Waffle Fries
Waffle fries, cheese fries and chili fries
Weekend Eating
Do you wake up Monday morning with a “food hangover” and dreading the scale? In the past, I was what you would call a “week-day” dieter. I would be so good during the weekdays (probably because I was so busy) but on those relaxing weekends, I would let anything pass my lips. Yes, I said anything. All of the junk food I blog about staying away from, I was guilty of eating in my past life (several years ago). I would love Friday afternoons because it meant I no longer followed my rules of eating. I do not judge anyone for their diets because I was there once myself too. It was a long process to get where I am today. That’s why I now love waffle fries.
Awhile back, Craig and I were at a Chinese/Sushi restaurant and I asked my husband “When was it, where I would see Crab Rangoon on a menu and not be tempted to order it?”… This wasn’t an over night process for me and I don’t expect it to be for you. One main thing that helped for me was to take note of how I felt in the morning after eating junk food. Just how awful I felt the next day helped me make better choices.
The average woman eats 400 more calories (most of them in the form of carbohydrates) on a Saturday or Sunday than she does on a weekday, which can lead to a 9 pound gain over the course of a year.
This yoyo weight gain also causes a tired liver. Instead of hating yourself on Monday morning, keep some of my “healthified” treats on hand.
I actually do recommend a higher calorie day once or twice a week to help stimulate the thyroid and T3 production, but this doesn’t mean a “cheat day” of Pizza Hut and Dairy Queen. It means maybe a huge piece of “healthified” dessert that day or an extra serving of “healthified” waffle fries (if you aren’t dairy sensitive). I usually have my cheesecake or my ice cream recipe on those days (I’m not dairy sensitive). Where Craig prefers an extra hamburger (he doesn’t have a sweet tooth).
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Waffle Fries
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce package Halloumi cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 2 servings "healthified" paleo chili
- Garnish with cilantro
- Serve with Peach Iced Tea
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle maker(I am currently giving away this one).
- Spray with coconut oil spray.
- Place 2 by 2 inch slices onto the waffle maker (I fit 4 in at each time).
- Let cook for 2-4 minutes. Remove from heat and place on a platter. Serve with my "healthified" chili if desired!
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Miam!!!sounds good!
Thanks!
Maria ,this sooo good ,i call them my toasties! As long as i can have toast,life is awesome !!!
Thanks!
Love this idea! Do you think this might work with other cheeses? Thank you!
No. Others were messy mistakes!
looks yummy, will give this a try this weekend with some guacamole…. 🙂
Maria, I often see you recommend to serve with iced peach tea. I LOVE iced peach tea from restaurants (sugar loaded of course) but I have been unable to replicate a good tasting keto peach tea. What do you do?
I add a touch of stevia and a little citric acid!
Also, I love to see you promoting essential oils. Over the past year I have come to realize how powerful they are and what an essential component of natural living the oils are. Love them!
What makes halloumi cheese so special that I can’t try it with other kinds of cheeses?
Halloumi cheese doesn’t melt like other cheeses, so rather than oozing all over the place and becoming a gloppy mess, it retains its shape and gets brown and crispy. There’s at least one or two other types of cheese (I think they are Finnish and Latin American in origin?) sold as “bread cheese” or “grilling cheese” that have the same qualities. I have some bread cheese that I sliced thin and pan-fried to use like crackers, and it is crispy and delicious. Browned cubes of it also make for great vegetarian replacements for meatballs in pasta (or zucchini noodle/spaghetti squash/etc.), and they are great additions to a salad either as thin, crispy crouton stand-ins, or larger, slightly softer sources of protein.
I have seen “cheese crisps” made by baking or pan-frying small amounts of more commonly available cheeses (also one recipe that called for microwaving small amounts of parmesan in a silicone mini-muffin pan for round crackers), but those cheeses will spread out and often expel a lot of fat as they heat up. Putting them in a waffle iron would likely end in a very messy disaster.
I agree with Linda- any other cheeses one could try?
Sorry. I tried many and they were messy mistakes!
Wondering if other cheeses are ok to try.
No. I tried a lot and they were messy mistakes!
Haloumi does not melt.
Just tried it, so good!, You are such a creative cook! Thanks Maria, because of you Keto is never boring.
Awe! Thanks!!!
Made this today! Was delicious and easy! Did all my chopping and prep first went together in a snap! Cheese is delicious! This is a must try! Don’t change the cheese you will be surprised!
Thanks!
I have never seen Halloumi Cheese in my local supermarkets. I have Trader Joe’s, Sprout’s and regular supermarkets like Ralph’s (SoCal), Gelson’s, Von’s, etc. Where is it found please? Maybe I’m looking in the wrong sections of the stores. TIA!
I got at Whole Foods.
It is a Greek cheese.
Maybe Wegman’s might have it if there’s one nearby?
Maybe…
Is the halloumi grass fed??