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If someone says dreams don't come true, this is exactly the opposite. The dream of delicious, fresh and puffy, soft and crispy. All at the same time. The dream of having waffles whenever we want. Tyler always kept saying how he loves waffles and I was looking for a graduation gift for him, so I decided to buy a waffle maker. The biggest present for him is me preparing them every weekend, though. It's not a big hassle and it gives us a delicious start in our weekend. It's a treat we both deserve after working our asses off all through the weekdays. Last weekend we started our waffle making experience with preparing the basic batter and serving them with fresh strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream and maple syrup. Delish! I hope I encouraged you to get your own waffle maker.

I love eating healthy in the morning. The kind of energy provided by oats, fruit, nuts and yogurt can't really be provided by any other breakfast food. You get a decent amount of carbs that keep your body going until lunchtime. However, it's really easy to get bored with your every-day-granola. You can try changing the brand or buying a different type of your favorite muesli. Last night I came up with the idea of making my own granola mix. I combined rolled oats, walnuts (which have the perfect combnation of omega 3 and omega 6), cranberry, coconut, raisins, and flax seed. Then I mixed them with maple syrup, melted butter, a little bit of cinnamon, ground ginger and a pinch of salt. I baked it the oven to 325F (160C) for about 20-25 minutes until they turned golden-brown. Sunday morning I served it with strawberries from the farmer's market right around the corner and of course my favorite plain, low fat yogurt or kefir (which surprisingly is available in our supermarket)...

One of our recent culinary discoveries is honey mustard chicken. We both love this perfect combination of tastes. Something sour, something sweet. Something for her, something for him. Like a perfect marriage. When I first made this dish Tyler said that it was the best thing I'd ever cooked. Well, honestly it's really good and really easy to make. Here is the recipe: 6-8 chicken legs 125 ml honey 4 table spoons of Dijon mustard 4 table spoons whole grain mustard (coarse) 4 table spoons white wine vinegar 2 table spoons vegatable oil (sunflower, canola) salt, peper To make the marinade, mix all of the ingredients (except chicken) in a large bowl. To ensure the marinade gets deep into the meat, each chicken leg needs to have three parallel cuts. After you make the cuts combine the chicken with the marinade. Go ahead and use your hands, have some fun :) Leave the bowl in the fridge for at least an hour. Then prepare a medium size glass baking pan. When you are ready place the chic...

Pancakes are one of our favorite weekend breakfast food. It's the best sweet way to start the weekend. They are round and fluffy and are a perfect match with maple syrup. American pancakes are significantly different from Polish pancakes, called naleśniki. Polish pancakes are thin and have a bigger diameter, I'd say around 8 or 9 inches. Most importantly we stuff naleśniki with farmers cheese, fruit preserve, honey or fruit and we roll them up. On the contrary, American pancakes are smaller and thicker and we just stack them together, put a small piece of butter on the top and pour hot maple syrup over it all. Let it melt and start enjoying your sweet breakfast or brunch.