I recently became the proud owner of a lovely little waffle iron. It's amazing. I'll probably never eat a pancake again. Okay maybe that's not true, but why would you have pancakes when you can have waffles?! I whipped up a few different kinds of waffles, which was super easy because I am also the proud owner of a beautiful Kitchen Aid mixer. Probably the best Christmas gift I've ever received. I've wanted one forever, so now maybe I'll actually enjoy baking.
Anyway, back to the waffles. I made a really simple waffle batter and made a few plain waffles. Then I took some of that batter and folded in a few chopped strawberries. Then I added chocolate chips to some more batter. I also used waffles as bread for breakfast sandwiches. It was pretty great. But then I learned that you can make omelettes in your waffle iron. Yeah, that's a thing. It makes one of my favorite breakfast foods into another favorite! Also, once you've made the omelette waffles, you can freeze them and reheat them in the toaster. Waffles anytime!!! So here's the recipe!
Omelette Waffles
6 eggs
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
1 green onion
salt and pepper
A little oil or butter to grease the waffle iron
Any other veggies you want to add like zucchini, spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, or bell peppers.
Preheat the waffle iron and grease it with the oil or butter. Beat the eggs and then stir in the remaining ingredients. Add 1/4 cup of egg batter per waffle. It won't look like much, but it expands A LOT. So don't overfill it or you'll have eggs running down your iron and onto the counter and there will be eggs everywhere and it will be a huge mess. Trust me, it's not great. Cook the waffles for about 2 minutes, until the eggs are cooked through. It's different for every waffle iron, so you might need to do a test one. This recipe makes about 6 waffles in my iron. When you're done cooking all your omelette waffles, you get to eat them! I topped mine with a little salsa. I'm not sure if this is easier than just making an omelette, but it looks pretty cool so I'll probably keep doing it.
Recipe number two is a pretty easy one, but it was super tasty so I have to share.
Arugula and Fried Egg Sandwich
1 whole wheat bagel thin
1 cup arugula
1 slice of cheese (I used colby jack)
1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp olive oil
1 egg
salt and pepper
Toast your bagel (If you want. Apparently some people don't like toasted bagels? I don't get it, but to each their own). In a small pan heat 1/2 tsp of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the arugula and saute until it's a little wilted, about 2 minutes. Place the cheese on the bagel and then the arugula over it, so it melts a little. In the same pan, or a cute little egg pan like I have, heat the remaining oil over medium heat. Crack open your egg and fry it in the oil until the top of the white is cooked. Add the salt and pepper. You could also scramble your egg if that's what you like. Put the egg on top of the arugula and add the top of your bagel and eat up! It would also be really tasty if you added some avocado or tomato or the jalapeno relish that will be appearing in my next post. This was super easy to make. So easy that I actually made it in the morning before work. If you wrap it up in foil, it travels pretty well too. I had it with some fruit salad on the side. I usually make a big batch of fruit salad and eat it for a couple days. Mine had watermelon, apples, oranges, tangerines, grapefruit and blackberries. Yummy!
I also recently got a French press to make coffee, and that's pretty great too. It makes super strong coffee, plus it's fun to do. I bought my coffee from the farmer's market and they ground it for me so it would be the right coarseness for the French press. Pretty cool. Also, how pretty is my mixer?! I love it!
Don't think this is the last of my breakfast posts. There will probably be a few more waffle inspired recipes coming your way.
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