WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards is sharing social distancing comfort food recipes.
Today, Dean makes easy breakfast kabob recipes for Mother’s Day weekend.
Recipes:
Fruit, Waffles & Nutella Kabobs
Ingredients:
- 1 Package Waffles
- Wooden Skewers (soaked in water)
- Strawberries, Pineapple, Peaches, Bananas (dipped in lemon juice)
- Pineapple chunks
- Peaches chunks
- Syrup of your choice
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- Nutella Spread
Preparation:
· Toast the waffles, cut into quarters.
· Cut the fruit that is not already small into 1-inch, or bite-sized, chunks.
· First, skewer the strawberry, then a piece of waffle, then a piece of pineapple, then waffle and continue with the rest of fruit chunks and waffle slices.
· Drizzle syrup
· Add Nutella on the side for dipping.
· Sprinkle with fresh blueberries
Chicken and Waffle Kabobs
Ingredients:
- Frozen waffles (cut in quarters) or mini frozen waffles (toasted or microwaved…or homemade.)
- 4 – 7 Frozen Chicken Nuggets (baked per instructions.)
- Wooden Skewers (soaked in water)
- Pancake Syrup or Honey
Preparation:
-Alternate the waffles and nuggets on the skewers.
-Drizzle with syrup or honey.
Sausage and Waffle Kabobs
Ingredients:
- 6 frozen waffles
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound breakfast turkey sausage (or your choice of sausage, polish, or kielbasa)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- maple syrup for drizzling or dunking
- Strawberries, bananas
- Heat skillet with olive oil.
Preparation:
-Form small balls from the turkey meat and cook thoroughly until brown and crispy.
-Cook frozen waffles as directed. Cut into quarters.
-Alternate the turkey and waffles on the skewers.
-Add chunks of fruit if desired.
-Drizzle with syrup.