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Strawberry Nutella Waffles

April 8, 2015

Strawberry Nutella Waffles

My friend Dawn celebrated her birthday last week so I’m dedicating these waffles to her.

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Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Waffles with a Maple Cream Cream Cheese Drizzle

April 1, 2015

Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Waffles

I feel so out of the loop with things at times.

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I’m out of the loop with movies, books, shows, news. You name it. But the thing I am most out of the loop with is movies. The last movie I saw in theaters was Flight… back in November of 2012. Lame.

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This weekend Price binge watched a whole bunch of the Fast and Furious movies after Autumn went to sleep. I had no idea what was going on. I think I stopped watching the F&F movies after the second one. It was cool to watch the action scenes but I had no idea who was who or what was going on while I edited photos and drafted up blog posts.

He had seen them before so he schooled me on the movies but it was like in one ear and out the other. I did kinda understand what he was saying about the different movie names, although they still do sound the same to me. Like the first one was The Fast and The Furious and the fourth one was Fast and Furious. Not confusing at all guys…

I would like to actually watch all of the F&F movies at some point. But I think I’ll just be super sad watching so much Paul Walker. 🙁

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Anyway, today Price and I are starting Whole30 again for the month of April. I’m excited to be doing it again as we really enjoyed the results of our first Whole30. Plus, my friend Kellie is joining in on the action! Yes, it’s strict but it’s so worth the effort. I am going to miss having waffles for the month but absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?!?

So while I won’t be enjoying these waffles this month, you should. They will make for the best start for Easter morning.

I swear that even the Easter Bunny will enjoy these waffles.

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They are such a great flavor and texture. I love carrot cake so I loved these waffles.

But the thing that makes this breakfast so incredible is the drizzle. It has a cream cheese base, which is reminiscent of the cream cheese frosting you get on carrot cake. BUT it also has maple cream in it. It is the perfect mash up of cream cheese frosting and maple syrup.

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A few weeks ago I met Carrie for brunch and she generously gifted some homemade maple cream to me and Liz. I had never had maple cream before so I was so excited to try it. Of course, I immediately fell in love with it. I use some in the drizzle for these waffles but if you don’t have some then use some maple syrup. But I think that you need to try some maple cream as it’s so, so good.

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I hope that you enjoy these waffles as much as we did. xox

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Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Waffles with a Maple Cream Cream Cheese Drizzle

Makes

Ingredients

For the waffles

  • 1 Cup white whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 1 Cup milk
  • 4 Tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots

For the Maple Cream Cream Cheese Drizzle

  • 4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons Maple Cream or maple syrup
  • 1 Cup powdered sugar
  • approximately 2-3 Tablespoons milk

Process

To make the Waffles

  1. Preheat your waffle iron per the manufacturer’s instructions.
  2. Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl whisk together the the egg, sugar, milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract.
  4. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
  5. Fold in the shredded carrots.
  6. Laddle 1/4- 1/3 Cup of batter into your hot waffle iron. Cook until the

To make the drizzle

  1. Beat the 4 oz of cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
  2. Add the maple cream and continue to mix.
  3. Add the powdered sugar and beat until creamy.
  4. Starting with 2 Tablespoons slowly add the milk until you have reached the desired consistency.

Waffles adapted from Bakeaholic Mama,

Filed Under: Breakfast and Brunch, Recipes, Waffles Tagged With: breakfast, carrot cake waffles, Carrots, easter brunch, easter waffles, runch, waffle wednesday, waffles

Brownie Waffle Sundae

March 25, 2015

Brownie Waffle Sundae

I really believe that we all need to give each other a break more often.

I had a rough week last week. Too busy. Too rough around the edges. Just too much.

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Filed Under: Frozen Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: breakfastnight, brownie waffle, brownie waffle sundae, dessert, gluten free waffles, ice cream, Krusteaz, Krusteaz brownies, waffle brownie, waffle dessert, waffle wednesday, waffles

Banana Buttermilk Waffles

March 18, 2015

Banana Buttermilk Waffles

I’m going to Seattle tomorrow!! And I am so freaking excited!!! SO EXCITED!!!

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I am going there to visit my best friend Emily, who moved out there just about 2 summers ago. I haven’t seen her since last Christmas (’13) when she was back visiting family in CT and came up to Boston for an overnight so we could hang and she could meet Autumn. So it’s been far too long since I’ve seen her.

