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Spinach Waffles

Spinach in waffles?  Gross, right? Only for people trying to lose weight, right?  WRONG.  Right?
Okay, I see how thoroughly confused you are now.  And I know what you're thinking: "wait, she can see me?? Creep!"  Oh, you weren't thinking that? Weird, you should be--that IS creepy.  But I digress...we were speaking of spinach in a standard, non-spinachy food.  The thing is, it's SOOOO good you guys!  I even made regular waffles side by side to compare, and my kids (my KIDS!) said the spinach ones were better (cue jaw drop, gasp, and fake fainting spell).  Full disclosure, one (out of 6) of the kids said they were gross, but she refused to actually taste any, so we just won't pay any attention to her.  She's kind of in the middle anyway, so she's used to it.... (cue awkward, judging silence from the reader).  Even if you're kids refuse to taste them, though, you have to be a grown-up and at least try them.  Try them, you will see.  They are yum, yum, yum (sorry, my kids are listening to R&B right now and I think it's getting into this post somehow).  Here you go - go-go...

INGREDIENTS:

LOTS of spinach (like 5 double-handed grabs worth)
4 eggs
2/3 cup plain greek yogurt
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 cup oats
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (opt.)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (opt.)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt


DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat waffle iron, and spray with cooking spray.

2) Crack eggs into blender (you need a blender folks), then add yogurt, cottage cheese, and spinach, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt on top of the eggs.  If you are not using protein powder, also add your vanilla now. 

3) Blend ingredients until smooth (should look like those green smoothies fit people talk about--you know the ones I mean). 

4) If you are using the vanilla protein powder, you don't need the vanilla extract.  Add your powder now, and just pulse until it's mixed in, but don't let it go for a long time.

5) Now you just pour straight from the blender into your waffle iron, and cook to your prefered level of done.  Isn't that amazing? I love it!  You may need to respray your iron in-between waffles if yours tends to stick.  Try these with the incredible, buttery, syrup recipe I have on here (Mary's Syrup). 

You can add almost any other fruit/veggie in here too.  I added a little pineapple for sweetness.  My brother uses butternut squash in his.  Just adjust your wet and dry ingredients in proportion to each other. 





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