Basic Homemade Waffles

Basic Waffle Recipe

Homemade waffles are one of the quickest breakfasts you can prepare for your kids and the best part is the leftovers, if any, can be made into other meals or freeze them for another morning. Waffles are so versatile that I believe anyone could likes them if they find the version that best suits their taste buds. 

From plain with maple syrup, chocolate chip or blueberry, spreading some peanut butter and strawberry jam on them, or what about cutting them into sticks for dipping, there is sure a version you can find to please your family. 

Basic waffle with apple sauce, raspberries and maple syrup

Basic Waffle Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups of all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons of sugar

1 tablespoon of baking powder

½ teaspoon of salt

1 ¾ cups of milk

6 tablespoons of vegetable oil

2 large eggs

In medium size bowl mix together all dry ingredients, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a small bowl mix all wet ingredients, milk, vegetable oil and eggs. Combine wet to dry ingredients while whisking. Whisk until there is know more lumps.

Once waffle iron is warm pour ¾ of a cup of batter onto iron and close lid. Depending how golden brown you like, cook between 2 to 4 minutes pending on waffle machine. Open and carefully remove the baked waffle and repeat.

Tips

*let batter sit for at least 3 minutes to thicken up

*to freeze up to a month wrap in tinfoil and place in ziplock bag

*store leftovers in an airtight container for two days and crisp back up using toaster oven

The reality of taking photos for your blog. Nothing goes to waste

How do you like your waffles, or do you prefer pancakes, maybe crapes? In our house we eat them all but being able to make waffles quick and use them in so many ways, when I have the choice of cooking up one of the three my go to is always waffles.

Banana Pops

Fun afternoon snack for kids on a Friday!

Friday I always make a little treat for snack when the kids get home from school. I had extra bananas I didn’t use over the week, so of course am going to dress them up a bit. A simple snack I know they will enjoy, save on food waste and best part, there delicious!

I started off by cutting the bananas in half, then placing a stick in the middle on the cut end. Make sure to line your baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean up and the chocolate covered bananas wont stick afterwards. Placed them in the freezer for an hour. Once frozen melt some chocolate, and set up your sprinkles or toppings of choice.

A great way to use up leftover bananas!

Dip your frozen banana in the melted chocolate shaking off the excess. When rolling the bananas in sprinkles or topping of choice, your going to need to work quickly since the chocolate will start to solidify if you have a thin layer. I like placing them back in the freezer for another 10 minutes to make sure the topping and chocolate are fully congealed together.

What kid doesn’t like sprinkles

Make sure to pull from freezer 10 to 15 minutes before serving so the banana has a nice creamy texture when eating. Keep left overs, if any, in a air tight container for about  24hrs give or take.

You can get really creative with banana pops, the possibilities are endless. I’ve made them with yogurt and cereal in keeping with the same method, like the above picture. Also melted peanut butter and granola, but my favourite has to been dipped in a peach mango smoothie with shredded coconut! Let me know how they turn out for you and what flavour combinations you use.

 

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls

One of the kids favourite snacks for after school is Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls. They are quick and easy to make, freeze really well and also a healthy-ish snack. It’s a recipe that’s great to double so you have extra on hand for when the kids are looking for something small to eat before lunch or dinner, and also great to grab on the go for a quick fix.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls

3 cups of Large quick oats

1 cup peanut butter

3/4 cups honey

1 tbsp vanilla

Combine everything into a large bowl and mix well. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. With a tbsp roll oat mixture into balls, place on baking sheet and freeze. Once frozen transfer to freezer friendly container. Fresh for three week but they never last that long in my house.

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