Low Fat Whole Wheat Banana Waffles

After watching an episode of The Amazing Race recently where the contestants were in Belgium and their challenge was to make waffles, I was inspired to make our own healthy version for dinner one night.

Low Fat Whole Wheat Banana Waffles (adapted from food.com)

Ingredients

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup skim milk

2 ripe bananas

2 eggs

1/8 cup dark chocolate chunks (I used 85% Lindt squares, smashed up)

Directions:

Heat your waffle maker up.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cocoa, and salt and mix.

Mash the bananas. Add the water, skim milk, vanilla, and egg to the mashed bananas and mix.

Combine the wet and dry ingredients and stir. Add the dark chocolate chunks.

Spray waffle maker with Pam, place about a half cup of batter on the waffle maker and cook until golden brown.

Makes 4 giant waffles.

Add a chopped banana on top and about 2 Tbsp of pure maple syrup.

Nutritional Information: (waffle, syrup, banana)

414 calories

81g carbs

10g fat

15g protein

9g fibre