4 Weeks of Frugal Family Fun: Red, White, & Blue Waffles (Day 13)

by Crystal on July 03, 2012

For our Frugal Family Fun project today we made Red, White, & Blue Waffles. It was so simple to do — and a fun way to be a little patriotic.

If you need an easy and festive breakfast for the Fourth of July, you could adapt this idea for tomorrow morning — or any morning of the year. It’s especially nice to make in summer, because the waffle iron doesn’t heat up the kitchen like the stove and oven do.

Red, White, & Blue Waffles

Makes 4-6 Belgian waffles

Waffle Batter:

1 3/4 cups flour (whole-wheat, white, or a mixture of both)
2 Tablespoons sugar (or raw sugar)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup milk (You can use half milk/half water, if you prefer.)
1/2 cup oil or melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Toppings:

Yogurt Sauce (6-ounces of yogurt or Greek yogurt mixed with 1-2 Tablespoons maple syrup) or whipped cream
Blueberries
Strawberries

Mix together dry waffle batter ingredients in one bowl. Lightly beat together wet waffle batter ingredients in another. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Pour batter onto lightly-oiled or buttered waffle iron and bake until done.

Top with chopped strawberries, blueberries, and yogurt sauce or whipped cream and serve.

Did you do something fun and frugal as a family today? If you blogged about it, I’d love for you to leave a link to your blog post below. Or, you can just tell us what you did in the comments.

Note: Since the purpose of this series is to encourage you to be intentional about fun in your home this summer, please only link up posts showing pictures/sharing details of fun things you did as a family today (or within the last few days). Posts that do not adhere to these guidelines will be deleted in order to make it fair for those who are putting forth a lot of effort to participate in this challenge.