Waffles for breakfast?

Today the P90X guide called for us to eat whole wheat waffles with peanut butter and banana for breakfast with a nice glass of skim milk. I love it! It is a great new breakfast idea.

We've had this breakfast for 4 weeks now (every Sunday) and have developed a great strategy for making this healthy.

For waffles we have now had 3 options:
Eggo Low Fat Whole Wheat Waffles and Van's Premium Waffles - 97% Fat Free were both pretty tasty and convenient out of the freezer. (We found Van's brand in the health food freezer... but the whole wheat was higher in fat than these)

However, when I forgot to buy more waffles for this week's breakfast, we needed to improvise. We found this awesome low fat, whole wheat, oatmeal waffle recipes!

"Fat Free" Whole Wheat Oatmeal Waffles
(recipe has a small amount of fat based on the small portion from the whole wheat flour)
1/4 cup egg substitute
3/4 cup skim milk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 Tbsp wheat germ
2 tsp no sodium baking powder
1-1/2 tsp sugar substitute

Whisk together wet ingredients in a small bowl or large glass measuring cup (for convenience). Mix in dry ingredients. For a 9 inch round waffle iron, use about 1/2 cup measure for each waffle. Allow to cook until somewhat dark brown in order to cook all the way through. Makes about 4 waffles - good to share with 2 people. (I would like to try ground walnuts or a dash of cinnamon in the batter!)

Eating with a sliced banana and 2 tbs. of Skippy Super Chunk 25% Fat Free Peanut Butter topped off with skim milk = delicious morning start!

(Check out THIS LINK for a great whole wheat pancake recipe!)

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We are currently in the beginning of the 13th and final week of our P90X journey! Since we started this journey we have seen the snow disappear and the plants come to bloom just as we've seen the pounds come off and the tone and definition come to us. We started the program following strictly to the P90X nutrition guide, which was a great way to begin our fitness regimen. However, we quickly learned how to adapt recipes and became our own health food experts. We have done research and developed strategies that we hope to share with you. Stay tuned for recipes and thoughts about nutrition and health.