Dr Oz: Food Comeback + Whole Grain Cottage Cheese Pancakes Recipe

Dr Oz: Give Cottage Cheese Another Chance

Speaking of health foods you’ll want to start eating, there’s another food that can help with weight loss, cravings, and blood pressure. Unbelievably, it’s actually a cheese! Dr Oz pulled out a time capsule from 1975 and revealed that the “forgotten food” he was referring to was cottage cheese! It drastically decreased in popularity in recent years, but it’s time for cottage cheese to make a comeback!

Apparently, there’s a new and improved version of cottage cheese and when taste-tested, 57% of Dr Oz’s audience chose the new cottage cheese over Greek yogurt. It’s time to say goodbye to lumpy cottage cheese and give creamy, smooth cottage cheese a chance. If texture is a problem for you, you’ll likely love whipped cottage cheese. Take regular cottage cheese and put it in a food processor. It’s that easy! Of course, you can also buy whipped cottage cheese with sweet and savory flavors at the grocery store!

Cottage cheese has more protein than Greek yogurt, and can lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and fasting blood sugars. Plus, the full-fat version is the way to go because it keeps you fuller longer as a slow-digesting milk protein. But how can you enjoy it other than just right out of the bowl?

Dr Oz: Whole Grain Cottage Cheese Pancakes Recipe Ingredients

• 1/2 C sorghum flour
• 1/2 C + 1 tbsp tapioca starch
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp flax meal
• 1/3 C cottage cheese
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pint blueberries
• 3 tbsp water
• pinch of salt
• 1 C oat flour
• 2 tbsp teff flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 3 1/2 tsp sugar
• 3/4 C buttermilk
• 3 eggs
• 4 tsp canola oil
• 1/2 C maple syrup
• 1 tsp lemon juice

Dr Oz: Whole Grain Cottage Cheese Pancakes Recipe Directions

1. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine
2. Whisk all the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl
3. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and start to add in the wet ingredients, a little at a time to avoid lumps
4. Keep adding your wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until a batter is made
5. Let the batter sit for 15 minutes while the griddle preheats
6. Once the griddle reaches a medium-hot temperature, spray it with non-stick spray
7. Ladle the batter onto the griddle to make your pancakes
8. Let the pancakes cook until the edges start to look dry and bubbles form on the surface but don’t burst, about two minutes
9. Flip the pancakes over and cook on the other side for another couple minutes
10. Keep warm or serve right away with the blueberry compote

For the Blueberry Compote:

1. Combine maple syrup, blueberries, water, a pinch of salt, and lemon juice in a small pot
2. Stir to mix then heat over medium-low until the blueberries start to pop
3. Set aside and keep warm