Yup, you read that correctly. Powell approved waffles that you can eat every day! This tasty breakfast is not only a winner with adults and kids, but it is packed with protein – the perfect way to start every day.
A HUGE thanks to our good friend, Ammon Woods, for lending this yummy recipe to post! I know y’all will LOVE this :).
Protein Waffles
Serves 2
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cottage cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup water
2 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup oatmeal, instant or regular
1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions:
Put oatmeal and baking powder in food processor or blender and process until powdered.
In a food processor, blend cottage cheese, eggs, water, vanilla, and olive oil until smooth.
Mix the dry and wet ingredients to form a batter.
As the mixture stands it will thicken, and it may be necessary to add more water (a tablespoon at a time), to a get smooth, not lumpy, consistency.
Cook in a waffle iron according to the iron’s specifications. My waffles take about 4 minutes each.
Nutritional Data: 313 Calories, 18g Protein, 29g Carbs, 4g Fiber, 2.5g Sugar, 13.4g Fat
You can also drizzle with honey or sugar free maple syrup. I top mine with 2 tbsp of coconut whipped cream, which adds an additional 60 cal, 5.2g fat, .8 carbs, and .8 protein
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I made these today and they are amazing! I have been carb cycling for almost 3 months now, and daughter has been on a waffle kick lately. Its hard to avoid the amazing smells of fresh waffles cooking in the morning, But not anymore! Thanks! Have you and Chris ever considered doing a cookbook. I am just saying that I love all the recipes in Choose to lose and would love more. I can’t thank you and Chris enough for what you do, and what you have done for me. So THANK YOU!!!!
I just finished reading the choose more, lose more book. I’m anxious to get started. I’m trying to figure out if u have to eat vegetables 5 times a day or three. In the book sometimes it says u eat 5 meals a day and sometimes it refers to it as, three meals two snacks a day. Just wondering if I have to eat 2 cups of vegas 5x or 3x daily? Thanks!
Great question! You can eat 2 fist fulls of veggies (the non-root/non-starchy type) with every single meal/snack in carb cycling. These veggies can be optional for high carb meals if you’re full. And there are 5 meals/snacks every day. Happy carb cycling!
I made these this morning. I had a weird, slight, almost soured after taste (the cottage cheese??) that I didn’t like, would greek yogurt make that better or worse, and would it still work out nutritionally speaking? I also was hoping to add a sweetness (a half of a banana didn’t do a thing!) so I can just eat them plain with out syrup. In the end I made a compote of a 1/4c frozen raspberries and a tsp of maple syrup with 2 tbs whip cream. Then I dipped my waffles in them. That worked out. However, (I’m new to this healthy cooking bit. I’m a butter/sugar kinda gal.) I would like to know what you would think would be a healthy whole food sweetness (so no fake sugar please) I could add that I would actually taste. I just discovered Medjool dates, do you think that would work? Would a mere two be enough (since they are really high in calories)? If anyone had opinions on this I’d appreciate it. I’d REALLY like to eat these. The concept is great. BTW, my 2 young kids loved them. I really liked the texture too.
Hmmm…I’ve made these before and haven’t had this happen. You can try the Greek yogurt – you’ll just have to adjust the nutritional information. If you’re interested, this protein powder pancake recipe might be something you’d like to try: https://heidipowell.net/6274/protein-powder-its-not-just-for-shakes-anymore/. As for sweetener, you can try the dates and see what happens. Enjoy!
If you are dairy free what can you use instead of the cottage cheedse for protien?? Protein powder??
You could try it and see if it will work. 🙂
Is a serving one waffle, or 2?
2 squares. Enjoy!
Can anyone please answer where 13.4 g. Of fat comes from? Seems like a lot
From the eggs, olive oil, oats, and cottage cheese. 🙂
These were amazing! Even my picky son liked them. I’m going to try freezing them and popping them in the toaster!
I just want to confirm what the actual serving size is as each waffle iron size varies.
I’d suggest taking the information for one serving, multiply that by two (since the recipe makes two servings), and then divide that total by the number of waffles you get from using your waffle maker. That will give you the nutritional information specific to your serving sizes. 🙂
These sound great! Can I have them in the morning while in the classic cycle? Thanks:)
Yes, these would work for any breakfast since every breakfast – on both low and high carb days – is a high carb meal. 🙂
My waffle maker holds a 1/2 cup of batter and I was able to make 4 of them. So I am clarifying that a 1/2 a cup equals 1 portion per the nutritional info.