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Juicy, sweet strawberries add the perfect summer touch to this breakfast classic.

Close-up of Belgian waffles with strawberries and powdered sugar

There’s nothing that feels more like summer than fresh berries on a relaxing Sunday morning. So for a special Father’s Day brunch, it sounded perfect to dress up our favorite Belgian waffles with strawberries and powdered sugar.

These Belgian waffles come from an Emeril recipe I love and have used for ages—though I halve the recipe for just the two of us.

I’ll also teach you the secret to making sure every bite is perfectly sweet. No sour berries on this plate!

Directions

Waffle recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003

Prep Time: 10 min

Inactive Prep Time:

Cook Time: 3 min

Level: Easy

Serves: 8 to 10 (4 by 4-inch) waffles

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 large eggs, separated
  • 4 tablespoons sugar, divided in half
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 cups milk
  • non-stick cooking spray
  • 1 pound strawberries
  • Powdered sugar for topping

Instructions

For the strawberries:

Sweetening fruits involves a process called maceration, but it’s simpler than it sounds.

  1. Wash and dry your strawberries, then slice as desired and mix in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of sugar. 
  2. Let this mixture sit while you make the waffles. By the time you’re ready to serve, the sugar will have drawn the liquid out of your berries, leaving them sweet and coated in a delicious syrup.

For the waffles:

  1. Preheat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer’s instructions. 
  2. In a medium-sized bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set this aside for now. 

*Before the next step, make sure to separate your egg whites and yolks if you haven’t already*

  1. In a large bowl, beat together the egg yolks and the other half of the sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved and the eggs have turned a pale yellow. Add the vanilla extract, melted butter, and milk. Whisk to combine, then add in your flour mixture and whisk just until blended. Be careful not to over-mix!
  2. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. This takes about a minute. Gently fold the egg whites into your waffle batter, being careful not to over-mix.
  3. Coat the waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray and pour in enough batter to just cover the waffle grid. Following manufacturer’s instructions, cook until golden brown.
  4. Serve immediately with powdered sugar and delicious strawberries on top.

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I finally made these, daunting as they maybe, Kremsnite, or “Napoleon” Croatian style

Here is the recipe:

2 baked puff pastry shells (trim to square pan after baking)

filling:

5 oz cornstarch

8 eggs separated

13 tbsp sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp rum

4.25 cups whole milk

preparation:

1. Mix cornstarch. egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, rum and a few tablespoons cold milk

2. Heat up milk in double boiler

3. Add egg mixture to warm milk and  stir nonstop with wire neater until thick 

4. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold 1/2 into cooled custard, discard the rest

5. Place a layer of pastry on the bottom of the pan.Spread evenly with custard, place second layer of pastry on top, pressing down slightly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar on top. Refrigerate for three hours before cutting.

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Home made pancake mix, blueberries sauteed in sugar and organic grape juices, sprinkle with powdered sugar!

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I am producing and directing my own cooking show pilot, with amazing chefs and a secret subject and title, about to be revealed after I edit the pilot! Stay tuned for more, hint: herbs in NY state!

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2 eggs
A bit of feta cheese
Six small tomatoes sliced
Green onion
Sour cream
Sprinkled with pomegranate

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Baking these little quiches is a great idea and you can freeze them for future breakfasts! Mine didn’t last long around here. The croissant ham and cheese sandwich is easy to assemble, just get super fresh croissants and insert a piece of ham and your favorite cheese, heat in mini oven for five minutes!

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rustic garden tomato tart

We have too many tomatoes this year and I was challenged to find ways to use them or let them fall to the ground and rot. This turned out to be easy and can be frozen after baking as well!  Recipe:
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tomato-lemon-tart
I did not use the lemons however but I did use all the garlic!

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two eggs, scrambled, add sweet potato sliced and fried in pan
add a ham slice chopped and sauteed
cherry tomatoes
green shishito pepper fried
top with homemade pesto!

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Easter lamb

We hardly ever eat lamb and this was a treat, and we are not huge followers of religious events but this one, being indoors and all provided me with an opportunity to use lamb in an old fashioned way.
I marinated the rack for two days in olive oil, chopped garlic and rosemary. I then salted and peppered it before grilling it and finishing it in the oven. On the side I served a Mediterranean parsley salad and a mint and garlic sauce. Fresh and rich at the same time!

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baking bagels at home

John decided to make bagels from scratch for us and he got amazing results!

inspiration recipe:

http://honestcooking.com/peter-reinharts-new-york-style-bagels-wild-sourdough/

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Buckwheat pancake mix, dried blueberries soaked in rum for a week, half a banana, a tangerine and maple syrup!!!!

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An outdoors table setting, morning day or night!  For serving coffee and hot cereal, a spread of vegetables from our now fading garden, dishes and cutlery from a nearby Goodwill, and a few leaves from our maple!

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easy plum tarts

1 package frozen puff pastry, thawed

10-20 blue plums, halved
sugar and cinnamon mixture
half a stick of butter, melted

preheat oven to 400, cut each pastry sheet into two
place plums soaked in sugar and cinnamon on top brush with butter
bake for 20 minutes

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Simple salad, composed of thinly sliced prosciutto, on a toasted slice of bread, doused with green olive oil, mozzarella balls, black brined olives with pits, cherry tomatoes, basil, fennel fronds and thinly sliced bulb, red onion, pepperoncini, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper

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canned tuna nicoise for lunch

boil some potatoes, slice up radishes, boil some green beans, some sliced market zucchini, a few black olives and a can of tuna, cover with dressing made from fresh chopped parsley, thyme and rosemary, grainy mustard, wine vinegar, olive oil and a chopped shallot! EASY!!!

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Spinach end egg burrito at Balans

Eggs, spinach, really delicious, tomato onion salsa, and sprinkled with slices of cheese and green onion!

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