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I’ve had this trip planned for months and months. I’m packed and ready to head to the airport from work. Autumn is staying home with dad so this is the longest time that I will be away from her. That will be hard but I think the trip would be tough on he/us. Plus, they get to have a funny Daddy & Daughter weekend together.

Emily and I have been planning fun things to see and do. And, of course, delicious things to eat and drink.

I’m looking forward to checking out Pike Place Market, Gas Works Park, and taking a Ferry Ride. Plus, I think I kinda have to check out the Sleepless in Seattle houseboat. Oooh, maybe even the Grey’s Anatomy House. I’m such a dork.

We have been sending back a “Seattle Restaurant Tread” email for the past few weeks that is stuffed full of restaurants and bars that we could check out. The plan is so eat, walk, eat walk, and repeat all day. I can’t wait to check out places like Revel, Local 360, Toulouse Petit, and Marination in Ma Kai. So good!!!

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I’ve posted a few banana enhanced waffle recipes recently, so I was not too sure about posting these Banana Buttermilk Waffles now, but I couldn’t resist.

Buttermilk waffles are always a great waffle. A family favorite! And with the added banana it just knocks the flavor out of the park. Plus, it just enhances the texture.

We always have bananas on hand and sometimes they get too brown and soft to eat, I’m sure the same happens in your house, so whip up these waffles with those brown bananas.

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So, while you are enjoying these waffles this weekend I’ll be enjoying Seattle. I think it will be a great weekend!

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Banana Buttermilk Waffles

Makes approximately 16 waffles, depending on waffle maker

Ingredients

  • 2 bananas, mashed
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 Cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  •  2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 cups buttermilk, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Process

  1. Preheat your waffle iron according to your manufacturer’s instructions.
  2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, buttermilk, melted butter, and the vanilla extract. Pour into dry mixture, and combine.
  4. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold whites into batter.
  5. Ladle about 1/4-1/3 cup batter, depending on your waffle iron, onto each section of the waffle grid; spread batter almost to the edges. Close lid, and bake until steam no long emerges from waffle iron, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  6. Transfer the cooked waffles to a cooking rack lined baking sheet; place in an oven set to low heat, about 200 degrees, while you finish making the rest of the waffles.

Adapted from Martha Stewart

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Quick and Easy Cinnamon Roll Waffles

March 4, 2015

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So funny story…I wrote the whole post to the recipe that I was going to post today. And then I tossed it.

Yep. Yep, I just wiped it clean. Ugh!

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I had written about how I was dedicating the recipe to my blogging buddy Amanda and how she is so amazing and inspiring. We often make each other’s recipes, like how I recently made her Paleo Coconut Flour Waffles and she has made my Waffled Hashbrowns. In addition to Amanda trying them as directed, she also tried them with Sweet Potatoes and it was a bust! Twice!

I felt bad about that and wanted to figure it out so I go to work!

But I couldn’t consistently make them work well enough to share. I had amazing waffles and then ones that completely fell apart and stuck to the waffle iron. I just didn’t feel confident enough to share the recipe for the “Sweet Potato Waffles with a Triple Berry Sauce” that I had been working so hard on.

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So, I said, “EFF IT!!!! LET’S MAKE CINNAMON ROLL WAFFLES!!!”

Yep, I went from homemade Sweet Potato Waffles with warm sauce made of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries to these 1 ingredient Cinnamon Roll Waffles. Ha! It might be lazy but it’s damn delicious!

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It’s exactly what you think it is…
Open up the package> put cinnamon roll on waffle iron> close> cook> drizzle frosting

Thankfully, Amanda NAILED a waffle using sweet potatoes this week. I cracked up as soon as I saw the post because it felt like ‘great minds think alike’ moments. You seriously have to check out her Paleo Sweet Potato Waffles.

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Quick and Easy Cinnamon Roll Waffles

Makes 5-8 waffles, depending on the can of cinnamon rolls you purchase

Ingredients

  • 1 Can of cinnamon rolls ( I used the Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls)

Process

  1. Preheat your waffle iron.
  2. Spray with non stick cooking spray then put down 2-4 cinnamon rolls, depending on the size of your waffle iron.
  3. Cook for 2 to 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
  4. Remove from waffle iron and drizzle the icing immediately over the waffled cinnamon rolls.

