My son woke me up at 5:00 this morning. Barely conscious, I dragged myself to his room to make sure he was fine. My husband, who by then was out of bed himself, said "Oh, he's fine. But he woke me at 4:30 to tell me he was hungry." I soon realized that we were not going back to bed anytime soon. Pretty disappointing, considering that I look forward to sleeping in until 7:00 on Saturdays and Sundays instead of my usual 6 a.m. wakeup. Yeah, I really do get up that early.
So I decided to make the best of things; take advantage of my early start time and work on some breakfast. Zoe was awake by then too and watched me as I made gluten-free, casein-free waffles. I got the recipe from Cooking Free, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite cookbooks. Yesterday I picked up a waffle maker at Target and today I got the chance to use it. The waffles came out just right; light and crispy on the outside, tender on the inside. It was heaven on a plate.
Flamenco Dad and I got into a discussion about good toppings and preparations for the waffles. Of course, pure maple syrup is the topping of choice, but there are other options too. I thought maybe next time I'd try a warm strawberry topping, especially since it's strawberry season here. Also, there's a diner in the area that serves a bacon-pecan waffle that my husband wants me to try and replicate. But my favorite (which my husband thinks is absolutely insane) has got to be fried chicken, a shot of hot sauce, and a then splash of maple syrup. I think it's funny that my Southern-raised hubby has never had fried chicken and waffles. I know that it's an odd choice for breakfast; but when I tried this for the first time I was hooked.
Sorry there is no picture of my delicious waffles. We're still having computer issues. And also? We inhaled them so quickly I didn't even stop to think about getting the tripod and camera ready so early.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
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Oh my gosh! Chicken and hot sauce AND maple syrup...never heard of it, but then I sometimes live in a bubble. AWESOME! Sounds like a fun morning for the whole fam damily. You guys are awesome. I hope you get the computers fixed soon, I love your pics. HUGS
Southerners tell me that fried chicken and waffles is a traditional comfort food. Ironically, the first time I had it was in Brooklyn at this great soul food restaurant I used to visit.
I'm with you, I hope that my computer issues get fixed soon too. But alas, help is on the way--I now have a thumb drive, so I can upload pics to hubby's computer, transfer them to the thumb drive, then put them on my computer and thus onto this blog. Whew!
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