, 2009 at 7:55 pmWow, this is a nice pancake…oatmeal and fresh cherries? Cannot go wrong…great for a weekend brunch!
Sophia says
July 29, 2009 at 9:22 pmThis is amazingly healthy! I’ll bet it has a nice chewy factor from the oats, but still light and fluffy from the ricotta cheese! Can I sub cottage cheese do you think?
admin says
July 30, 2009 at 7:20 amSophia, I think cottage cheese would work well as a substitute for the ricotta, especially since everything is pureed together. If you make it, let me know how it turns out with the cottage cheese! :)
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
July 30, 2009 at 12:27 amMy heart skipped a beat when I saw the pic! As a cherry lover I was instantly in love :D
Donna says
July 30, 2009 at 4:37 amWhat delicious looking pancakes.. love it with the cherries and ricotta.
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie says
July 30, 2009 at 7:57 amThe pancakes sounds so delicious with ricotta and oatmeal and I just love the fresh cherry topping – yum!
She-Fit says
July 30, 2009 at 8:49 amOH WOW! This looks great!!!!! I love breakfast too… it’s even better for dinner :)
Chiara says
July 30, 2009 at 8:52 amI happen to have all the ingredients on hand… I think I know what I’m going to have for lunch! Thanks for the inspiration!
lynn@queenofthecastlerecipes says
July 30, 2009 at 1:54 pmOh my, this looks delicious. I would like some right now.
momgateway says
July 30, 2009 at 2:29 pmYummm, ricotta is so good, I just love it!
Actors Diet says
August 2, 2009 at 8:06 pmyum! i’ve never thought of combining cherries with pancakes.
nora@ffr says
August 6, 2009 at 3:27 amhmmm great combo.. amazinggg!!!!
Evil Pixie says
November 19, 2009 at 8:10 amFound this recipe last night and noticed that it didn’t have a leavening agent. I decided to make these this morning. The only tweak I did to this recipe was add 1 tsp. of baking powder with the oats(only because i really like fluffy pancakes) and it was fantastic! This is a new favorite recipe for pancakes.
Shrinking Lady says
October 9, 2010 at 6:39 amI haven’t had these pancakes in forever! I had a craving for them and so decided to look up the recipe and found yours. I never added the half a banana before, I used to use applesauce. I tried it with the banana, and I really like the combination. Thanks for the twist. the only other thing I added was one packet of sweetner, I didn’t add the cherries or extra ricotta on top. Fabulous!