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Emma User is Offline
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03/11/2009 2:26 PM
Bed and Breakfast Waffles
Ingredients:
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup egg substitute, (or 2 egg whites)
1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 packets "Equal" sweetener


I hear some of the recipes on here aren't in the zone, but this one looks pretty good. Can someone tell me if this works as a breakfast?
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03/11/2009 10:08 PM
There is a problem with this recipe (and I have notified Zone Labs on several occasions).

In order to make it work, the oatmeal has to be dry and ground into a flour. I have tried it with cooked oatmeal, and it didn't work at all!

So, if you take 2/3 cup of dry oatmeal, you would obviously have way too much carb.

Now, I have worked with this recipe and figured out a way to make it work, by adding protein powder to balance it out. I have lost my notes, and have not tried the recipe lately, so I could not tell you for sure what my "modifcation" actually was! But, if you want to experiment, I am pretty sure I just added enough vanilla protein powder so that everything was balanced out.
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Emma User is Offline
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03/12/2009 12:31 AM
couldn't you just grind steel cut oats into a dry flour-like subtance?
Margaret User is Offline
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03/12/2009 1:51 AM
Steel cut oats shouldnt be ground down as they are more nutritional as they are. Grinding them down is like when flour is processed - not favourable - takes all the goodness out of them.
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03/12/2009 8:18 AM
It isn't that the steel cut oats are more nutritional it's that grinding them to flour makes them more readily absorbed thus potentially causing a spike in your insulin levels.

I may not have "done" the Zone for a dozen years but I read the first 3 books cover to cover.
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Cranberrycat User is Offline
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03/13/2009 9:20 AM
Emma, the issue is that the AMOUNT of oats is too many blocks of carb. The amount suggested in the recipe is 2 blocks if the oats are cooked, but more like 7-8 blocks of carb if the oats are dry. That is what makes the recipe unbalanced.

Cranberrycat

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Sue K User is Online
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03/13/2009 4:18 PM
Hi Emma!

The Bed and Breakfast waffle recipe on this site inspired my pancake recipe.

Here it is!



Sue's Steel Cut Oat Pancakes

(4P, 4C, and 4F)



Ingredients:


For the pancake batter:

the whites of 2 eggs

1/4 cup cottage cheese

2 scoops of Dr. Sears Zone Protein Powder

1 1/3 cups of cooked steel cut oats

1 teaspoon of alcohol free glycerin based vanilla or almond flavoring

1 teaspoon almond oil (light olive oil can be used instead)

water to slightly thin the batter (don't thin it too much!)


For cooking:

1 1/3 teaspoon light olive oil


Directions:


Process the pancake batter ingredients in a food processor until the cottage cheese lumps disappear (there will still be some visible oatmeal grains). Thin with a little water if necessary.

Heat the oil on medium in a well seasoned cast iron skillet or a seasoned carbon steel crepe pan (the steel crepe pan works best). Turn heat to low and pour batter into the heated pan making 3 to 4 inch sized pancakes. The recipe makes about 8 to 10 pancakes (they're thinner than traditional pancakes made with flour).

We split these between 2 people and add other foods, such as cheese or turkey bacon, and berries, to complete the rest of the meal.
sue

Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast is the best!


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Cranberrycat User is Offline
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03/14/2009 11:58 AM
Emma, using the cooked oats for pancakes may work fine, but let me warn you-I have tried it with the waffle iron, and all you end up with is a total mess!
Cranberrycat

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Brigitte User is Offline
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03/14/2009 4:17 PM
I have read many waffle recipes and formulated one from the website and magazine. Everyone has it right, except instead of 2/3 of a cup of oats, I used 1/4 of a cup of dry ,old fashioned oats. I also use 1/2 cup of egg substitute, 1/4 cup of cottage cheese with 1 tsp of vanilla, and some sweetner and cinnamon. Then after making the waffles, I put a little smuckers sugar free syrup on with some type of fruit, like berries, to round out the carbs. I also top it with nuts to round out the fat. I have tried several variations including adding protein powder and cutting down the egg; or putting in a little pumpkin. When I put the oats in, I just put them in the blender along with everything else.

Cranberry,

The first time I made waffles, it was a mess. But here is the trick. First, make sure that you put cooking spray on the waffle iron and make sure the waffle iron is at the right temperature. When they come out, they are a little soft, so I put them in the toaster to crisp them up. However, that's just my waffle iron. If you have a really good one, it comes out perfect. You can also freeze them the night before, and then toast them.

Everything is balance in a 3 block meal.
Brigitte
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03/14/2009 4:48 PM
I have never had any trouble with the recipe using dry oats ground into flour. I have used the waffle iron successfully with the batter. It is only with using the oats as cooked oats, when I run into trouble with the waffle iron!

I don't think I changed anything in the recipe, other than adding more protein (in the form of protein powder) and fat to balance out the ground up oat flour.
Cranberrycat

We don't own the earth; we borrow it from our children.


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