This is based on my instant-oatmeal pancakes… the recipe for which is being tweeked over time and I’ll post in full here soon.
Tonight though, I wanted something different for dinner and made chocolate waffles with a cherry sauce topping. The chocolate taste comes from protein powder, and with mine was fairly subtle. Which is fine, I wanted just a hint of chocolate. This was dinner, not dessert.
What’s In It:
1/3 cup rolled oats (regular or quick shold work fine)
1/4 cup no-fat cottage cheese
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 scoop (about 1 Tablespoon) chocolate flavored protein powder
2 tablespoon milk (I generally use soy milk)
The Magic Bullet style blender works great for this. Use it or a similar blender to puree all ingredients together until smooth.
Spray a heated waffle iron with butter flavored no-stick spray, pour on the batter and close it up. It should take about 7 minutes to cook, but follow the directions for your maker. Me, I have a 4-in-1 Grill Station (look for a review sometime later) that has waffle plates that are too shallow, so I “raised” the top plate a bit using a couple bamboo skewers. It seemed to work pretty good.
After the waffles come off the maker, plate them up, top with some of the cherry sauce (or your other favorite topping) and enjoy.
I get about 4 waffles that are slightly bigger than your typical toaster waffle, and I figure get about 7-8g of protein per waffle. Want to boost it up? Add more of your protein powder.
For the sauce I took bout half-dozen fresh, pitted cherries. I sliced a couple of them in half, the others I pureed with about a teaspoon of SF blackberry preserves. Use what-ever flavor you have, it’s just to add a bit more sweetness to it. Add the halved-cherries back in and microwave the sauce for about 30 seconds before pouring over the waffles.
That’s all there is too it. The left overs freeze well, and can be reheated just like your store-bought toaster waffles. If you don’t want chocolate, use plain/vanilla flavored protein powder and top with some sugar-free syrup. You could also try adding fruit to the batter, like mashed banana or some blueberries.
