Skinny Waffles

I am so very addicted to breakfast, I love it!!! When I was pregnant with both girls I was sick for most of the pregnancies but the one food that I could tolerate was breakfast. Cereal, oatmeal, pancakes and of course WAFFLES!! I love waffles, however I hate what waffles can do to my weight.

Enter my quest to make a great "Skinny Waffle." I have toyed around with a recipe for a while now and it has been a pretty stand up method. Being on WW for some time now has really opened up my eyes on getting the most for my points values. For 2 of these waffles comes out to 4 points. I LOAD them up with fresh seasonal fruit and sometimes may top with can light whipped cream(1pt). These keep me full and because they are so flavorful I don't use any other fat or syrup. For me its a decadent version of breakfast heaven.

"Dina's Skinny Waffles"

3/4 c. Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 c. Coconut milk or Almond Milk (I use fresh and easy unsweetened for either kind)
1/4 c. egg substitute or 2-3 egg whites to equal a 1/4 c.
1 T. Splenda
2 T. baking powder
1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce (this replaces the fat, oil.I have found that you can also use any other unsweetened fruit puree that. I have used Penelope's Gerber baby food too and any combo just adds to the flavor. This morning I had a straw/apple/banana and that worked great!)
1/4 c. water to "thin" out mixture if needed

Combine ingredients to form batter. Pre-heat waffle iron before and get it ready.

This recipe yielded 6 waffles, in this Hamilton Beach 4-square waffle iron.

Mahalo!

The morning at home!

So, Last night I was on Pinterest and I found a recipe for a yummy apple cake!! I just bought some green apples and decided this would be such a great way to enjoy them. I found the recipe here

I did modify to make a more skinny version with an appropriate amount of WW points. This little piece of heaven comes out to about 4pts. I don't add fruit in the recipe builder on etools because fruit is free and if I'm just eating one peice of cake it's a fruit :-))

So I adapted the recipe... Here is my version!

3/4 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose whole wheat flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
3 very large apples, peeled, cored and chopped into 1-inch chunks
1 large eggs
3/4 cup splenda
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 c unsweetened applesauce

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.

Whisk the eggs in another bowl until foamy, then add the splenda Whisk until smooth and incorporated. Add the vanilla. Mix well.

Alternately add the flour and applesauce in two batches. Mix well and gently after each addition to have a smooth batter.

Fold in the apples with a spatula. Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly with a spatula.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the top of the cake is golden brown and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

Since the cake is really moist, it is best to keep it uncovered or lightly covered at room temperature. I have also found out that it tastes better if you heat it quickly in the microwave for a few seconds before eating.

Seriously yummy!!! Splenda is pretty sweet I think next time I will only use 1/2 c instead of 3/4 c.