Saturday, 21 November 2009

• Recipe: Berry Good-for-You Waffles

  
  

  
  Whole wheat waffles with flaxseed, anyone?  How about with some berry-good syrup?
  
  I'm making my husband breakfast. He's still in bed, so I am quietly cooking and then sharing the recipe.  Here it is:
  
  Ingredients:
  
  Waffles:
  

  • 2  tablespoons  flaxseed
  • 1  cup  all-purpose flour
  • 1/2  cup  whole-wheat flour
  • 1/4  cup  toasted wheat germ
  • 2  tablespoons  sugar (or Splenda, as usual)
  • 1 1/2  teaspoons  baking powder
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 1 1/4  cups  fat-free milk
  • 3/4  cup  egg substitute
  • 1 1/2  tablespoons  canola oil
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • Cooking spray

  Syrup:
  

  • 1 1/2  cups  frozen blueberries
  • 1 1/2  cups  frozen unsweetened raspberries
  • 1/2  cup light or sugar-free maple syrup
  • 1/4  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

  
  

  Directions: To prepare waffles, place flaxseed in a clean coffee grinder or blender; process until ground to measure 1/4 cup flaxseed meal. Set the flaxseed meal aside. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flaxseed meal, flours, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk, egg substitute, oil, and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.

  Coat a waffle iron with cooking spray; preheat. Spoon about 1/4 cup of batter per 4-inch waffle onto the hot waffle iron, spreading batter to edges. Cook 5 to 6 minutes or until steaming stops; repeat procedure with remaining batter.

  To prepare syrup, combine berries, maple syrup, and ground cinnamon and nutmeg in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated. Serve warm over waffles.

  
  

  
  I did not have enough frozen fruit on hand, so I cut it down a bit and used some dried fruit that I had.  It was still delicious, and even more so with a dollop of non-fat vanilla frozen yogurt.  Since we normally just eat cereal or eggs on weekdays, cooking late breakfasts for each other on weekends is something my husband and I love doing. Do you do this? 
  

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