Healthy Banana Oat Waffles

Ingredients

• Dry ingredients
• 170 g | 6oz gluten-free rolled oats
• 1 tbsp raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/4 bicarbonate of soda
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Wet ingredients
• 140 ml | 4.7fl oz low-fat buttermilk
• 1 ripe medium banana (chopped)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• cooking spray
• strawberries (almonds, maple syrup, dusting of icing sugar, to serve)

Instructions

1. 1

   Put all the dry ingredients in the Vitamix container and blitz in short bursts until you have a fine powder. Tip this into a large bowl.

2. 2

   Put all the wet ingredients in your blender container and blitz until well blended.

3. 3

   Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ones and use a hand whisk to stir everything together until just combined. You will end up with a fairly thick batter. Set aside while the waffle maker heats up.

4. 4

   Preheat the waffle maker until the ready light indicator comes on and spray with a little cooking spray.

5. 5

   Pour enough batter to coat the centre of the waffle maker (about 1/2 cup) and then close. The batter should sizzle and will spread out as you close the machine. Cook for 4-6 minutes or until crisp. Repeat until you have used all of the batter.

6. 6

   Serve the waffles warm with a little maple syrup, sliced strawberries, a handful of chopped almonds or the toppings of your choice.