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Waffle Charcuterie Board (+4 healthy waffles recipe ideas)

Are you looking for a breakfast or brunch waffle charcuterie board? Then try this breakfast grazing board with four healthy waffle recipe ideas to choose from: oat waffles, savory cheese waffles, buckwheat waffles, and prune waffle sandwiches—delicious and easy to make!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Breakfast and Brunch
Cuisine: Belgian Inspired
Servings: 7 to 8 waffles per waffle recipe
Calories: 294kcal

Ingredients

Oat Flour Waffles

  • 1 ½ cups gluten-free oat flour 150 grams (make your own by grinding rolled oats in a food processor)
  • 1 cup fine coconut shreds, unsweetened 65 grams
  • ½ teaspoon Stevia Powder (optional but recommended) See note
  • 1 cup seedless dark raisins 130 grams
  • 1 egg or egg replacer see note
  • 1 cup cashew milk (flax or oat milk for a nut-free version) 230 ml
  • cup apricot jam, unsweetened 177 grams

Buckwheat Waffles

  • 2 cups buckwheat flour 330 grams (or make a lighter flour by grinding toasted groats a.k.a kasha in a food processor)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
  • 1 cup coconut sugar or date sugar 135 grams
  • Pinch salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup melted coconut oil, plus more to grease the waffle iron 80 grams
  • 1 ¼ cups canned coconut milk 260ml
  • ½ cup dark raisins optional

Cheese Waffles

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground Basil
  • 2 teaspoons ground oregano
  • 1 teaspoon freshly chopped Rosemary optional but highly recommended
  • 3 cups grated cheese 250 grams (like an aged cheddar or Parmesan cheese or a combo of both)
  • 1 cup Cassava flour 134 grams

Prune Waffles

  • 2 cups rye flour (or a sprouted grain or Spelt flour) 220 grams
  • 30 pitted prunes, quartered about 1 ½ cups or 227 grams
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 cups cashew milk (or any other plant milk) ½ liter
  • 4 tablespoons 90 grams Unsulphured Molasses
  • 5 pinches Stevia Powder
  • Oil or coconut butter melted to coat the inside of the iron waffle maker

Build your own waffle board

  • Waffles
  • Your favorite sweet toppings: sliced bananas, kiwis, mandarins or clementines, grapefruits, pomegranate, mango, berries, fresh figs, pears, apples, persimmons—pick what you like or what's in season.
  • Extra toppings: dried fruits like dates or apricots, seeds, and nuts like dates, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds
  • Your spreads like maple syrup, honey, jam or jelly, compote, melted (coconut) butter, whatever you fancy.
  • Yogurts, whip cream, nut butter, or crunchy granola

Instructions

Oat Flour Waffles

  • Preheat your waffle maker and choose setting number 7 (or highest setting).
  • Place the flour, coconut shreds, and raisins in a large bowl. Stir until well combined and make sure that no raisins clump together.
  • In a separate bowl, beat the egg or add an egg replacer. Then stir in the milk, stevia powder, and jam. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
  • Stir the wet mixture into the bowl containing the flour mix. Stir or whisk until well combined, and you get a smooth batter with the raisins well divided.
  • When ready, coat the waffle plates with olive oil or coconut oil. Then pour ¼ of a cup of batter onto each waffle plate.
  • Cook until golden brown.
  • Serve as-is or top with your favorite fruits and nut butter.

Buckwheat Waffles

  • Preheat your waffle iron maker on a high heat setting (I use setting 7 is the highest setting on my waffle maker.)
  • Place flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and stir to combine. Ensure that there are no sugar lumps left, and everything is well mixed with the buckwheat flour.
  • Lightly beat the eggs in a separate bowl and stir in the vanilla extract, coconut oil, and coconut milk.
  • Stir the wet mixture gradually into the bowl containing the flour mixture until everything is well combined.
  • Stir in the raisins if you're adding them (optional).
  • Brush hot waffle iron plates with a bit of coconut oil and spoon about ¼ cup of the batter onto each waffle iron plate. Close and cook the waffles until it has a beautiful dark brown color.
  • Use a fork to lift the waffles carefully out of the waffle iron—they are very fluffy at this point. Place them on a plate to cool slightly—they will get crispier.
  • Once the waffles are slightly cooled, you can stack them.

