Almond Flour Waffles with Berry Coulis

Dinner makes me sad for the sole reason that it generally means my food consumption for the day is ending. For this same reason, breakfast is my favourite. To be honest, I usually fall asleep thinking about all the delicious food I get to eat when I wake up.

This morning I woke up in a slight panic. I found myself without any of my usual go-tos: bananas, pumpkin, peanut butter, omelet toppings, nor cereal: bad, right? I felt very vulnerable and under-prepared.
I had some almond flours and eggs which would suffice for pancakes... But they couldn't stand alone as breakfast, they needed something more... Something fresh, to brighten my breakfast anxieties...

I thought of the Costco-sized bag of frozen berries and breakfast suddenly evolved into Almond Waffles with Berry Coulis.

Then, and only then, I got out of bed.
And holy sh*t was it worth it!

Original recipe makes 2 generous servings.

Ingredients:
Berry Coulis:
- 1 cup frozen berries
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 2 tsp honey

Waffles:
- 1/2 almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 2 tbsp flax meal
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp almond extract *optional*

Directions:
Berry Coulis:
Add ingredients to a small pot and simmer on medium-low, stirring frequently. Remove from heat once coulis is the desired consistency.
Refrigerate unused portions.

Waffles:
1. Preheat waffle iron. Mix dry and wet ingredients separately, then incorporate together
2. Lightly coat waffle iron with coconut oil (or oil of choice); ladle 1/4 cup of mixture onto waffle iron. Proceed using waffle maker's guidelines (approx 3-4 min per waffle).
Serve waffles, topped with berry coulis.

It's totally worth it to make a double or triple batch of the berry coulis and store it in the fridge to use it on toast, oatmeal, or future pancakes and waffles... It's that good.