Vegan with a Vengeance, Recipe 1- Lemon Corn Waffles with Blueberry Sauce

We had a bit of a lazy morning today, so I decided it would be fun to think out of the box and make some homemade waffles today, vegan style!  While I try to eat clean most of the time, sometimes you just need a fun recipe to spice things up a bit, especially when you have kids.  That being said, I certainly would not eat this on a regular basis, but boy was it worth the effort!  (And the splurge!)  For the waffles you mix sifted dry ingredients in one bowl (all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cornmeal), and wet in another (canola oil, soy milk, soy yogurt, zest and juice from 2 lemons, and some sugar- only a bit- 1/4 cup).  Make a well in the dry and then mix in the wet and your batter is done.  Heat up your waffle maker and make them according to your waffle maker directions.  While the waffles cook you make the blueberry sauce.  In a saucepan you mix 1 pound of slightly thawed frozen blueberries with some arrowroot starch (this acts like cornstarch, you could use that as well) and you toss it with the berries until it dissolves.  Then you put the mixture over medium heat and cook until the berries release juices and are heated through.  Lastly, you add in some maple syrup and vanilla extract and cook the mixture until it's nice and thickened up.  I have to say that these are a perfect combo of flavors.  Surprisingly, these have just the right amount of sweetness too- they are not cloyingly sweet, but just right.  The blueberry sauce is too DIE for- so yummy and perfect with the bright lemony flavor of the waffles.  The sauce thickens up just like the blueberry pie filling out of a can, but it's so much healthier for you and you control the ingredients- what could be better than that?  It is SO worth the 10 minutes it takes to whip it up!  A testament to how good these little beauties were?  My almost 5 year old ate 2 1/2 waffles and LOADS of the blueberry sauce!  My 2 year old wouldn't touch the waffles, but ate a bunch of the blueberry sauce.  Needless to say, I had quite the mess on my hands after!  It was definitely worth it!

My rating- 10!

PS- If you want to make these even more special- serve with a dollop of vegan soy-whipped cream.  YUM!