Cheese Waffles

  • Preheat your waffle iron maker on a medium heat setting (I use setting 5, with 7 being the highest setting on my waffle maker.)
  • Place the eggs, herbs, and salt in a bowl. Then beat the eggs until everything is well combined.
  • Stir the cheese in the beaten eggs.
  • Then whisk in the Cassava flour until well combined.
  • Brush hot waffle iron plates with a bit of coconut, olive oil, or butter and spoon about ¼ cup of the batter onto each waffle iron plate. Close and cook the waffles until it has a beautiful golden color.
  • Use a fork to lift the waffles carefully out of the waffle iron. Place them on a plate to cool slightly—they will get crispier.

Prune Waffles

  • Take out your waffle maker and preheat on a high setting (my waffle maker has seven settings, and I use setting 6)
  • In a large bowl, combine the flour with the prunes, set aside.
  • In another bowl, beat the egg and whisk in the milk, molasses, and stevia powder.
  • Slowly stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture until you have a beautiful brownish slow dripping batter.
  • When preheated, grease the waffle maker plates lightly with butter, coconut, or olive oil.
  • Drop ¼ cup of the batter onto the waffle plates. Close the lid and allow the dough to cook.
  • When ready, remove the waffles gently with the tips of a fork.
  • Repeat until all batter is gone.

Build a Waffle Board

  • Make first the waffle batter of your choice. Cover and set aside.
  • Start washing, slicing the chosen fruits, and set out any dried fruits, nuts, butter, nut butter, syrups, or jams you want to place on the waffle board.
  • Follow with prepping your more extensive savory components if you add, for example, crispy bacon, then place that already in the pan on the stove or bake the bacon in the oven. Or, if you're planning to serve the waffles with scrambled eggs, start prepping and cooking them first.
  • While the bacon is baking or the eggs are on the stove, you can start placing your first batch of waffles in the iron maker. But keep an eye on your bacon and eggs and take them out or remove them from the stove if they are ready first.
  • While your last batch of waffles is baking, start arranging your fruits and condiments on the board, leaving enough space to add the waffles.
  • Finish by placing the warm waffles on the board, and any other warm items, like the bacon or eggs.
  • Serve when still warm (see note).

Notes

Some waffles require less prep and cooking time: The cheese waffles require only 5 minutes prep time and 15 minutes cooking time. While the oat waffles usually require only 15 minutes of cooking time.
Storing and reheating waffles: see notes in the post.
Calories per waffle—buckwheat waffle: 350; cheese waffle: 233; prune waffle: 204

Notes on how to make the oat flour waffles

Stevia powder versus sugar: ½ teaspoon of stevia powder can be substituted for ½ cup of sugar. If you use sugar instead, combine it with the dry ingredients before stirring in the wet ingredients.
Make the waffles without eggs: For this recipe, I use Bob's Red Mill Egg replacer to make it vegan-friendly and obtain a similar waffle texture.
Batter consistency: The batter will be a bit thicker than your usual waffle mix, and you might have to give it a notch with your fingers or a spoon to slide it onto the hot waffle iron.

Notes on how to make the buckwheat waffles

Buckwheat flour: Instead of regular buckwheat flour, you can ground Kasha groats, which are toasted buckwheat groats. Both flours result in delicious waffles, but Kasha will give you fluffier and crispier waffle texture, while regular buckwheat flour will result in darker and more filling waffles (read more in the post).
Batter consistency: You'll get a beautiful, slowly dripping brown batter that will easily slide onto the hot waffle iron.

Notes on how to make the cheese waffles

Batter consistency: You'll get a beautiful yellow batter filled with cheese that is relatively thick. It will need some help to slide onto the hot waffle iron.
Waffle iron setting: I bake them on a medium waffle iron setting (5) to get them golden, crispy and avoid burning the cheese.

Notes on how to make the prune waffles

Batter consistency: You'll get a slow dripping wet batter that will easily slide onto a waffle iron maker.

Notes on how to make your waffle board

How to keep waffles warm? If you need more time to ensemble your breakfast grazing board, you can preheat the oven to 150 to 200°F and keep any cooked waffles or cooked bacon warm. Arrange them on a cooling rack. Place the cooling rack on a baking sheet, and then keep everything warm in the oven. If you place waffles directly on the baking sheet, the bottom of the waffles might become soggy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1oat flour waffle | Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 47mg | Potassium: 362mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2mg