Filed Under: Breads and Muffins, Breakfast and Brunch, Recipes, Waffles Tagged With: blueberries, brunch, raspberries, strawberries, sweet potato waffles, sweet potatoes, Triple Berry Sauce, waffle wednesday, waffles

Gluten Free Banana Bread Waffles

February 25, 2015

Gluten Free Banana Bread Waffles

Can we talk about how freaking cute waffle irons are?

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Oh, man, my Amazon wish list is insane with waffle irons. Big Belgian beauties. This one makes bubbled shaped waffles. Or how about a Mini Waffle Maker. And this one that makes hearts. Adorable! Oh, and this one makes Waffle Sticks– perfect for dunking!

This is gonna be a problem. A delicious problem.

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Price gifted me some fun goodies from Sperry for Valentine’s Day, but when we were out shopping I gifted myself Heart Waffle Iron that I picked up from Crate and Barrel. I couldn’t resist a sale. Score!!!

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We always have bananas in the house as Autumn loves them, but she will eat anywhere from 1 bite to a whole banana in a sitting so sometimes we run out or have a bunch of super ripe ones left, depending on her mood that week. And sure enough, we had a bunch of bananas when I was trying to figure out what waffle t make up next. It was like they were calling my name, I just had to use them. But since I recently did a Banana Bread Waffle, I wanted to change it up so I made these gluten free.

These waffles are great if you are gluten free or not. The texture is light from the whipped egg whites. Plus the flavor is reminiscent of banana bread from the banana, vanilla, and cinnamon in the batter.

A real winner for your next waffle breakfast.

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Gluten Free Banana Bread Waffles

Makes 7 heart waffles

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 1/2 Cups almond flour
  • 1/2 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large very ripe bananas
  • 1/2 Cup sugar
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • butter, chopped nuts, fruit, and syrup for serving

Process

  1. Melt enough coconut oil to equal 1/2 Cup.
  2. Combine the almond flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
  3. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
  4. Beat together the bananas and sugar until fluffy. Add the 3 egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  5. Add in the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
  6. Fold in the egg whites until there are no more streaks
  7. Preheat you waffles iron. Spray with non-stick cooking spray or rub with papertowel that has coconut oil on it. Scoop a 1/2 Cup of batter into the waffle iron and cook according to the waffle maker’s instructions.
  8. Serve warm with butter and syrup and your choice of nuts and fruit.

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Waffled Hashbrowns

February 11, 2015

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Here I am 10 days into Whole30.

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It’s awesome. It sucks. I feel inspired to jazz up our meals. I hate cooking.

Basically, I just want to bake some damn chocolate chip cookies.

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I started to question doing Whole30 when I realized I couldn’t have waffles. What? Huh? Jk! But really, the foods I miss the most are breakfast foods. Sure, eggs are breakfast foods, but so are pancakes, bagels, and waffles. But it’s only a month.

Besides, I can figure out other fun ways to use the waffle iron to bust out some delightfully delicious food.

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In this case, I used the waffle iron to make hashbrowns because hashbrowns are great but Waffled Hashbrowns are even better. It makes them extra crunchier.

And it’s super simple too! I used fresh potatoes that I just tossed in my food processor (fine shred), but post Whole30 if I’m feeling chill I will just grab a big bag of frozen shredded potatoes and have at it.

And of course #putaneggonit.

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Waffled Hashbrowns

Make 4 Hashbrowns

Ingredients

  • 4 Large Potatoes/ 4 Cups frozen shredded potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
  • vegetable oil/olive oil (I used a Misto sprayer, but cooking spray works well too)

Process

  1. If using fresh whole potatoes, shred the potatoes in a food processor or on a box grater.
  2. Season the potatoes with the season salt and black pepper, mix to evenly distribute.
  3. Preheat the waffle iron according to your manufacturer’s directions.
  4. Once preheated, generiously spray it the bottom piece with oil. Add 1/4 of the potatoes to the waffle iron, spray the potatoes and top of the waffle iron with oil, and close. Cook until there is no more steam coming from the waffle iron and it is golden brown and crunchy. Repeat until you have made 4 hashbrowns.

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Paleo Coconut Waffles

February 4, 2015

Paleo Coconut Waffles

Oh, what a crummy, crummy week!!!

