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Waffle Iron!

I hated food the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. I'm lucky in that I didn't have the morning sickness that many do.  I did have a general feeling of being queasy and I hated all food except cold fruit.  Strawberries and clementines never tasted so good. And ice cold water.  If it was cold, I wanted it.  Thankfully that phase has passed.  Now I have an obsession with waffles.  I generally hate most breakfast foods so this is new to me. They're too heavy and dense.  Breakfast shouldn't leave you feeling like you need to get back into bed.


Because I have a new obsession with waffles, I purchased a waffle iron.  After much research and debate, I purchased the Presto Flipside.  It's not the model that was recommended by Alton Brown, but it replaced that model.  You know, in case you're an Alton Brown nerd.  It's a Belgian waffle maker with non-stick plates.  The plates aren't removable but the non-stick coating works wonderfully.  I'm pretty sure you can straight up place a piece of cheese in there and it wouldn't stick.  I decided on a Belgian style because the pockets are deeper and there's more versatility when making non-waffle recipes. At least there is in my head.  The other model I considered was the Cuisinart Classic Round. The waffles come out on the thinner side, but they crisp up beautifully.

So far I've made waffles (duh!), cinnamon rolls, quesadillas and hash browns. 

I haven't settled on a waffle recipe that I love, but it's still early.

The cinnamon rolls were delicious.  It's more like a waffle iron hack.  I used refrigerated cinnamon rolls. Basically, if you can't wait the 10-15 minutes for your oven to pre-heat and then another 10 minutes for the rolls to cook, you should try popping them in the waffle iron.  They're ready in 3 minutes. 


The hash browns turned out well, too.  I used this recipe from Yellow Bliss Road. Potatoes take forever to cook so I was concerned the hash browns would be on the tough side. They were perfect!  I'll be modifying it in the future. It needed a couple extra eggs, in my opinion.  It would also be delicious with onion, bell pepper, jalapenos, bacon, sausage... The options are really endless.  There will be some experimenting to determine whether any of those items need to be pre-cooked or if they'll cook just fine in the waffle iron. 
Isn't my table gorgeous?  My wonderful hubs built it over the summer. It's a farmhouse style made from East Texas Ash.  I'll post pictures sometime. He did an amazing job on it. 

I have big plans for my waffle iron.  I plan on cooking almost everything in there.  Have you tried grilled cheese sandwiches in a waffle iron? They're delicious! Especially if you cut them up into croutons and toss them in some tomato soup. I'm drooling just thinking about them. 

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