Belgian Waffles with Cornmeal and Ground Walnuts

Pure, natural ingredients make for healthy and delicious meals.

Deber's Rule #1:

Use only natural ingredients. Whenever possible, use organic.

Deber's Rule #2

Measuring is meant to be a guideline, not a law. After all, cooking is an art, not rocket science or brain surgery...

but never over do baking soda or salt.

How many eggs can one eat before one has had one too many eggs?
In my opinion, exactly one dozen. Two each morning for six mornings in a row. Actually, I usually mix up my breakfast a little more than that, but try to keep it high protein and lower carb, so it will last until lunch.

This morning, Bill and I, having had enough of grown-up breakfasts, decided Belgium Waffles and bacon would be a nice change for today. The wonderful mixture of crispy and sweet with crunchy and salty just says "Sunday is Special". (That sounds a little too much like an old Shake N' Bake commercial, but you know what I mean.)

Since I'm trying to make my breads less glutenous right now, as well as higher in protein and fiber, I fiddled around with my usual basic waffle recipe and came up with this healthy, delicious new one.

Belgian Waffles with Cornmeal and Ground Walnuts
deber klein     Feb. 7, 2009

1/3 cup ground walnuts (I ground them in the coffee grinder - they will clump from the natural oils, so you may need to do two grindings. Measure them after ground.)
2 T corn grits, uncooked (If you don't have grits, you can substitute with corn meal.)
2T corn meal
2 T ground flaxseed
Unbleached flour – add enough to the above ingredients to make between 1 ¾ to 2 cups total flour mixture. (So you’ll be using maybe 1 ¼ cup of flour.)
1 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1 T brown sugar
Blend above ingredients well. Then add:

2 eggs
5 T melted, salted butter
2 cups buttermilk OR 2 T cider vinegar added to milk to make 2 cups

Blend (don't beat) until everything is wet and well blended. Some small lumps are okay.

Cook in a waffle iron (brushed with butter or sprayed with Pam) for 3 minutes or until it stops steaming.

Serve with any (or all) of the following:
Berries, whipped cream, powdered sugar, preserves, honey, butter and Maple Syrup.
Oh, and I dare not forget the coffee and some nice, crispy bacon.

Any leftover waffles can be put in the freezer and later popped into the toaster to be enjoyed on those mornings when you find you don't have time to cook.