Banana or Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Waffles

I love waffles! The boys could eat them like crazy to. It's important to try and make a healthier waffle. We don't eat them all the time, but on the weekends I try and make a yummy breakfast.

Through the years I've tried different recipes. I finally found one that I love. They are so good that none of us put syrup on them.

Banana or Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Waffles by AlissaSpiehs-Apel

We have a family of 4, and still had left overs. Make sure you let them cool before bagging them to put in the fridge. They pop in the toaster great!

Our breakfast on the weekend is more like a brunch. We had Banana Chocolate Chip Waffles, Southern Hash (collard greens, potato, onion, and bacon), a 1/4 of a peach, Cottage Cheese, a small smoothie (spinach leaves, peach, hemp protein, ice and water), and Coffee.

What do you like to eat for breakfast? 

The Best Breakfast Cookies

I'm always trying different things for breakfast that will also work great for snacks. Last weekend I made breakfast cookies. I made 2 batches because they sounded so good. Then I kept them in the refrigerator to last throughout the week. 

I knew this week would be draining for me, since I started teaching a new semester.

I have to say that these are the best breakfast cookies I've ever made! They were a hit with the whole family! They are gluten free, egg free, filled with protein, and yummy!

Breakfast Cookies

These cookies work great for a snack to! The boys are always hungry after they've been at the Y. These cookies are loaded with protein, and don't have a lot of sugar! I kind of think of honey similar to sugar. It is local honey I used. I didn't use peanut butter, or almond butter that is made with added sugar. Bananas are more of a starchy fruit, which turns to sugar, but do contain potassium.

I used a coffee grinder to grind up my flaxseed. I've read that it's better to eat flaxseed that is ground up right before you use it. I don't have almond flour, or oat flour on hand, so I just ground both of them in my food processor when a recipe calls for them.

Of course we had other things with them: A Green Smoothie, Steamed Kale, A Fried Egg, Pomegranate Seeds (for Isaak and I), Blueberries (for Mica), A Banana (for Dad), and Black Coffee (for Mom and Dad).

These were a hit!

They do have a banana taste to them, but are harder like a cookie. 

I Want to Be a Banana

Last year I was Frida Kahlo for Halloween. This year I was thinking of going as a Day of the Dead doll. Then I can sort of look like I did last year, but mix things up a bit.

Source

Part of me would like to go simple. I entered to win a banana costume from Del Monte.

Please click on this link to star my costume from last year. Share on FB, Twitter if you'd like. 

Upload your own costume to enter to win a banana costume to. Del Monte has 1,000 costumes to giveaway.

Crepes

I made Crepes this morning. I put a little spin on the classic recipe. I wanted to see what they tasted like with almond milk instead of cows milk, olive oil instead of melted butter and part coconut flour instead of all all-purpose flour. They turned out to be really yummy! *Go here to win coconut flour!

So I'm sure the added Hershey's Chocolate Syrup isn't the best for you, but hey I tried to improve the rest of the recipe.

Isaak liked them! ;)

This Morning We Had Blueberry Banana Tofu Smoothies

Maybe it's bad, but I didn't tell Daddy that Tofu was in his smoothie until he tried it. He doesn't usually like tofu. This time he liked it, so I told him. I wanted something that had a lot of good things in it because Isaak's been on a feeding, drinking strike. He's had a slight fever for two days and has been pretty moody.

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces soft tofu
• 1 medium banana (Mine was frozen and sliced)
• 2/3 cup milk (I used cows milk this time. I was thinking of using almond milk)
• 1 cup blueberries (Mine were frozen)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 -3 ice cubes (Optional) 

**I thought about adding probiotics to Isaak's smoothie since he's been under the weather. I didn't because he hasn't been drinking much. I thought that he may not finish his. As it turns out, he didn't finish it. I'm going to add that usually Isaak's a good eater. He really just doesn't feel good.

Preparation:

• Drain the soft tofu to remove excess water.
• You can use fresh fruit, but it will make the smoothie more runny.
• Blend the banana, tofu and milk for 30 seconds. 
• Add the frozen blueberries, honey and ice cubes and process until smooth. 
• Enjoy!