Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
• 1/4 cup finely diced pears
• 1 teaspoon oil (i.e. canola, coconut)

Directions:

1. Mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
2. Beat together eggs and sugar.
3. Add in the flour mixture.
4. Fold in the pumpkin and pear.
5. Pour batter into a hot waffle iron coated with oil and cook until waffles are crisp and browned.
6. If desired, top waffles with slices of leftover pear and chopped walnuts.

Yield:

3 servings

Nutrition Tip

Many of the nutrients found in whole grains have cancer preventive properties. Diets high in whole grains may decrease cancer risk in general, specifically colon cancer.

An analysis of 40 studies on whole grains and cancer risk found that people who ate more whole grains had a 34 percent reduced risk of cancer compared to those who ate small amounts.