Healthy Protein Waffles
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Breakfast of champions here! High protein waffles made right in a blender! So so easy and filling with 20g protein!
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reason to make high protein waffles
- Well-balanced breakfast. With a good mix of protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats, you’ll be full and energized to power through to lunch time, avoiding that mid-morning crash.
- No fuss, no muss. Thanks to the use of a helpful blender, these high protein waffles practically cooks itself. Bonus: there are less bowls and less dishes to clean too!
- Short ingredient list. No more waffle mix! With just 5 simple ingredients (most of which are pantry staples), making homemade protein waffles has never been easier.
- High protein and good carbohydrates. The beauty of this recipe are the eggs and cottage cheese – giving you all the protein you need without the addition of protein powder.
- Flexible recipe. This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled as needed.
- Great for meal prep. Protein waffles are great for breakfast-on-the-go or lunch boxes for the kids. Not to mention, they freeze very well, reheating in the toaster oven for those favorited crisp edges.
protein waffles versus regular waffles
Protein waffles will look and taste just like traditional waffles, but high protein waffles will be full of protein and healthy carbohydrates.
how to make the easiest high protein waffles
- Add all ingredients to a blender
- Blend, blend, blend
- Pour batter into a waffle maker
- Add desired toppings and serve
tips and tricks for success
- Make it gluten-free. Substitute with gluten-free old fashioned rolled oats.
- Mix it up. Add berries, chocolate chips or nuts to the batter.
- Preheat the waffle iron. This will ensure even cooking for a crisp, well-browned waffle while keeping the inside fluffy.
- Increase the protein. Top with your favorite nut butter, Greek yogurt or bananas.
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Healthy Protein Waffles: Frequently Asked Questions
Not at all! The cottage cheese will add protein, richness and creaminess to the waffles.
Nut butters, berries, bananas and maple syrup are all crowd favorites.
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Let the waffles cool completely. Transfer the waffles to an airtight, resealable freezer bag. Label, date and freeze up to 2 months. To reheat, place waffles in the toaster oven and cook in the mid-range setting until warmed through (no need to thaw prior).
Healthy Protein Waffles
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat a waffle iron to medium-high heat. Lightly oil the top and bottom of the waffle iron or coat with nonstick spray.
- Combine eggs, cottage cheese, oats, vanilla and salt in blender until smooth.
- Pour a scant 1/2 cup of the egg mixture into the waffle iron, close gently and cook until golden brown and crisp, about 4-5 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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Picky kid approved! Our kids are so picky, and love those frozen waffles. I am trying to wean them off of those and get them eating more protein in the mornings. I made a batch of these and our kids liked them! They tasted great, you can barely tell they ate slightly different than a traditional waffle. Love that the protein is so much higher even without protein powder!
Quick. Easy. Yummy. I used almond extract instead of vanilla and added some chopped pecans on batter just before closing waffle maker. I think this is my go-to. (Also replaced 1/2 cup of the cottage cheese with whipped cream cheese and it worked great) i will definitely making these often!
I was hoping there was a substitute for the cottage cheese. I don’t like it. I’m going to try heavy cream instead.
Delicious! My favorite waffle recipe. Thank you!
I added a banana and 1/2 tsp baking powder. They were light and delicious without anything on top. I kept thinking they’d be lovely to make an ice cream sandwich out of.
I added a small amount of maple syrup, changed the egg ratio to more of the egg white for higher protein and less fat and a tbsn of almond milk. Topped with cooked down blueberries…delicious!!!
I’m very excited to try these but I am wondering if more complete nutrition details are available? At least carb and fat grams and serving size would be extraordinarily helpful.
Great recipe!
These are the waffles I make all the time! I make 4 recipes at a time and then freeze them in quart bags to have as a quick protein snack or for breakfast.
Sheer genius and soooo good!
Hi! I can’t have eggs but love the idea of these waffles. Any substitution recommendations for so many eggs? Thank you!
Love the texture, love the protein amount, love the ‘no sugar added’! I soaked the batter, unblended, for about 8 hours… then used a hand blender to blend.
I used a mini round individual waffle maker (Crate and Barrel ceramic non-stick) and was able to make 12. Size is perfect for the toaster in the morning.
Question: Any idea how many grams of carbohydrates?
Delicious! I blended the oats into flour first, then added the other ingredients. Add almond extract and a bit of sweetener and they are birthday cake flavor!
Use oat flour and add baking powder!
After making the recipe and grinding the rolled oats as had been suggested here, the waffles were good but had a lot of texture still. Oat flour solved that. You cant tell that these are anything other than normal waffles now.
Oat flour is denser by volume than rolled oats so I ended up at 1-1/3c oat flour. Use a kitchen scale if you have one.
Made again today but made pancakes. Totally worked. Highly recommend!!
Made these yesterday morning. Our 2 year old grandson and us too, gobbled them up. I read through the reviews and ground up the oats separately, added 1.5 tsp baking powder to the oats, then ran cottage cheese in blender, added eggs, and oats a bit at a time and ended up adding 2 tbsp water. Delicious!!! Highly recommend.
I’ve pretty much left all of my other waffle recipes behind. These are easy, fast, and healthier than my other recipes. Now that my boys are older, they want high protein everything. No whey powder required here. They can easily go savory or sweet… but you might leave out the vanilla if you want a savory waffle.
I’ve also added a tsp of cinnamon to one batch and a rounded tbsp of powdered chocolate to another to make variations. Both are good. Imagine a chicken and waffles with mole chicken on top of one of these with a bit of dark cocoa powder in it?
This is an excellent recipe! They are delicious waffles! Thank you for the recipe.
I read through the comments & copied some of the suggestions (blending the oats into flour first, then putting it in a bowl; separately blending the cottage cheese until smooth, then alternating adding in the oat flour & eggs; added 1.5 tsp baking powder; added 2 Tblsp water).
We had these with either a little maple syrup, or with my homemade (low sugar ) blueberry jam. I ate 2 for a late breakfast, with 2 pieces of bacon, and I stayed satisfied until dinner.
I initially began making these as an attempt to get protein into one picky kid in particular. They’re such a hit! I make these 2-3 times a month and freeze to have on hand for on the go fillers for my kids and they obviously love them for breakfast. I’ve been making add in’s that I’m so proud to say go undetected – for one – TONS of spinach/arugula and chocolate chips as “Hulk waffles”, for another I blend beets (I roast and freeze in cubes) and blueberries for purple-red waffles. This is basically the only recipe of anything I’ve ever made where the healthy add ins are NOT rejected. I’ll continue to make this!!
These are great and so easy! I add a scoop of protein powder to up the protein a bit. They are my weightlifting grandson’s favorite breakfast, and helps his grandma prevent muscle loss too!