Stay-home Friday = WAFFLES!!

Today is a "stay home" day, as the girls refer to it.  Stay-home days rule because they mean no rushing around in the mornings, story-time at the library, and time to test out a new recipe for breakfast. I found a guide-to-the-perfect waffle on one of the blogs I follow and could hear it calling my name through the computer screen! It goes a little something like this:

Whole Wheat Waffles
courtesy of goodLife {eats}

• 1/4 C organic butter, melted (I used 2 T. instead and added several spoonfuls of organic yogurt at the same point in the recipe that the butter gets added)
• 1/3 C brown sugar
• 2 1/4 C organic whole wheat flour
• 2 T ground flaxseed
• 1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 C milk
• 3 eggs, separated
• juice of one orange
• zest of 1/2 orange

Combine brown sugar, flour, flaxseed, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add milk and egg yolks. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks; fold into mixture. Add butter, yogurt, orange juice, and zest. Waffle iron, meet your new best friend! 

While I was mixing the waffles, I tossed a sliced organic apple, handful of fresh organic blueberries, and a splash of orange juice into a pan on the stove. Cooked all of this until the apples were soft - a spoonful of fruit and a drizzle of syrup and shazzam! Best waffle we've eaten in this house in ages! It was thick, it was grainy, it was dense, it had a hint of sweetness, and a bit of citrus. Thank you, goodLife {eats}, we give your waffle recipe FOUR thumbs up: