Snow Day...except where is the snow? Our school district called off school last night with the threat of a looming "bomb cyclone blizzard" approaching the front range and Boulder County. Woke up to light rain and no snow, I think my kids are a bit confused. Anyways it was nice to sleep in, a midweek treat.
We had received a snow day lunch/brunch invite from our neighbor so I decided to trial a low carb waffle recipe idea that I had. It is also dairy and gluten free. These waffles (photo above) came out of the waffle iron so light, crisp and delicious that I was certain that my recipe was a keeper! We all gobbled these down without syrup or butter.
However when I went to reheat them and serve at the brunch, the color and flavor changed. They turned a darker brown (not burnt) and the garbanzo bean flour flavor was overpowering. I was humbled, although everyone said they were good, they were nothing like what I tried an hour earlier. Hmm...
Club Soda Waffles - (no gluten, no dairy, lower carb)
1 cup ground oats (oat flour)
1/2 cup garbanzo bean flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp stevia
2 tsp baking soda
Pinch of Salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup club soda
2 Tbsp canola oil
1 tsp natural vanilla
100 kcal per waffle / 6 g net carb
Sift the dry ingredients together, stir in the wet ingredients until the mixture is light and bubbly. Preheat and butter or spray your waffle iron. Waffle away... best eaten hot right off the waffle iron.
Next time, I'm going to omit the garbanzo bean flour and sub 3/4 cup almond flour and 1 1/4 cup oats.
This waffle idea inspired a couple other recipes. I'm thinking dinner, savory dinner... not chicken and waffles as that idea is so overdone and sweet. May gave me the idea of a salmon/ cream sauce over waffle idea. That sounded delicious but I didn't have salmon and didn't want to leave the house... so I decided to try a creamed tuna with peas over waffles.
This turned out really good, I even made a coconut cream tuna sauce thickened with tapioca that was equally as delicious. If you need dairy free, I'd recommend that option for the whole family. It is slightly sweet so a few splashes of soy sauce helps tone down the sweetness. The kids loved it. Here we go...
Creamed tuna (dairy-full and dairy-free option)
1 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp Flour
1 cup milk (or 1/2 and 1/2 if going for keto)
1 can tuna, drained
1/2 cup peas
Salt and pepper to taste
2 splashes of Tamari or Soy Sauce
In a medium saucepan melt the butter and stir in the flour to make a roux. Let the roux brown slightly to carmelize and then stir in warm (or room temp)milk. Continue stirring until thickened. Stir in 1 can of tuna, drained and 1/2 cup frozen peas. Allow to heat thoroughly for a couple minutes and serve over freshly crisped waffles (you can freeze the waffles and crisp quickly in the over or toaster prior to serving.
Dairy Free
1/2 can cream of coconut (not sweetened)
1 Tbsp Tapioca Flour mixed with 1/4 cup cold water - stir well and set aside
1 can tuna, drained - albacore is best
1/2 cup frozen peas
2-3 splashes of soy sauce or tamari
Salt and pepper to taste.
I also toyed around with the idea of a zucchini waffle (sort of a zucchini pancake) but in waffle form. Zach really enjoyed eating these - I'd like to play around still with this recipe as it was soft like a pancake- I was hoping for more crispness.
2 zucchinis, shredded
2 green onions, finely diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp Almond Flour
2 Tbsp oil or melted butter
Salt and pepper
These are 60 kcal with only 1 g carb. They are good as a stand alone treat or with sour cream and dill on top.
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