Waffles and Pancakes (Kodiak Style)

I love waffles and pancakes for breakfast or dinner.  We often do breakfast for dinner one night a week in our house. I like to help prepare these meals.  Lately, my mom has been going the "cheater route" she calls it with our waffles and pancakes.  (She usually makes everything from scratch and doesn't like boxed batter mixes.)  But, since finding Kodiak Cakes at Costco, she has defaulted to using this prepackaged "just add water/milk" on breakfast nights.  These are full of protein, whole grains, and lots of other healthy stuff, so my mom doesn't mind using it.  And, it makes it easier for me to jump in and help prepare the meal, pour the batter, and flip the pancakes.

 

 One of our favorite appliances is our Double Pro Belgian Wafflemaker made by Waring Pro.  It bakes two extra-deep Belgian waffles at a time.  Yum.  Some of our favorite toppings are strawberries and whip cream, freshly squeezed lemon juice and powdered sugar, high quality real maple syrup (no Mrs. Butterworth's here), and yummy syrup (a deliciously homemade, but not so healthy, buttermilk syrup).

Turkey Spinach Wrap

This is a quick, easy and healthy snack. All you need is deli turkey slices and fresh spinach.  Place fresh spinach leaves on the edge of a thick deli slice of turkey.  (We get ours from Costco...Kirkland brand.)  Roll the spinach up into the turkey, like a taquito.  Wrap a few while you are at it.  Two to four rolls make a nice snack/meal depending on how hungry you are.  YUM!  (You spread a little hummus on the turkey slices before filling/rolling with spinach.)