Enhanced Medifast Meals: Waffles!!

Did you know that you can make several Medifast meals into waffles? After following the Paleo diet for years, I hadn't had a waffle in so long. I've never really been much of a pancake fan, but waffles have always been amazingly good to me. At first, I had only found recipes to do waffles with the pancake or oatmeal meals. I tried one with the pancakes when I visited my parents a few weeks ago and it was delicious! My mom traded me for some oatmeal so that I could try it with that. Loved that too and started making them more often. Then I started running out of oatmeal and wondered what other meals I might be able to use. So I tried the blueberry muffin, brownies and then the shakes. Wow. Blueberry was definitely the best by far!

So now I'm totally obsessed with making waffles. My next order of meals definitely reflects that. I bought oatmeal, shakes and muffins in addition to my normal goodies.

Here are a couple recipes that you can use to make your waffles. It really depends whether or not you have a meal that rises on it's own, such as the blueberry muffin or brownie. If not, you will need to add egg beaters.

Ingredients:

Waffles made from: Pancakes, Oatmeal, or shakes (I used both vanilla and strawberry)

1 packet meal replacement
1 tsp Torani sugar-free syrup** (I have use both vanilla* and cinnamon and brown sugar)
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 Tbsp egg beaters
1 Stevia packet
1 tsp cinnamon (for all except strawberry shake)
Enough water to make thick batter (probably about 2-4 Tbsp)

*For vanilla shake, I added 1/4 tsp of vanilla as well
**The syrup is optional. I add it to decrease the dryness of the waffle - especially with the pancake


Waffles made from: Blueberry muffin or brownies

1 packet meal replacement

1 tsp Torani sugar-free syrup (I have use both vanilla and cinnamon and brown sugar)

1/4 tsp baking powder

Enough water to make thick batter (probably about 2-4 Tbsp)

Directions:

Heat up waffle maker while you are making batter. Pour batter into middle and spread out slightly until it is a thick even layer. Let sit with lid open for 30-45 seconds. Then close lid and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes (check at one minute for doneness). It should feel like a normal waffle when finished. 

When it is done, take off the waffle out and add your fixings. You can use up to 2 Tbsp of powdered PB (1 snack) and/or you can do what I do and add some Walden Farms Pancake Syrup (zero calories). Now go and enjoy that delicious waffle!