Who can frown when waffles are for dinner?

I woke up to a grumpy boy yesterday. As a mum, you always want to see your kids happy, smiling, and laughing! But I guess kids and babies have their off days too. He needed a good nap and that's what he finally did in my arms.

Little angel! Kids look so peaceful when they sleep.

He definitely got some extra loving...and breakfast for dinner! Who doesn't like breakfast?!

This reminds me of an episode of Parks and Recreation (which is a really funny show if you've never watched)...
Leslie Knope - Why would anyone eat anything besides breakfast food?
Ron Swanson - People are idiots, Leslie.

I don't know about being idiots, but maybe completely unaware of the multiple healthy breakfast possibilities and options!  So breakfasr it was and we had eggs and waffles.



I have a hard time keeping things plain and ordinary. I cant just scramble eggs- that's too simple. Instead, our eggs were smothered in veggies. I think eggs taste good with almost any kind of veggies, and I already had steamed broccoli and carrots from lunch so in those went, along with fresh spinach and a tiny bit of cheddar cheese. It was delicious. Torin gobbled them up, and needless to say, so did I! 



My waffle maker is one of my favorite kitchen appliances. I can't say it's my favorite because I don't want the others to get jealous... I got it years ago while I was in the Navy on a spontaneous shopping trip. I saw the double waffle maker (yes...at the time I seriously felt like I needed a double waffle maker instead of a single) and I just had to have it. So many great waffles have come out of there since that day! Also, waffles freeze well, so you don't have to worry about eating the whole batch!



We made Wheat and Oat Blueberry Waffles. My husband loves them. He was a astonished when he saw me putting the oats and yogurt in the waffles-but you seriously can't even tell. So as long as you keep picky eaters (aka my husband) out of the kitchen, they won't know the difference and will just be excited to be having waffles!




Wheat & Oat Waffles
1 C whole wheat flour
3/4 C oat flour (just put about 1 1/4 oats in a food processor and pulverize until it resembles flour)
1/4 t cinnamon
1/2 t baking soda
2 t baking powder

1 1/4 C milk
3/4 C plain yogurt
2 eggs
1 t vanilla

3 T melted butter

1. Whisk dry ingredients together.
2. Whisk wet ingredients together, except melted butter.
3. Whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
4. Fold in melted butter.
5. Fold in your add ins - blueberries, bananas, or nothing!
6. Cook according to waffle maker instructions.

Serve these with fruit on top, yogurt, or real maple syrup.

 

 

Enjoy!  Here I am after a sweaty workout, ready to eat...Ignore my nerdy thumbs up!  :)