Waffles & Eggs

I have a confession to make: I love breakfast. I could easily eat breakfast three meals a day. And when it's dinner time and I have no plan, waffles it is! My mother gifted us a waffle iron for my birthday, and it's sincerely an easy and reasonably-sized piece of kitchen equipment. My iron is simple, similar to this one. I plug it in, wait for the light to turn off, and pour in the batter. A few minutes later, the waffle has turned a beautiful golden brown and it ready to be devoured.

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The evening I decided to craft these waffles (with their scrambled egg side dishes), I realized I had no syrup (not a problem for Ram, but I like some sweetness with my Belgians) and no bananas (my typical add-in for delicious, sugary bites). In short, the cupboards were bare, but I persevered. I found a lone granny smith apple in the crisper and decided apple-cinnamon waffles were perfection.

To prepare the apples, I cut the fruit into small pieces and dumped them into a small saucepan with about 1/4 cup of water, a few tablespoons of sugar, and two cinnamon sticks. I put it on the burner and let the whole concoction reduce. I prepared the batter according to the instructions (Krusteaz is my favorite) and added the apple-cinnamon reduction (minus the cinnamon sticks). With a single spritz of cooking spray, I proceeded to ladle the right amount of batter onto the iron.

While that worked, I crafted some scrambled eggs. Anyone who knows me knows that I could put away some egg white omelets, and these scrambled eggs are my quick, messy version. Two eggs in a pan that's been coated with cooking spray, mixed with some onion slices and fresh cracked pepper. Eggs are a great food-- packed with protein, very low in calories, and-- if you omit the yolks-- also very low-cholesterol. I love throwing in "everything but the kitchen sink"; eggs with deli ham or turkey, green peppers, carrot curls, beans. You name it, I've thrown it into eggs.

And eggs are the perfect side for beautiful brown waffles. And these waffles were a delicate, tasty dinner on a night when my kitchen came up short. Trust when I tell you: I inhaled this breakfast-for-dinner with fork in hand.