Popover pancakes

I decided that I wanted to experiment with some new breakfast ideas, rather than oatmeal, for the gazillionth time.  I prefer cheerios, but cheerios don't last me very long, since I'll eat half the box in one sitting.  mmmm, cheerios.  So, three days after buying cheerios, I no longer have breakfast food, and end up back with oatmeal.  Anyway, one of the problems with oatmeal is that while I find it totally edible, and actually enjoy it when you take the time to cook it slowly without stirring and there is good chew to the oats and you've put lots of fruits and nuts on top, well I don't enjoy it *enough* that I can sit there and eat enough of it that I'm not starving to death by 10am.  I'm pretty sure part of this is that oatmeal is mostly carbs, with a smidge of protein, and my body is REALLY GOOD at burning through carbs.  So anyway, I decided that maybe I should try eating a breakfast that has more protein and fat in the mix, but I don't really want to be eating bacon and sausage every morning.  That doesn't seem healthy.  And also, it's expensive for both your wallet and the planet to eat meat.  I get sick of eggs really quickly, so that's also not the answer, and I don't feel satiated by smoothies. 

So in a semi-compromise, but also in a bid for deliciousness (though anything vs bacon is hard-pressed to win that battle), I decided to try making popover pancakes.  Real pancakes don't really solve the problem of incorporating more protein and fat into breakfast.  Popovers are delicious, and consist mostly of eggs and milk.  But popovers take a lot of time to bake.  So, the birth of popovers cooked in a frying pan!  But of course, I didn't have milk.  This is a problem, but a solvable one, because I did have yogurt.  Plain yogurt and milk are totally substitutes...

1/2C plain yogurt
1 egg
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of baking soda (popovers don't take leavening, but I didn't have a 450F oven to play with, and I did have yogurt, so baking soda it is)
1/2C flour
1 tbs butter, for cooking
1 peach

So, dump the ingredients into a 2C measure.  This lets you pour out your popovers!  And creates less mess to clean up.  Use a fork to beat everything together.  Melt the butter in a big frying pan.  Wash and cut up your peach (you can leave skin on).  Pour out some pancakes into the frying pan, dot with peach pieces.  Cook ~5min on one side, til the bubbles pop and don't re-fill.  Flip.  Cook another 3min.  Consume!  This made 4 pancakes.

I ate these plain, and they were delicious.  They aren't fluffy like pancakes; they're custardy like popovers.  Tomorrow, I am going to try putting some more yogurt and some rhubarb jam on top.  And maybe sprinkle with walnuts.  And maybe play with using a different flour than white flour, or see what happens when I use some almond flour in there with regular flour.  Or, since these aren't sweet except for the peach parts, I could go the savory route, and top with cheese, or avocado, or tomatoes and basil...

And hey, it's after 11am, and I'm not dying of starvation!

Though now that you mention it...

Nutritional breakdown -
Popover pancakes with a peach: 560cal, 22g fat, 73g carb, 23g protein
Oatmeal with a peach and walnuts: 360cal, 13g fat, 52g carb, 11g protein
So clearly, I just need to find something tasty and full of fat and protein to eat with my oatmeal to make it until lunchtime.  Back to the bacon hypothesis.  Or I could cook my oats in milk, but that makes it harder to clean the pan.  Or, keep eating popover pancakes!