Chocolate Chip Waffles

It has been a great three-day weekend so far. I feel weird not sitting at the office, but I’ll take it. I’m currently enjoying a cup of Cellar Door coffee and watching the cup presentation of the Coppa Italia to Internazionale. Roma just laid down on a pile of dirty clothes, which reminds me I have some clothes that need to go into the dryer. I’m going to pretend you care.

It has been an utterly food and soccer filled weekend. As usual. The most exciting of which was a barbecue on Saturday with a group of friends. I’m hoping Andrew took a few photos of the actual food. I tried to do it before we left, but we were already late as it was so I didn’t have time to pull all of the food out to the natural light. Things consumed so far this weekend:

• Carne asada burrito from Rigoberto’s [yes, the San Diego chain has one here in Portland. It’s the best way to get a San Diego burrito fix]
• Migas
• BBQ chicken, steak, and vegetable skewers
• Raw Pad Thai with kelp noodles
• Raw cookies
• Patatas bravas
• Spicy white beans and kale
• Southwestern baked corn
• Sweet couscous salad
• Spring vegetable and prosciutto frittata
• Spud hay
• Bites from cannoli, cranberry and chocolate chip shortbread, coconut macaroon, and chocolate chip cookie
• Machaca burrito from Rigobertos [we like that place, get off me!]

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 heaping tablespoons brown sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
• bananas, almond butter, and agave for serving

Preparation

• Preheat your waffle iron
• Whisk all of the dry ingredients together
• Make a well and add in all of the wet ingredients
• Once the mixture is smooth, fold in the chocolate chips.
• Fill your waffle iron with as much batter as directed by the instructions [mine was about 1/3 cup per waffle].
• I noticed the batter took a little longer than one turn through the waffle iron to cook all the way through, so I adjusted accordingly.
• Top with all of your goodies.
• Take them to someone who is still sleeping.
• Watch their eyes go wide at the thought of such a deliciously sweet breakfast in bed.