Whole Grain Waffles

Waffles are my son's number one weekend breakfast request. I get it. I can remember waking up as a kid on the weekend to my mom making something from scratch. It was the best...a welcome break from cereal or toast.

This more nutritious version has only whole grain and no processed sugar. They are our favorite vegan whole grain waffles. Often we will add chocolate chips, diced apple, or blueberries to the batter. Any of these variations taste great.

They also freeze well. To re-heat thaw them first in the microwave. Wrap the frozen waffle in a paper towel and heat in the microwave for 45 seconds, flip it over and heat for another 45 seconds. Then toast in your toaster to crisp it up a bit.

Whole Grain Waffles

Ingredients:

1 banana
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups soy milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
1 tbsp flax meal

1 1/2 cups oat flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp baking powder

Directions:

Preheat your waffle iron.

Mash the banana with a fork in the bottom of your mixing bowl. I don't really worry about how ripe it is, as long as you can mash it up it'll be good. The banana binds the waffles and gives some moisture, but you don't really taste it in the final product.

Add the maple syrup to the banana and stir to combine. Then add the water, soy milk, vanilla, coconut oil, and flax meal. Whisk it all together and then whisk in the dry ingredients. Work out as many of the lumps as you can. A few small lumps are fine, though.

For whole grain recipes like this, I keep whole wheat flour in my freezer so it stays fresh. Then I grind rolled oats in my blender as needed, and keep any extra oat flour in my freezer. I like to use the oat flour for all its nutrients, and fiber-ey goodness.

Spray your waffle iron with cooking spray, and scoop about 1/4 cup of batter onto each side. Cook until done.

Makes 16 - 4 inch square waffles. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 76 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  142 Calories from Fat  42

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  4.7g 7%

Saturated Fat  3.2g 16%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  88mg 4%

Potassium  300mg 9%

Total Carbohydrates  22.3g 7%

Dietary Fiber  1.7g 7%

Sugars  4.8g

Protein  3.2g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 10% • Iron 8%

Nutrition Grade C-

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet