Take-out & waffles

So hubby "K" decides he wants waffles for breakfast...homemade waffles. OK, no problem. I don't particularly care to make waffles. It's a lot of mess & time consuming, for such a small return and I find regular waffles kinda boring. Besides, it takes so much milk. I boot up the 'puter in search of a different recipe, perhaps something a little healthier. I'm always changing recipes anyways. I find a recipe that uses part oat flour as well as all-purpose. Hmm...I recently ground up quick oats into flour in my blender, so I'll go that route. I decided to double the recipe as it's Sunday and all the kids are going to be wanting some too. The recipe (doubled) calls for 3-1/2 cups of milk - can't seem to get away from using, what seems liks a whole jug of the white stuff. I substituted some of the cow juice for plain yogourt, and I didn't have enough of the oat flour for a double recipe so added whole wheat and kamut flour. Off I go a-mixing and a-making. The batter was fairly thick and I was concerned that the recipe wouldn't yield much, but I was able to pump out 20 darling waffles so I was pleased. I made a blueberry sauce to go with them - not my usual recipe for blueberry sauce but it lured me in with it's title, "Simple Blueberry Sauce." I like simple - let's give her a go. Oh, and the "take out" part of the title - a little hint for waffle-making. The next time you're eating Take-Out, keep the plastic forks. They're great for fishing out the waffles stuck in your hot waffle iron and won't scratch the finish like a metal fork will.

Waffles

2 eggs
1 cup plain yogourt
2 - 2 1/2 cups skim milk
4 Tbsp olive oil (or canola)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup kamut flour
1-1/2 cups oat flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp sugar
8 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg

In bowl of electric mixer, add eggs, yogourt, milk, oil and vanilla. With paddle attachment, mix together well on low speed. In separate bowl, measure the rest of the ingredients. Using a whisk, mix together dry ingredients. With mixer turned off, add dry ingredients to milk mixture. Turn mixer on low, mixing until batter is smooth. Heat waffle iron (I used a hotter/higher setting). Ladel approximately 1/3 cup of batter into each waffle section (this will depend on your waffle iron).

See the steam coming out of the waffle iron? That's a sign that they're baking. When the steam is just about all dissipated, the waffles are done. You don't want to be opening the iron before then - trust me, it will tear your waffles, change the temperature of the iron and that steam is hot!

Hey, there's that famous Take-Out fork in action!

Simple Blueberry Sauce

1-1/2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen (no need to thaw)

3 Tbsp liquid honey

1/2 cup orange juice, divided

1 Tbsp cornstarch

In a saucepan heat on medium, blueberries, honey and 1/4 cup orange juice. Bring to a boil.

In a small bowl, mix together cornstarch and 1/4 cup orange juice. Add to boiling berries. That's it! Simple!