Oatmeal Green Smoothie Waffles

These green smoothie waffles are easy, delicious and veggie-loaded twist on classic banana waffles! Loaded with oats, spinach, and protein from eggs, they are easily mixed in your blender. Kid-approved, freezer friendly, naturally dairy-free and easily gluten free….the perfect healthy breakfast recipe!

Spinach Banana Waffles

I’m a sucker for anything green…..especially a breakfast food.

Weird. I know. I own the weirdness. But it’s true. So when I saw green waffles hanging out in the freezer section of a health food store while on vacation… I was transformed into the grown-up equivalent of child standing in front of the world’s largest gum ball machine.

Awestruck. Giddy. Maybe a little too giddy. I mean, they were green waffles, after all. Not a one-way ticket to Paris. But to a lady who spends many hours of her life trying to think up ways to get veggies into all the recipes, I was pretty jazzed.

I flipped over the package to read the ingredients. Eggs. Oatmeal. Banana. Spinach. Baking powder. 

Hmmmmm. That looks a lot like the ingredients in my Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins. It wasn’t exact, mind you. But enough to get the wheels in my head turning.

Did you make these waffles and now you have leftover spinach? Check out How to Store Spinach (and keep it fresh all week long).

Oatmeal Green Smoothie Waffles

Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins has, hands down, been one of my most popular recipes EVER.

Especially among kiddos. Which, of course, made them super popular with moms, dads and caregivers. I can’t tell you how many adorable pictures of toddlers with cheeks full of green smoothie muffin I have received over Instagram DM. Its a heartwarming bonus I get in this food blogging gig.

When I saw that these (wildly expensive, yet wildly healthy) frozen waffles reminded me so much of a recipe I knew I could easily make, I tossed them back into the freezer and went home to heat up my waffle iron.

Why these green smoothie waffles are amazing!

• Freezer friendly! Move over Eggo. There is a new freezer waffle in town!
• Veggie-loaded with spinach. But of course! These waffles are a great way to wiggle veggies in at breakfast.
• Kid-approved. Like, woah! Kids adore these waffles, they make great finger foods AND they can help kiddos warm up to other green foods by seeing how tasty these waffles are!
• Mixed in your blender. So easy and fast!
• Naturally sweetened with banana (or applesauce) and a little maple syrup.
• Perfect to make during meal prep. These waffles store easily in your fridge and reheat quickly!
• Naturally dairy-free and can easily be made gluten free for those who need that option.

Kitchen gear I used to make these spinach banana waffles

I get asked all the time what blender and waffle iron I use and suggest. And, trust me, I have tried many! These two products are what I used to make these Oatmeal Green Smoothie Waffles and many other veggie-loaded recipes!

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Suggested Adaptations

• Replace the banana with applesauce.
• Up the spinach by tossing in an extra handful of the greens! Just don’t go overboard! Veggies hold on a lot of water and adding too much spinach will change the texture of these healthy waffles.
• Make them as pancakes. Remove one egg from the recipe and cook them on your griddle.
• Make them gluten free by using certified gluten free oats.
• Use kale instead of spinach. Just be sure to remove the tough rib from the middle of kale leaf before tossing them into the blender batter.

Other spinach loaded breakfast recipes..

• Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins
• Blender Banana Spinach Pancakes
• Kid-Friendly Vegan Spinach Muffins
• Simple Spinach Mango Smoothie
• Blueberry Spinach Smoothie
• Banana-Spinach Pancake Pizza {Paleo}