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Let’s start with Sunday night with the Seahawks losing the Superbowl. Such a big fat bummer. Yes, I’m in Patriots’ country but I’m a Giants fan so whatever’s to the Pats.

Then more snow on Monday so I stayed home as commuting would have been a nightmare potentially taking up too much of my already limited day at work. That wasn’t the issue, it was just the snow. I’m over it, so over it. With the snow from Linus and Juno’s 26.4″ the previous week and some snow just before that Boston set a record of 46+” for the most snow fall in a 10 day period. UGH

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And work is just crazy now with a lot of deadlines and travel. It’s like everything is scheduled to the minute to get it done. I was going to go back to work last night to work for a few more hours but the traffic was insane, absolutely insane because the snow on the side of the roads is impeding visibility and lanes of traffic. So going back to work was out of the question throwing my week off schedule.

It’s just stupid stuff like that that is bugging me and putting me in a funk.

Yes, in general my life is pretty awesome- great fiance, daughter, dog, and grumpy rabbit, awesome family, a nice townhouse, pretty sweet job, etc. But there are just times when things are annoying and you just have to have a vent session. So thanks for that!

But thank goodness it’s WAFFLE WEDNESDAY!!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

As I’m doing Whole 30 from Feb 2- Mar 3, I am going to focus on paleo or Whole 30 approved recipes. Waffles aren’t approved on the Whole 30 diet but I’d say that the Paleo diet is the closest ‘thing’ to the Whole 30 diet so I’m going to share some paleo waffle recipes this month.

But don’t freight!! Paleo waffles are still knock your socks off awesome. The texture is definitely different than a regular waffle. Different but so good.

Plus this recipe is loaded with coconut. Just loaded with it so it’s so tasty. It’s tropical, in a way. At least I think of pina coladas, sunblock, and the tropics when it comes to delicious coconut things.

And now for some tips and tricks for the recipe!

I had only used coconut oil as a replacement to lotion prior to this recipe. It was fun to try it in the recipe. I really suggest that you scoop out some coconut oil and microwave it to warm it up so it’s a liquid. Then you measure that. When I first scooped it out I measured out 4 tablespoons, or so I thought I did. It turns it was more than that. So I really suggest that you melt it and measure the melted amount- it is oil isn’t it!?!

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The recipe calls for the egg whites to be beaten until you get soft peaks. This is really important as it really gives the waffles great texture. Plus if you didn’t do this you’d probably just make 2 waffles as it really gives the recipe it’s substance. Or is it volume. Or whatever. So beat the bejesus out of the eggs and you’ll be all set.

Change things up! Try something that is Paleo today!

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Paleo Coconut Waffles 

Makes 5-6 6″ round waffles

Ingredients

  • 8 eggs, separated
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup almond milk or coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup sifted coconut flour

Process

  1. Beat the egg whites in a large mixing bowl until you get stiff peaks. Set aside.
  2. In a separate large mixing bowl, stir together the egg yolks, melted coconut oil, vanilla, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, almond milk, and sifted coconut flour. Stir until almost all lumps are gone. Gently fold in beaten egg whites.
  3. Cook according to your waffle maker’s instructions to produce golden waffles.
  4. Serve with maple syrup, some shredded coconut, and fruit. yum!

Sourced from Fake Ginger

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Brown Butter Banana Bread Waffles

January 21, 2015

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Brown. Butter. Banana. Bread. Waffles.

Boom.

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At least I didn’t try to make it 5 B’s in a row and say Baffles. I’m lame. Ha!

Well, here we are with another Wednesday Waffles post. 3/52 I can’t believe that I’ve only just begun this adventure and it’s already on week three. It’s weird all around.

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Plus, I just turned 30. And we are currenty on a cruise. I’m going to say that we are enjoying ourselves emensely although I’m currently writing this on Saturday night before we even depart as wifi on the boat is $$$ so I’m scheduling this post in advance.

Speaking of which, I am HORRIBLE about scheduling posts. I try quite often and I mess up the date, or time, or just don’t schedule it like a dummy. FACEPALM.

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Anyway, we are on the cruise having a blast and enjoying the warm weather and sun. And you can enjoy these waffles. Totally the same. ha!

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We always have bananas around as Autumn eats them most days but even then some gets ahead of us and get brown and soft. No worries, it’s just perfect for banana bread. Or in this case banana bread waffles.

