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.
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We’re making ed, white and blue toast this morning – I love the waffle idea. Have fun today!
HA HA! Don’t know what “ed, white and blue” is! Red, white and blue. Sorry:)
The waffles look really good. We made some granola bars today with some of our baking mix out of the freezer. We also made some chocolate raspberry popsicles.
Yum! They look delicious. My kids would really enjoy these. They are already crazy about waffles!
I love the pictures, too. Very nice 🙂
We are making your sister’s smoothies tomorrow! So excited! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation!
We have blueberries and strawberries in the fridge and a batch of your homemade bisquick recipe in the freezer so perhaps I will surprise the family with patriotic pancakes tomorrow.