Tasty Tuesday-Hobo Waffles

Toni Nelson lived close to a railroad where many transient, homeless people would stop to finish off her grandmother's breakfast leftovers. In her memoir, A Beggar's Purse she says,  "I had grown so accustomed to the weary travelers arriving at our back door for food that I hardly ever noticed that they were even there." (p. 29)  These homemade waffles are simple to make and cost very little.  Make a double batch and feed a crowd. 

Hobo Waffles

1 stick butter (4 oz.)
2 cups flour
1/8 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 T. baking powder
3 eggs, separated
2 cups milk or 1 c. buttermilk / 1 c. milk
1 tsp vanilla
In a  bowl place one stick butter and melt in microwave until nearly melted. Cool, add baking powder, salt, milk, egg yolks; stir.

Add flour and beat briefly with a hand mixer or whisk. Stir in vanilla.

Beat the egg whites, gradually adding the sugar until soft, foamy stiff peaks form. Fold into batter and bake in waffle iron about 4 minutes or until steaming stops and waffles are golden brown.


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Nuts and Bolts Snack Mix

Ann Whitford Paul's how to book about writing picture books for children has everything you need to get started.  The nuts and bolts.  The kitchen sink.  :)  You get the picture.

Nuts and Bolts Snack Mix

1 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 cup craisins
1 cup strawberried peanut butter M&Ms

Dump all the ingredients into a container or baggie and shake together (kids love this recipe). 

*You can probably see from the picture how I did not use the strawberried peanut butter M&Ms.  I went to four different stores searching for them, but they must be discontinued.  If you can find them, definately use them.  Trust me on this one. Yum.  And they are more colorful.  But alas, I used chocolate chips instead because I had to have some chocolate in there somewhere!

Yin-Yang Almond Cookies

Yin-Yang is described as "polar or seemingly contrary forces (that) are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn"(wikepedia.org). Lia and Alice definately have some Yin-Yang going on in Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink. Though on opposites sides of a war, they cannot live without each other. I think you'll like these cookies. They are easier to make than you might think, and so yum! more...