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But not to leave well enough alone, I browned the butter as well. The banana bread recipe I use most often uses melted butter so I just amped this up by browning it and it really makes the waffles fantastic. I just love that rich nutty flavor.

These are waffles that will knock your socks off.

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Enjoy these Brown Butter Banana Bread Baffles… with bacon.

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Brown Butter Banana Bread Waffles

Makes 12 4″ square waffles

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces butter
  • 3 large very ripe bananas
  • 1/2 Cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 Cups flour
  • 1/2 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 Cups milk
  • chopped pecans, banana slices, butter, and syrup for serving

Process

  1. Make the brown butter following this process. Let cool.
  2. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  3. Beat together the bananas and sugar. Once combined add the eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract, beat well.
  4. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture to the banana mixture, gently mix. Add half of the milk and mix to incorporate. Repeat with the remaining flour mixture and milk.
  5. Cook in your waffle iron until golden brown and crisp. Place on a wire rack to cool.
  6. Enjoy with chopped pecans, slices of banana, butter, and syrup.

 

 

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Classic Homemade Waffles

January 7, 2015

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After I read Amy Poehler’s Yes Please I started to binge watch Parks and Recreation. I never got into it when it first started. I think my DVR and brain were already too full to take on another show then. Not that I didn’t like it, I just never gave it the time of day. So I’m just a few years late but I’m loving it!

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I love the weirdness and quirkiness of all the characters. They are all so strange in their own ways from their relationships, weird mural designs, and anger towards opossums. And poor, poor Jerry! No one understands his awesomeness!!

Plus, it’s about city government, which Price and I are just starting to get involved in, serving on the Conservation Commission and Planning board, respectively. Our monthly meetings won’t compare to their full time jobs in the Parks and Recreation Department but I’m sure there will still be silly moments that will remind me of the show in some way or another.

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And Leslie Knope is just such a great character. She is so blindly optimistic that it’s sad and beautiful. I wish that more people in public office were like her so that the world would be filled with more parks and things like that. She just wants for a more, more, more. But her positive, hard-working approach is refreshing and fun. Plus, we share the same birthday! (January 18th!!!!) and we both ‘effing love waffles.

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I seriously love waffles. They are crispy on the outside, and light and airy on the inside. They aren’t grossly dense like pancakes. For real, aside from a rare few recipes, half way through your plate of pancakes you start praying for death to come upon you just to get you out of the rest of that situation. But when it comes to waffles you get to enjoy the amazing texture and density, plus there are all those little built in bowls of butter and syrup. A syrup trap!

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For the last few years I’ve done some food centric themes that has resulted in some fun and creative recipes. I’ve done NASCAR themed recipes, Amanda and I did Thirsty Thursday post to make a drink recipe every week, and then I just did The Year of Pies when I shared a pie recipe every Friday. And I’m hoping to keep up with a waffle recipe every week this week… Waffle Wednesday.

Price might call off the wedding in June with this insanity, but we’ll see how this goes. Fingers crossed!

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I’m starting this adventure with a simple waffle recipe. It’s a classic. It’s a great recipe to satisfy a waffle craving. Nothing too jazzy about it. But you will get amazing waffles.  I swear. I have been using this recipe for years because it’s so good and you’ll always have everything you need right at home. It just works with its golden crispy outside and soft, tender inside.

Plus, they freeze so, so well. Just lay them out on a single layer on a baking sheet and put that in your freezer. Once they are all frozen store them in a zip-loc bag or plastic container. I reheat them by putting them on our pizza stone (which always hangs out in our oven), or just directly on the oven rack. I put our broiler on low and after a few minutes I flip them and they are done soon after that. You can also just toast them but I don’t bother bringing out storage.

It’s going to be an adventure making all these waffles. I swear we might go crazy but that it will be fun. And delicious.

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Classic Homemade Waffles

Makes 12-14 4″ Square Waffles (Qty will vary per waffle iron)

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/1 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon  sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Process

  1. Preheat waffle iron.
  2. Vigorously whisk the eggs in large bowl until fluffy.
  3. Mix in flour, milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract until just smooth.
  4. Spray the preheated waffle iron with a non-stick cooking spray.
  5. Ladle 1/4-1/3 cup of the batter the onto hot waffle iron. Cook until golden brown. Serve hot iwth butter & syrup.

