Recipes

Blender Waffles (Chocolate)

Adding a few more ingredients turns our healthy blender waffles into a chocolatey treat.

Turn on the waffle iron. If desired for keeping waffles warm, preheat oven to 275° and put a baking sheet or cookie rack inside.

In a blender, put the wet ingredients:

6 eggs
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup flax seed meal
1/2 cup frozen spinach
1 1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp maple syrup

Then add the dry ingredients on top, and blend:

2/3 cup chocolate chips
2/3 cup teff flour
2/3 cup quinoa flour (or minute oats)
2/3 cup tapioca flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground espresso or espresso powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Note: for the best waffles, blend the batter again before each time you pour it; this ensures that each set of waffles rises the same amount.

How much to pour from the blender into the waffle iron will require a little experimentation. (For example, with our waffle iron we pour into the middle of each waffle shape and stop once the batter fills every groove but the outer edges of the corner squares.)

Cook waffles for 5-7 minutes each. Trust a timer or when the steam dwindles away, not the waffle iron lights.

Half Recipe

In a blender, put the wet ingredients:

3 eggs

1/4 cup flax seed meal

1/4 cup frozen spinach

3/4 cup milk

2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 Tbsp maple syrup

Then add the dry ingredients on top, and blend:

1/3 cup chocolate chips

1/3 cup teff flour

1/3 cup quinoa flour (or minute oats)

1/3 cupw tapioca flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground espresso or espresso powder

some salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon