Bran Waffle with Lemon

Bran waffle in your diet is good inspo for healthy and happy eating. It’s a great year-round breakfast or brunch idea.

To brighten the brown waffle color, lemons add sunny yellow and pucker-up tartness. And actually lemons are winter fruits that we celebrate more in summer! 🍋

You would never know that these waffles have bran and lemon in them!

But bran topping or blended in bran is loaded with fiber, and a handful of all bran may be the fiber you need (without all the sugar).

Bran is a whole food and grain which means that the bran, germ, and endosperm stay intact.

In common terms, that means that extra vitamins and fiber are included and not just the starchy carb middle layer found in many ordinary grains.

Bran is also a low glycemic index food that good for anti-inflammatory.

So it’s a good start, and when you mix bran in your waffle batter, you don’t have soggy bran like in cereal. 🥣

Bran also makes for a good foundation for other flavors like citrusy lemon that comes through.

The burst of sour sweetness wakes up!

And when you add another flavor dimension like anise seed or spice, you have one tasty waffle that’s also good for your stomach gut.

You can make pancakes with these ingredients, and if you like crunch and the idea of not waiting for your stove to heat up, you can make fresh waffles.

All you need are a few extra waffle ingredients and a waffle iron.

In case you’re debating whether to get one, I did the same. I wondered if it would be another tool that would take up valuable kitchen space.

And I’m proud to say it was a great investment because waffle irons are not expensive compared to other plug-in kitchen tools. 🔌

Mine gets used regularly, and yours would too!

They also take up little space standing upright like a book 📕 that I discovered when I read the paper instructions it came with.

…I would’ve never thought of that because I’ve only seen them in motion use either sitting on a table or at a self-serve hotel breakfast bar.

And that’s the story of how the waffle idea caught on with me (…and maybe for you too?). 🧇🧇🧇

…Oh, and the best part is if you don’t feel like cooking or waiting for your stove to wake up from cold sleep, a waffle iron is a fast-heating, convenient tool.

It’s as fast heating up as a curling iron for your hair that most of us grew up with.

…Once upon a time, I had a wavy iron. I’m glad that trend died and didn’t resurrect!

…And that no waffle iron hair took its place. 😊

Let’s keep the waffles for the kitchen.

And since they’re so easy to whip up in one bowl in 5-minutes, you can free-zer up your freezer space.

Just think, this weekend or today, a happy breakfast or brunch is served in minutes! 💭 And with a bran waffle stack idea, you have a healthy breakfast that could be a daily one.

The possibility of sweet pairing flavors is endless with easy and sweet one-bowl made waffles.

Like, you can amp up your waffle fries with healthy, savory potatoes with a french fry crunch 🍟. For other one-bowl easy waffles, check out my brunch waffles and recipes.