Tips to Saving Grocery Money: Left-over grains in waffles

[BaskingLizards]

Wow, these turned out great! Thanks for all your help. :-) We have a soymilk machine and make a lot of different milks (soy, rice, nuts, seed) and I needed a way to use up all the leftover "pulp". This recipe is perfect. I ended up using nearly 2 cups of flour; maybe next time I'll use less liquid and less flour.  They were very tasty, didn't stick to the waffle iron at all (a problem I often get with other batters), came out nice and light and crispy. I'll be making these again and again!

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards ~ Oh YAY!

It's always nice to hear a success story!!

Thanks for sharing!

EnJOY!

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards ~ Oh good!! I'm so very glad you enjoyed these!! We love to do this and use up tid-bits. They are my kids favorite waffles...and they freeze well to. Just put wax paper (saved cereal bags)between each one after it gets room temp and put in a zipper baggie in the freezer. They pop in the toaster and tah-dah - beats a preservative filled eggo any day!

[BaskingLizards]

@thewheatguy What a great idea - never would have thought to use leftover cereal bags! Thanks for the tip!!

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards ~ Yay - hurray for free wax paper! (o:

[BaskingLizards]

Do you have to let the batter sit overnight before adding the baking soda and baking powder?

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards ~ Yes. Exactly. I give it a 'whir' and then let it sit. One more spin in the blender in the morning with the soda & powder added and it's good to go as soon as the waffle iron is heated! Did this last week to be exact! (o:

Hope this helps!

[BaskingLizards]

@thewheatguy Aww I was hoping to make some NOW! LOL How much of the whole-grain "mush" do you use? I estimated about a cup and a half... Do you leave the blender out on the counter or put it in the fridge? Sorry about all the questions! LOL

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards - I just use up whatever I've got (not measuring) and add some dry and enough milk to make it 'look' like the batter for a waffle...that way I'm sure to use up most of my mush (usually between 1/2 C and 3/4 C is my typical mush amount I end up with leftover).

I have left it out and I have refrigerated it both. Depends on if you're squeamish about dairy out over night or not. 

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards - Oh you can do it right away...all in the blender no prob! Go ahead...just have to use it right away (you know in 1/2 hour max) after adding the soda/powder cuz it will go heavy if you had put it in over night. Go for it all in one shot in the morning if you need/want to!!! It works!

[thewheatguy]

@BaskingLizards - I guess I misunderstood the question but when I re-read it after your other reply it makes more sense. If doing it the night before don't add soda/powder - do that in the morning. If doing it all in the morning - do the whole recipe and you're good to go! So...sorry to be confusing!!! (o:

Need another cup of coffee I suppose! (o:

[LynnM3973]

Do you mill your own grits? If so, do you do this in the Nutrimill? And also, do you use yellow or white corn? Thanks.

[thewheatguy]

Hi!

Sorry my replies are so late - I've not been on youtube much - super busy...

The NutriMill will make a course cornmeal (we use for tortillas and cornbread) but not course enough for grits (more kind of a pollenta) so I'm still getting storebought grits (smack my hand, I know...) :o(

I hope to do a video series soon on milling corn....my video guy (son) has been working a LOT lately with little free time...

Blessings!

Donna

[anniew304]

Donna, did you mean add 1 tsp vinegar to reg milk to make it into sour milk?

I guess you can make this and use it right away also?

[thewheatguy]

Sorry so long with my reply...hope to be on youtube more soon....my apologies!

Add 1tsp (to 1 TBS) to the milk to make sour milk, yes...but it works best to do it before you start the recipe (you can see the milk thicken and curdle) because it acts more like butter milk when it sits a bit.

Hope that helps!

[hawaii8087]

I wish i had a waffle maker now! haha

Could these make pancakes too?

If so, can regular milk be substituted? If never bought buttermilk before so i don't know the difference. :)

[thewheatguy]

Yep - pancakes! Multi-grain pancakes.

Yum!

You can add 1tsp per cup of milk to make sour milk which reacts like buttermilk in recipes.

If you choose to use reg. milk - leave out the baking soda and increase the baking POWDER by one more tsp

The acid in the buttermilk (or sour milk) reacts with the soda, so if not using butter/sour milk - there's no need and it won't taste good.

Let me know how you like the pancakes!

Best Blessings!

Donna