Possible Clues:

• Food a dieter may wish to waste
• Waste which takes a battering?
• Batter-fried morsel
• Piece of fruit or meat fried in batter
• Squander - food
• Spend money frivolously on a piece of batter
• Deep fried item
• A beignet, say, may be healthier, doctor finally admitted
• Fried food is healthier? That's about right
• Waste battered food