Waffles & Pancakes

Why buy frozen waffles when you can make your own fresh ones or freeze them yourself? Plus in addition to these being zero-waste, they are healthier for you too. Here is my favorite easy whole wheat waffle/pancake recipe:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups milk (cow, almond, oat, or whatever)

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Directions:

Preheat waffle iron while making the waffle batter.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. 

Add egg, milk, and oil.

Whisk until combined. The batter may be a bit lumpy.

Cook the waffles as directed in the instructions that came with your waffle iron. For my Cuisinart waffle maker I cook until the steam mostly stops and I use an olive oil pump sprayer to oil it as needed.

Yield: 6 round standard 6.5" waffles or 3 round deep-pocket Belgian-style 7" waffles.

I get my whole wheat flour, sugar, and salt in bulk in my own reusable containers from Whole Foods but even from a regular grocery store they are usually packed in paper which is pretty close to zero waste. I use extra virgin olive oil as my main oil for just about everything. My baking powder is aluminum free from a local supermarket. My eggs and milk are usually organic from a local supermarket or a farmers market. I sometimes get organic milk in glass bottles but the bottle is pretty heavy/fragile so I usually get standard milk containers that are easier to transport on my bicycle. Paper egg cartons can be recycled/composted or reused if you get eggs from a farmers market as I sometimes do.

Previously this recipe whisked the egg, milk, and oil in a separate container but I found that adding all into one container worked just fine and reduced the number of containers I needed to wash afterwards.