Recipe of the Week - High Protein Oat Waffles

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These high protein oat waffles are made with cottage cheese, oat flour and eggs. So good you’ll never make them any other way!

INGREDIENTS

  • 2/3 cup 4% milk fat small curd cottage cheese

  • 2 large eggs, separated

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 tablespoon sugar, (optional)

  • 1 cup oat flour, or grind old-fashioned rolled oats in blender

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Heat a waffle iron on its medium setting.

  • Place cottage cheese, egg yolks, vanilla, and sugar, if using in the blender. Add 6 tablespoons water, oat flour, baking powder and salt and blend until mixture is smooth batter. Transfer to a medium bowl using a spatula to get all the batter out.

  • Beat the egg white to soft peaks then fold into the batter.

  • Spray pre-heated waffle iron with oil spray. Pour batter into iron (about 1/4 cup) and cook until golden brown and steam is no longer being released.

Serving Sizes & Nutritional Information
Serving Size: 2 small waffles (1/2 cup batter),

  • Calories: 121

  • Carbohydrates: 12g

  • Protein: 8.5g

  • Fat: 4.5g

  • Saturated Fat: 1.5g

  • Cholesterol: 81mg

  • Sodium: 224.5mg

  • Fiber: 1.5g

  • Sugar: 1.5g