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Filed Under: Breakfast and Brunch, Recipes, Waffles Tagged With: breakfast, breakfast waffles, brunch, classic waffles, homemade waffles, syrup, waffle wednesday, waffles

11.8-10: Weekend Recap

November 11, 2013

{Friday Night} Price picks up car from shop | work late | soup for dinner | Grimm | bed

{Saturday} up early | dog school for Kemper at PetSmart | Michael’s | Old Navy | drop off Kemper at home | John Harvard’s for lunch | get rabbit hay and feed the horses at Sweet Meadow Farm | Price drops me off at work | Price picks me up at work after 8 | lounge around | bed

{Sunday} up early | TJ’s pumpkin waffles for breakfast | make cornbread muffins | grocery store | cooking all day: making cornbread and sausage stuffing, cranberries, carrots and pineapple, buttermilk and sour cream mashed potatoes, and turkey!! | Price installs black out shades & new ceiling light in The Bean’s room | watch NASCAR | watch football | dinner | lounge around | organize recipes from magazines | bed

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TJ's pumpkin waffles

corn muffins turkey

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 cornbread stuffing early thanksgiving

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: cleaning, Cooking, early thanksgiving, John Harvard's, NASCAR, waffles, watch football, weekend recap

Monday Munchies: Saus- Boston, MA

November 19, 2012

As part of my Monday Munchies series, I will feature a different eatery for a review on the first and third Monday of every month. Hope you enjoy!

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Crunchy fries. Inventive dipping sauces. Great beers. Sweet waffles.

Saus specializes in Belgian inspired street food. They serve up frites and waffles that are common place in Belgium, especially in street carts.

I love their space as it’s open and casual. There menus are written on chalkboards and there is a communal table in the front. They decorated the space with comics from The Adventures of Tintin, which was created by Georges Remi, a Belgian artist. (BTW-If you haven’t seen the Spielberg directed The Adventures of Tintin movie, you really should. Awesome!)

While poutine is really a Quebec based dish the team at Saus incorporated it into their menu at their frites make for the perfect base to build this dish on. Their french fries hold up to their thick gravy and staying crisp as you munch on fries and the cheese curd that tops it all off.

When they first opened their poutine was my least favorite menu item as their gravy was too thin. They have worked hard on perfecting their recipes, including their gravy, and now I really enjoy it. It now reminds me of the poutine that I had in Montreal.

If you like your fries plain then order from the pomme frites menu. They offer 3 portion sizes (small, regular, and big) ranging from $4.25 to $7.00. The fries are cut in-house and are twice fried and prior to them filling up your fry basket they are tossed with a flaked salt.

Saus specializes in their homemade dipping sauces. You can enjoy basic ketchup and mayo or you can get some of their creatively named and flavored sauces. Doesn’t ‘Saturday Night Chive’ with it’s fresh chives and sour cream sound great? Or how about ‘Vampire Slayer’ with roasted garlic, roasted garlic oil, and homemade mayo?  If you like spicy you should try the ‘Green Monster’ with its jalapenos and habaneros peppers and fresh cilantro with garlic.

My go menu item is their Frikandel sandwich. A frikandel was created in the 50’s and is a handmade sausage that is similar to a hot dog, but since it does not have a casing on it is similar to a burger in that regard. The real kicker is that it is deep-fried so I treat myself to this occasionally. My favorite way to enjoy the sandwich is ‘Spicy’. The other kinds- Special, Burger Style, and Double Cheddar- are all great by my favorite is Spicy as the Frikandel is topped with house-pickled jalapenos and a spicy sauce.

They make Liege style Waffles, which are sweet, dense waffles that have pieces of pearl sugar in the batter that caramelizes on the edges in the cooking process. They serve the waffles with different sauces. I think that the can’t pass up sauces are Salted Caramel and Lemon Cream, which is their homemade lemon curd and cream sauce. Total yum.

Located near Faneuil Hall and Government Center, this is the perfect place to stop in and grab lunch. Or if you are out enjoying the local bars stop by for some late night eats.

Saus

33 Union Street

Boston, MA 02108

617.248.8835

Filed Under: Dining Out Tagged With: Belgian street food, boston, diping sauces, french fries, frikandel, frites, ketchup, pearl sugar, poutine, saus, Saus Boston, street food, waffles

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