Every year for the last 4 years, I've been following a method for plotting out my goals so that by year-end, I accomplish a whole lot more than "I should have done this" or "maybe I could have done this, if only..."  In fact, it's made me so productive that not only do I spend more time cooking and less cleaning, but I was able to write a book, spend time with my family and friends, and learn some new hobbies and skills!  One thing I hold to that I've yet to fully complete, though is my goal ...
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Crazy title, right??  Well, this morning I decided to test out a fun way of making fried eggs without using a pan.  It all started when last month I came upon this pin on Pinterest: 23 Things You Can Cook in a Waffle Iron, and was intrigued.  And then I found this recipe for making mashed potato waffles and was blown away by how tasty and easy they were to make!  So today, I just had to cook some fried eggs.  Why not?

To get started, I took out my handy-dandy waffle iron, sprayed it, and let i...
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Thanks to my aunt who married into a Flemish family, this Belgian waffle recipe is as authentic as it gets, and is one she has used many times. The results are great!

Here is the recipe (though I made my batch 1/4 of the amount called for, which yielded 4 medium to small waffles):

8 cups flour
4 eggs
2 cups butter
3 oz milk
22 oz sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking powder
Dash of vanilla extract

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I loooove this recipe!  Though, I have to admit, I've made it twice now and am still baffled on how to make the crumble on top to, well...crumble!  The flavors are great, but the topping is rather annoying; still, I'm not yet ready to admit defeat.  Here is how it turned out today (because when I made it the first time they didn't last long enough for me to take a pic!).

No, they weren't undercooked - the gooey topping is just the melted brown sugar, rather than in crumb form.  

Conversely, her...
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