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Chocolate protein low carb waffles

Published on by Margit Partei2 kommentaari

An improved version of my protein waffles. Still grain-free, sugar-free and dairy-free. Makes 2,5 normal sized waffles of 2 big waffles.

 

 

What do you need?

  • 25 grams of protein powder

  • 2 eggs

  • 10 grams of oil or melted butter

  • 5 grams of dark cocoa powder (could be omitted if making a vanilla version)

  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

  • water 

  • sweetener

  • cinnamon, pumpkin spice or gingerbread spice (optional)

  • vanilla or almond or orange extract (optional)

 

How to make them?

Get your waffle maker preheating at high heat.

Whisk up your eggs well. Add protein powder and mix really well until there are no lumps. Now add in cocoa powder, baking powder and the oil or melted butter (and also the extracts or seasonings you might want). Mix well. Start adding water teaspoon at a time until you have a normal waffle/pancake bater consistency. Taste the bater: if it needs to be sweeter, add some sweetener to your taste.

Pour some bater (about) into your waffle maker and cook until crispy and cooked, it really depends on what kind of waffle maker you are using. You can get 2 thicker waffles or 2,5 thinner waffles from this recipe.

 

Serve as is, with melted chocolate, berries, nuts, whipped cream, nut butter, ricotta cream, cream cheese or whatever else you can imagine.

Enjoy!

 

What about nutrition?

The whole recipe is 370 kcal, 36 g of protein, 4 g of total carbs, 23 g of fat.

If divided into 2 waffles, one waffle is 185 kcal, 18 g of protein, 2 g of total carbs, 18 g of fat.

Coconut flour waffles

Published on by Margit Partei5 kommentaari

Yesterday I received a package from an Estonian online shop that sells ecological products. I ordered coconut oil, coconut ghee (coconut oil + regular ghee), hemp seed flour (it seemed interesting) and coconut flour. It was my first time to buy most of those things (aside from coconut oil) and I was very excited to try everything. 

So this morning (or lunch) I decided to make some waffles from my coconut flour. OMG, people. They were so good! I literally added no seasonings and the taste of coconut really came out strong. If you don’t like coconut you probably won’t enjoy these. Maybe if you add some seasonings like cocoa and camouflage the taste of coconut, then you will.

I just had to come and write a blog post about them right after I finished eating. 

The recipe made me 2 big waffles. As always, the waffles are low carb, sugar-free, grain-free, gluten-free. Plus, this time also dairy-free which makes them also OK for primal eating and paleo.

 
 

What do you need?

  • 20 grams of coconut flour

  • 3 eggs

  • 10 grams of melted butter / oil

  • a splash of sweetener

  • 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda

  • 10 grams of butter (for frying)

 

How to make them?

First of all, get your waffle maker preheating to high heat.

Whisk up your eggs well. Add in the coconut flour, baking soda and mix again. Now add in some sweetener according to your taste and also the oil or melted butter. Whisk until there are no lumps. Let the batter sit there for some minutes so it can thicken a little bit. If needed, add some water (I didn’t need any).

Brush your waffle maker with some butter and add in half of the batter. Fry until the waffle is nicely golden brown. Do the same with the other half of your batter.

Serve with whatever you like: sour cream, whipped cream, berries, nuts, nut butter or plain. I put some coconut ghee on mine and they were really really yummy.

 

What about nutrition?

Coconut flour seems to be pretty high in carbs although a big part of them is insoluble fiber. Total carbs per 100 grams is 64,7 g, fiber 38,5 g, so net carbs is 26,2 g. The 20 grams of coconut flour that I added in this recipe will give you 13 g of total carbs, 7,7 g of fiber and 5,3 g of net carbs. It’s not that bad in my opinion.

The whole recipe (without toppings) is 500 kcal, 28 g of protein, 39 g of fat, 14 g of total carbs (of which 7,7 g is fiber, so net carbs = 6,3 g).

 

Bon appetit!