Cheapskate Breakfast

I am NOT a morning person. I don't bound out of bed every morning sprinkling sunshine and happiness everywhere. Typical mornings are me stumbling out of bed, kicking Sam in the process and then yelling at him for not being excited about me accidentally kicking him. Sorry, love. :) Second scenario-- I wake up 90 seconds before I am supposed to be on the fwy and fly out of the house, sans breakfast. On the days i wake up early-- breakfast happens. Kinda. Generally i snack on whatever is handy while i throw together lunches. In the search for something handy, we grabbed some Kashi blueberry waffles that i could eat while doing my prep. Sounded good? No. They were not just bad... They were SO bad i had to throw it out- including the chewed up portion in my mouth.
A while back i found a recipe for cottage cheese pancakes that we were obsessed with for a while, until we ate it every day to the point of nausea. They were so yummy, had a pancakey texture with a hint of french toast flavor and super easy and portable. How to make them better? Waffles! I threw the same exact recipe (with the addition of blueberries) into the waffle maker, made a huge batch and froze them. Now in the mornings i have homemade, whole ingredient, non processed toaster waffles ready to go in seconds! Not only do they taste amazing, I made them for a fraction of the cost. Boom!

Kashi Blueberry Waffles

$4.59 for 8
$1.15 per serving (2 waffles)
Calories: 150
Fat: 5g
Carbies: 25g
Protein: 4g
**p.s... the ingredient list on this is too long to list... a whopping 28 ingredients!!

Knockoff Blueberry Waffles

$1.45 makes 6

$0.71 per serving (3waffles)

Calories: 150

Fat: 2.5

Carbies: 15g

Protein: 16g

Protein & penny pinching for the win!!

Cottage Cheese Blueberry waffles

First of all--get over the cottage cheese phobia. Its loaded with tons of casein protein(slow digesting protein), low in carbs, and CHEAP! Once it's blended you won't even know it was there.

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1/2 cup old fashioned oats

4 egg whites

splash of vanilla extract

frozen blueberries (just know the more you add the higher the carb count)

Throw everything in to a blender, blend until smooth and cook in a waffle maker just like regular waffles! I made a double batch and kept them out until they cooled and popped them in a freezer ziploc bag and just pull out a few every morning. Easy!