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Recipe: Carrot Cake Waffle Breakfast Sandwich

From EatingWell

Carrot cake for breakfast? Why not! This innovative healthy waffle breakfast sandwich recipe uses whole-grain frozen waffles instead of bread and has a carrot cake-like filling made with reduced-fat cream cheese, shredded carrot, raisins and walnuts sweetened with a touch of maple syrup. Even better, it’s ready in 5 minutes!

Ingredients

Makes 1 serving

2 whole-grain frozen waffles

2 tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel)

½ cup shredded carrot

2 tablespoons raisins

1 tablespoon chopped walnuts

2 teaspoons pure maple syrup

Preparation

Active time 5 minutes

Total time 5 minutes

Toast waffles. Spread cream cheese on 1 waffle. Top with carrot, raisins and walnuts. Drizzle with maple syrup. Top with the remaining waffle.

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