Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Chaffles!


Chaffles!

When I was sorting through and downsizing the accumulation of Stuff I had in my storage, I got rid of my waffle iron / griddle.  I liked it for making bacon, but doing Keto I was no longer making pancakes or waffles and it was taking up space.  Plus the non-stick coating on the griddle side of the plates was beginning to peel and I'd already been told that replacing the plates would cost as much as replacing the entire appliance.

TWO DAYS LATER I started reading Facebook posts about these mysterious things called Chaffles.  What's a chaffle?  It's a waffle-shaped Keto-friendly concoction made with egg and cheese, maybe a little butter, baking powder, almond or coconut flour…  People were calling it a "game changer" and I wanted to try it.  But my waffle maker was sitting on the shelf of a Goodwill somewhere.

I went on with my life, working, wishing for easy packable Keto lunches.  I like roast beef on provolone slices instead of bread, but variety is nice…

A round plate holds two delicious-looking waffles, next to a zip-lock bag full of more of the same
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Then I stopped in at a Goodwill and there was a waffle iron / griddle, same kind I'd had, but in much better condition.  As in barely used.  As in under $5.  As in, MINE, no hesitation.

So I've been making Chaffles.  I've made plain egg and cheese chaffles.  I've made savory chaffles with the same yummy seasoning I used in the mug bread I posted about last spring.  I've made lemon-ginger chaffles.  My favorite recipe is these cream cheese based chaffles.   I'm posting the link to the recipe here, instead of writing it out, because it's not my recipe and I didn't change a thing.  (OK, yes I did. I use a squirt of stevia extract instead of the powdered stevia.)  Go enjoy Jennifer's site and come back here.


When I make them, I do it in a Magic Bullet blender.  I put everything but the cream cheese in and blend, then add the cream cheese.  Seems to work better for me that way.

I will have to be doubling her recipe, though, for my waffle iron, which makes four at a time and the recipe seems to be right for six of that size.

I've been enjoying  chaffles hot with butter, chaffles with berries and whipped cream, and most of all, Tuna Sandwiches!!!

My next batch will be garlic-bread chaffles.  I'll let you know how that turns out.


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