What's for Dinner?

What's for Dinner?

Let's Try Breakfast.

The waffle has been forever treasured as a breakfast treat since essentially it is a batter- or dough-based cake with common toppings such as whipped cream, strawberries, chocolate, sugar, honey, syrups and ice cream. However, the savory food revolution has taken place and the waffle no longer is just a delicious, sweet food for breakfast, but one that you can eat now for dinner. 

Sweet waffles, previously used as desserts were meant to cleanse the palette of the savory entree however, combining the two has proved to be quite delicious. Using a waffle as a bread base leads to a heartier meal since waffles are a lot thicker than usual bread. Many of the original waffle recipes have been altered to fit the needs of the entree but still remain relatively the same in consistency and in taste. Sometimes, the recipe is changed to actually mimic bread qualities, or for the instance of tacos, the recipe caters to a waffle that is thinner and crispier to resemble actual hard taco shells. 

Since waffles are batter- or dough-based, it makes sense that they seem to be replacing bread or dough bases/crusts. With this in mind, think pizza dough, taco shells, sandwich bread, rolls, breadsticks - all those are being replaced with waffles or waffle style starches. Cornmeal waffles with spicy chili, or cornmeal waffles with smoked salmon and a white cheddar cheese saucewaffle grilled cheesefried chicken and buttermilk waffles, or even tuna melts on waffle bread.

Although this may be the first time that you're hearing about savory waffles, they have dated a while back. Restaurants have had these on their menus for quite some time and new restaurants are continuing to open with appetizers, entrees and desserts as well that incorporate waffles as a main focus or ingredient in the dish. One taste of a savory waffle and there's no guarantee you'll go back to eating these for breakfast.