Whole wheat banana waffles

Whole Wheat Banana Waffles
I tried these the other morning.  They are very good and filling.  My family loved them too.  I don't think they realized that there was bananas in it since it was blended up.  I had to quadruple it though.  :)


1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 medium banana, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 c. fat free milk
1 TB sugar
1 TB canola oil
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla

Spray a waffle iron with nonstick spray and heat.   Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor.  Blend and scrape the sides.  Blend again until smooth.

Place 1/2 c. of the batter in the heated waffle iron;  Cook until brown, about 2 minutes.  Makes about 4 waffles. Yields 1 waffle per serving.

NUTRITION:
6 points plus per waffle

Heart healthy pancakes topped with cherries and bananas

My breakfast was so yummy this morning!  Anytime I can find a good breakfast for reasonable points I am happy.  :)

Here's what I ate.  I made Lehi Roller Mills heart healthy pancake mix pancakes (basically just add water).  If you haven't ever tried this mix before, you'll really like it.  So much better than a regular white pancake mix.  It has great flavor and is a lot lot healthier. My kids love it.  One serving is 4 points.  But it's really small.  So I weighed two pancakes at 94 grams total, and then sliced a half a banana and rough chopped some frozen sweet dark cherries I just bought from Costco. (New item there and they are so so good!)  I chopped the cherries with my food chopper thing and then microwaved them for about 1 minute.  One cup of cherries is a lot.  I ate the extra after finishing the pancakes.


I topped one pancake with the banana and put another pancake on top and covered it with about 1/3 of the cherries.  Chopping and the microwaving them created some juice that I spooned on top for extra sweetness.  Yummy!  And I feel satisfied after eating the get of the cherries and my 1 cup of skim milk.
Mmmmm....

NUTRITION
One small pancake (47 grams) is 4 points plus.
Two small pancakes (94 grams) is 8 points plus.
Unsweetened fruit - 0 if it's one of your first 5 servings of the day.
Skim milk - 2 points plus
Total - 10 points plus

Maple salmon

Maple Salmon
Salmon is such a healthy fish and this is one of my favorite recipes.  The recipe comes from allrecipes.com.  It serves four - 1/4 lb salmon per serving.  Original recipe is here.

1/4 c. maple syrup
2 TB soy sauce
1 clove garlic
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1 pound salmon
In a small bowl, mix everything except salmon together.  Place salmon in a glass dish or plastic bag and add marinade.  Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, turning once. 
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Bake salmon and marinade uncovered for 20 minutes until easily flaked with a fork. 

NUTRITION

7 points plus per serving if you serve with all the marinade.  The points per serving will go down if you toss the marinade or don't use it all.  Cooked salmon, unseasoned, is 6 points per 4 ounces (1/4 of a pound).