My MOST favorite meal of the day is breakfast, hands down. On most days, i wake up craving something specific and so it’s never been hard for me to think what i want to eat. Husband and i end up cleaning the entire pack in a week’s time. Bob’s Red Mill Pancake mix, gluten free makes pancakes and in this case, waffles so dang easy to make. Some days sweet and other days i have these with two eggs and some olives or sauteed mushrooms! (to follow soon on the blog) I used strawberries cause i had them in hand. Feel free to substitute any berries or pineapple. If using pineapple, i would suggest to pour in some pineapple essence, to enhance the flavor. I used banana essence in this one since spinach and kale have a smell that doesn’t go too well with the sweet waffles. Substitute vanilla essence if you don’t have banana essence.

The waffle maker which is also a panini maker was gifted by my brother and sister in law almost 2 years ago and we use this at least once a month without fail! I make a batch of 6-7 waffles and it lasts for good 3 days. Then follows pancakes for the next 3-4 days and out goes the empty packet!

Ingredients – WAFFLES

• Bob’s Read Mill Pancake mix – 4 cups
• Spinach – 1/2 cup
• Kale – 2 cups
• Milk – 2 cups
• Water – 1 cup
• Maple syrup – 1/2 cup
• Pistachios – 1/2 cup
• Banana essence – 2 tsp
• Baking soda – 1 tsp

Ingredients – Chocolate syrup

• Chocolate (dark) – 1/2 cup
• Milk – 4 tbsp

Directions – Waffles

• Preheat the waffle maker to 500 degrees.
• In a big bowl add in the pancake mix, finely chopped pistachios along with the baking soda and set aside.
• Using a chopper/blender, chop/blend the kale spinach with some water. We are looking for a runny consistency. Halfway through, add in the maple syrup to the spinach and kale mix.
• Pour the spinach and kale mix into the pancake mix. Using a spatula, mix it well.
• Pour the milk, banana essence and then the water and keep mixing until a smooth, slightly runny consistency is reached.
• Using an ice cream scoop spoon, scoop two scoops of the pancake batter and pour into the maker.
• I give it 4 – 5 minutes for that slightly golden brown color on the edges.
• If you like it more crispy, give it 6 minutes.

Directions – Chocolate sauce

• In a small bowl, mix the chocolate and milk and microwave for 40 seconds in two intervals.
• Mix it well and pour over the waffles
• Chop the strawberries roughly to add on top of the waffle stack.
• Serve hot with delicious hot cocoa or coffee!

If you give this a try, tag me – bammbi101