You will love these carrot cake waffles! Feels so indulgent, but healthy!
Every Monday I stop at the train station mini market and pick up fruit for my fruit bowl at my desk. Last week they had a TWO POUND bag of baby carrots for .79 cents so you know I couldn’t pass up that deal!
Except only one tiny problem – I am not a huge fan of raw baby carrots. I think the big carrots are so much more flavorful. But I know I could figure out something to do with them, and that’s how these carrot cake waffles were born.
I put this recipe into the WW recipe builder and each waffle is 3 smart points each – no matter if you eat one or all 9! And because I just wrote that out like “Biz math” you do have to multiply 3 x however many waffles you eat. The whole batch isn’t 3 points 😀
But two were plenty. I used my 1/3 measuring cup for each waffle.
Carrot Cake Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup splenda (or no calorie sweetener of choice)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups carrots
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle maker according your manufacturer instructions. I have a cheap $15 waffle maker from Walmart.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, splenda, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon.
- In a food processor, add the oat milk and vinegar and let that sit for 5 minutes - it's making like a mock buttermilk.
- Add the baby carrots and eggs and puree. Add to flour mixture and stir to combine.
- Using a 1/3 cup measure, spray the waffle maker in between each batch. I cook mine on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes each.
Breakfast with my stepson and his wife!
My stepson and his wife were in town this weekend! They were able to squeeze me into their busy weekend, which I love. Joe came into my life 19 years ago and will be turning 30 years old this September! I can hardly believe it.
I lost .8 on the WW scale, but -1.8 on my home scale (which is helping in my DietBet!) and with only 9 days before the final weigh in, I need to make good choices.
Burnt Toast is known for it’s cheezy skillets, and also serves Certified Angus Beef ® brand beef! I almost got the steak and eggs, but instead got two scrambled eggs, fruit cup and ate half a piece of toast.
And saved Liz with her bloody mary (she’s vegan!) and ate her bacon. I pretty much saved her life!
They will be married 7 years this fall.
I’m so happy to have him in my life, even after his Dad is no longer with us.
And I puffy heart Liz! She has a great vegan cooking channel on YouTube – you can check it out here.
Love Joe’s long arms for this selfie! So great to see you guys.
It was a gorgeous weekend – it rained a bit yesterday, but temps in the 60’s? Yes please! I did my first pit barrel cook of the season.
It was my late husband’s favorite thing to do once it got nice out was to hang out outside together. I really missed him this weekend.
I have to really focus these next 9 days to meet my DietBet goal – our pot is nearly $20,000! I’ll let you know if I host another one.
Did you plan your meals for the week? What’s on your menu?
Always looking for new ideas.
Happy Monday friends – make it a great day, and don’t eat like an asshole!
If you love waffles, check out my pumpkin waffles!
How do you make your overnight oats? Your recipes are amazing!!!
Hey! It’s equal parts oats to liquid – I use 1/2 cup oats to 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk 😀 Then add greek yogurt and fruit.
I just LOVE you and look forward to your posts everyday!! Love your blog, your recipes and your positivity! You inspire me to eat better, cook more and get moving – thank you!!!
Thank you!!
Dinners this week: blackened shrimp fajitas
Taryaki Salmon/ cauliflower fried rice
Creamy mushroom parm Chicken with noodles
Bean burgers/ sweet potato fries
Friday Pizza night
Sounds delicious!! I haven’t made bean burgers in a while – they sound delish!
These look and sound amazing!
Thanks Kim!
You seriously look like you could be their sister!! Glad you guys had fun.
Thanks!!