Green Tea Waffles

If you're looking for something green to make for St. Patrick's Day, try these delicous and healthy waffles. Match green tea powder gives you the color, naturally. They impart a delightfully fresh flavor and can be used for savory and sweet dishes: as a base for Chicken (as in Chicken and Waffles), as the bread for a sandwich, or all by themselves for breakfast. I purchased my green tea powder from Amazon.com but you can also purchase matcha tea in the grocery store in a box meant for cup by cup useage. Green tea is ful of antioxidents and something worth incorporating into your diet. If you're not a tea drinker, adding the powder to baked goods is a great way to go around it. Please feel free to use the milk of your choice in this recipe; from coconut to almond to buttermilk. Your choice will affect the texture of the waffle but it's nothing to worry about. Enjoy!

Green Tea Waffles

2 large eggs

1 ¾ cup milk

½ c canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups Castle Valley Mill soft wheat flour or other good quality a.p. flour

3 tablespoons brown sugar

4 teaspoons Baking Powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon Matcha green tea powder

Add all wet ingredients to a large (4 cup) Pyrex measuring cup or batter bowl (with a spout – to make pouring batter easier). Whisk by hand until well blended. In a separate medium to large mixing bowl add all of the dry ingredients and mix with a fork to blend. Add liquid mixture to dry mixture slowly and gradually, whisking constantly until the batter is smooth. Pour batter back into Pyrex or batter bowl. Plug in waffle iron and wait for it to heat up. When waffle iron is ready, pour batter in carefully to fill all the spaces but do not overfill. If using a round flip model iron, close iron, count to ten and flip. Once green light shows on the reverse side, flip back and remove waffle. A large wooden fork works great as a tool for this. Repeat and enjoy!