If you want to use your waffle iron 
to its full potentional, check out this fun blog called Waffleizer that explores the many unexpected ways you can cook food in a waffle iron. This is where I got the idea for waffled falafel. I mean, it’s just so fun to say that how can you not try it? It’s also a lot healthier than the regular way of frying the falafel in oil. It was one of those ideas that I had been waiting to try for a while, but never seemed to get around to actually doing it.
to its full potentional, check out this fun blog called Waffleizer that explores the many unexpected ways you can cook food in a waffle iron. This is where I got the idea for waffled falafel. I mean, it’s just so fun to say that how can you not try it? It’s also a lot healthier than the regular way of frying the falafel in oil. It was one of those ideas that I had been waiting to try for a while, but never seemed to get around to actually doing it.Then one day I was having my brother over for dinner and the waffled falafel idea emerged. It seemed like something he would appreciate, being adept with a waffle iron and a lover of Middle Eastern cuisine. I was going to just use a mix, like the site says, but I couldn’t find it at our local grocery store. Unfortunately, our store is notorious for not carrying anything that is remotely out of the ordinary. I can’t find items like bean sprouts or rice stick noodles there, so I’m not surprised that there was no falafel mix either. I turned to allrecipes.com as I so often do, and found this amazing recipe for falafels, called Sean’s Falafel and Cucumber Sauce. I made my own version of cucumber sauce (or tzatziki), but followed the falafel part of the recipe pretty closely. The result was the most delicious falafel I’ve ever tasted. My brother declared it to be much better than any mix. The waffling part was a lot of fun too. It was nice to chat with my little bro while standing around the waffle iron waiting for falafels to brown. Soon the boys and Tony gathered around to see what was going on, but I think they were a little disappointed when they realized we weren’t having waffles for dinner. Sorry guys!
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Food and Whine 
We just bought falfel at the store the other day and hubby was so disappointed. He loves it too and I know it’s on our list for up-coming foods. So I’m going to print this one out for sure! Your timing is excellent. 😉
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Do you use plain greek yogurt or plain plain yogurt?
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ha! this is such a cool idea, and great way to use the waffle iron. i have yet to try falafel, but it looks so good!
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Christine, you can use either kind, but I prefer greek yogurt.
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This is a great idea! Definitely want to try this! Thanks, Megan!
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Wow! What a great idea! Looks delicious! Have a great weekend!: )Jen
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Oh wow, this falafel recipe is amazing!! I also used your tzatziki recipe, but I made lemon quinoa instead of rice – thanks so much for sharing!!
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How many falafels does this make?
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About 8
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