On Jun 4, 4:05*pm, Nina > wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:46:58 -0700 (PDT), meatnub >
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> >I have a 1 year old who loves his waffles. I have been putting small
> >chunks of banana on plain belgian waffles. He likes them.
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> >But they are dry. Adding butter helps a little. I don't want to give
> >him syrup everyday.. to sweet and not the greatest for his teeth.
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> >Is there anything ... healthy.. to put on the waffles to make them
> >less dry when eating?
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> >Whip cream, but there's sugar in that. Peanut butter.. more sugar, and
> >of the corn kind too, unless I find a natural peanut butter.
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> >I don't think I have a lot of options. Fruit syrup I guess, but surely
> >there's sugar in that.
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> >I just hate to constantly give my boy sugar (in whatever form) on his
> >waffles and start giving him teeth problems.
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> Make your own whipped cream = no sugar or minimal sugar.
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> Make your own fruit syrup. *There are way fancier ways to do this, but
> you could use something like frozen strawberries that are naturally
> sweet and cook them down a little to concentrate the sweetness.
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> I think with bananas, a little cream (unwhipped) might be really nice.
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> Nearly anything that you buy in the store will be packed with sugar
> and/or high fructose corn syrup. *And, yeah, it's better not to teach
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I will have to try the cream (unwhipped) , make my own whipped cream,
and fruit syrup.

Thanks a lot Nina!