Fresh Cranberry Waffles With Orange Butter Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups nonfat yogurt
• 1 1/2 cups low fat cottage cheese (or 1 1/2 cups soft tofu)
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped finely (or 1 cup leftover sweet cranberry relish from thanksgiving)
• 2/3 cup slivered almonds, roasted and chopped (optional-can substitute pecans or walnuts)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat the waffle iron until very hot. grease with cooking oil. if using the optional chopped nuts, lightly roast in dry skillet and set aside.
• 2 chop the fresh cranberries finely and mix with the sugar.
• 3 place the nonfat yogurt and cottage cheese in a blender and puree. place in mixing bowl and stir in the buttermilk and vanilla extract.
• 4 sift the flour and baking powder together. whip the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture. stir in the sugared cranberries.
• 5 beat egg whites to soft peaks and fold into batter gently.
• 6 to make the orange butter sauce, cook the butter, honey, and fresh orange juice over medium-high heat for 15 minutes. do not boil. stir in fresh orange zest.
• 7 garnish waffles with nuts if desired. serve warm.