I've been doing a lot of cooking posts and random posts these days...and here's another cooking one. I have a 'how-to' post on pearl/ribbon necklace ready to go but I just couldn't wait to show y'all these delicious waffles!!
We made this for a Paleo brunch with friends. We...actually scratch that..PAUL has been recruiting our friends to try the paleo diet...and crossfit...and anything else he is interested in obsessed with these days.. :)
The good news is that with these awesome recipes we are finding (more to come)....it is becoming easier and easier to cut out all processed foods from our diet (including dairy and grains).
Recipe is below
{a perk to the diet - Paul is always up to go to whole foods. We went early Sunday morning - great way to start the day}
{all natural honey straight from Tupelo, MS...a gift from my cousin Jack!}
{this was the batter before adding the egg whites - I also added more almond milk for consistency}
{whipped egg whites - should be folded into the batter}
{they came out pretty perfectly! - can you believe there is no dairy or flour in those?!?}
{we added fruit and a smidge of all natural maple syrup}
{no butter or processed toppings needed on these}
We also had an egg&veggie casserole made by Laura and Andrew and some turkey bacon....it was the best I have felt after a brunch in a long time.
Recipe You will need a waffle iron and a hand mixer. I also doubled this recipe to feed 8.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups almond flour/meal
3 eggs (will be separated)
3/4 cup canned coconut milk
1/4 cup of almond milk (if needed)
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tablespoon coconut flour
1.5 tablespoon of raw honey (or to taste)
1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions:
1. Plug in waffle iron
2. Separate egg yolks and egg whites - set egg whites aside. Add coconut milk to egg yolks and whisk together.
3. Add almond flour, mix together
4. Add remaining ingredients (do not add egg whites yet). Mix together thoroughly. You may add Almond Milk, more honey, etc at this time to get the batter to the right sweetness and consistency. The batter should be a semi-wet consistency - so that it can spread when you close the waffle iron.
4. Whisk egg-whites with a hand mixer until you are able to get hard peaks (as shown in picture). Then fold the egg whites into the batter - the folding is going to give the waffles the fluffiness you are hoping for.
5. Pour into middle if the iron and close - wait a few minutes...doesn't take long and you are DONE! Enjoy!