Easy to make protein waffles

This simple receipe of protein waffles was made while experimenting in the kitchen. You should be able to make ~8 waffles.
















Ingredients:

• 2 Eggs
• 3 table spoons Splenda
• 80 g/2.4 dl neutral taste protein powder (I use a blend of whey, casein and egg)
• 5 dl water
• 5 table spoons spelt flour
• 1 tea spoon baking powder
• 2 table spoons healthy oil

Instructions:
Mix eggs and splenda. Make a shake of protein powder and all the water. You should not use flavored protein as it contains aspartame which should not be heated. Mix the shake with the egg mix. Add flour, baking powder and oil. Keep it in the fridge until beeing used after mixing the ingredients well. Cook it in the waffle iron. Stirred berries (strawberries, raspberries etc) and splenda makes a perfect combo.

Impressions afterwards:
The waffles taste ok, but can be improved. They are lacking a bit of fullness due to low fat content. I think the fullness fill improve if using skimmed milk instead of water and/or using wheat instead of spelt.

Simple ice lanterns in 5 steps

These ice lanterns were inspired by ideas found on instructables.com. The instructions found were how to make ice balls and how to make battery powered LED ice lanterns. I thought it would be an idea to make a low tech version of the LED lantern.

Here are the instructions:
1. Fill ordinary balloons with water from the sink. Fill to a safe size.
2. Put the balloons in the freezer for at least four hours until fully frozen. Make sure as few as possible objects deform the balloons while freezing.
3. Use a drill with a hole saw to mark the outline of where you want to put a tea light candle.
4. Make the hole deeper by using a knife and carving the ice from the hole. You have to make sure the candle wick will be below the top of the hole to make the lantern shimmer and to shelter the fire.
5. Put a tea light candle within the hole and light it.

That's it - enjoy the beautiful light in these dark days.