Yes I'm aware I have yet to do any cooking pins since my fruit snack fiasco until this moment. What can I say I'm scared. :)
When I was pregnant with my first son I fell in love with waffles. So much so that two people got us waffle irons for Christmas likely because they were tired of listening to me. But I'm an forever greatful to them because I LOVE it especially now that I have this recipe.
I like this recipe because, I found it on Pinterest here, it was created by a woman who is trying to have healthy recipes for her kids. I really want my kids to have the best food possible. I never want my inability to cook to effect their health so I try to make wise decisions and it is a main reason I set myself up for this challenge of pinning for a year. I WANT to learn to cook. I like helping my husband in the kitchen and my son and I have a good time when we are making the few things that I can already make (hot dogs, nachos, cereal). LOL when It's written like that I seem unfortunate. Ok enough about me lets get on with the waffles of diversity!
When I was pregnant with my first son I fell in love with waffles. So much so that two people got us waffle irons for Christmas likely because they were tired of listening to me. But I'm an forever greatful to them because I LOVE it especially now that I have this recipe.
I like this recipe because, I found it on Pinterest here, it was created by a woman who is trying to have healthy recipes for her kids. I really want my kids to have the best food possible. I never want my inability to cook to effect their health so I try to make wise decisions and it is a main reason I set myself up for this challenge of pinning for a year. I WANT to learn to cook. I like helping my husband in the kitchen and my son and I have a good time when we are making the few things that I can already make (hot dogs, nachos, cereal). LOL when It's written like that I seem unfortunate. Ok enough about me lets get on with the waffles of diversity!
Side Notes:
** for the milk you can use any milk product as the recipe states & they all taste good. So far I've made this recipe 5 ot 6 times & used 1percent, 2 percent, skim & evaporated milk. It all works & doesn't effect the taste only the fat content.
**I used coconut oil like the original post I like it. It keeps the fat down some too. My only caution is that if that oil gets cold then its going to harden up & leave little balls in your batter. You'll have to strain your batter before you can use it
**This recipe also dosn't make a lot of waffles. In the above picture I had tripled the recipe because I knew that I like them. A trippled recipe made about 22 or so. I mention this because they FREEZE great! This is important for me because now I can make them ahead of time & bring them out of the freezer when I'm ready.
**Uses: I make breakfast & lunch sandwiches out of them for me and my son. I have a few mixtures I've used so far. I mix cream cheese & a little bit of sugar & chocolate chips for a breakfast sandwich. For my son's lunches I sometimes send yogurt because he LOVES it regardless of the flavor or the time of day. So now I put yogurt in the waffles and put the fruit in the waffles like I were making a deli sandwich. He tells me it's Nummy Mommy so I'm taking his word for it. I haven't tired it yet. I do use frozen fruit so that by the time his class goes to lunch the fruit is defrosted but still cold and some of the juices have leaked out into the yogurt.
** for the milk you can use any milk product as the recipe states & they all taste good. So far I've made this recipe 5 ot 6 times & used 1percent, 2 percent, skim & evaporated milk. It all works & doesn't effect the taste only the fat content.
**I used coconut oil like the original post I like it. It keeps the fat down some too. My only caution is that if that oil gets cold then its going to harden up & leave little balls in your batter. You'll have to strain your batter before you can use it
**This recipe also dosn't make a lot of waffles. In the above picture I had tripled the recipe because I knew that I like them. A trippled recipe made about 22 or so. I mention this because they FREEZE great! This is important for me because now I can make them ahead of time & bring them out of the freezer when I'm ready.
**Uses: I make breakfast & lunch sandwiches out of them for me and my son. I have a few mixtures I've used so far. I mix cream cheese & a little bit of sugar & chocolate chips for a breakfast sandwich. For my son's lunches I sometimes send yogurt because he LOVES it regardless of the flavor or the time of day. So now I put yogurt in the waffles and put the fruit in the waffles like I were making a deli sandwich. He tells me it's Nummy Mommy so I'm taking his word for it. I haven't tired it yet. I do use frozen fruit so that by the time his class goes to lunch the fruit is defrosted but still cold and some of the juices have leaked out into the yogurt.
 Begin by turning on the waffle maker. While it heats mix all the wet ingredients together as well as the baking SODA. (i wrote it big because it turns out there is a difference between soda & powder & my first set of waffles failed misserably). Once this is well combined add in the flour, baking POWDER, and salt & wisk it all together. Since i had a helper I set up all my items premeasured and told him when to pour them in while I mixed. The original recipe states to put a little dab of butter on the waffle maker on the maker but I used a little spray of canola oil to save on the calories and fat. Then spread out a little of the batter in the center of each waffle pattern. Make sure you don't put too much they expand when heated & it makes an amazing mess to clean up. You need not ask how I know this because it's obvious.  Please note the mess below the waffle maker. Yep this is how I am able to tell you what NOT to do. Because I did it. :) | Heres what you need: 2 large eggs 1 3/4 cups milk** 4 cup oil** Tbs honey 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour 2tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp salt syrup & any other topping you'd like  Tada! Waffles |
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