Dear Joy,
I could send you a text but I’m much better at typing on a keyboard. You might already know this from my never-ending typos. I have big thumbs. We both have big hands. I’m telling the world this. It’s true. Anyways HELLO! I took your advice. I didn’t tell Casey that your Toasted Coconut Waffles were Gluten Free! He had no idea! He devoured one and then he proceeded to climb back into bed to sleep it off. You apparently invented amazing waffles that require slumber! Way to go! Honestly, I think he just wanted to dodge cleaning up my mess in the kitchen…and it worked. I’ll have to try that when he makes me something to eat…which will be never. Wait. He does make rice… in the rice maker. I’m gonna collapse on our bed like one of those fainting goats when he makes his next batch. Watch me.
Coconut flour. You’re right. It’s pretty awesome. I mean…I know how much we looooove our coconut oil, but FLOUR?!! I think I might have tried a few tablespoons of it on its own. It’s sweet, savory and not boring like regular flour. I’m thinking it could be a good substitute for the whole wheat flour in the Coconut Shrimp I made. Do you think that would work? Have you used it for that application yet? It was cool to see how it expanded in the batter. I was worried for 2.5 seconds and then BAM the batter was all pudding like. You know your stuff. I bet you have made many many MANY gluten-free people jump for JOY with this recipe. Do you get sick of that pun?
I was going to make my own apricot compote for the waffles, but I couldn’t find my dried apricots! I think I used them all up in that late night batch of Apricot Pistachio Granola last week. I stood in front of my pantry for 10 minutes willing a bag of apricots to appear. It didn’t work. Have you ever willed food to appear? Did it work? So I didn’t have any apricots BUT I did have a banana and some dark chocolate. I sprinkled those both on top. YIKES. It was like dessert for breakfast! It required a glass of water but that didn’t stop me from cleaning my plate.
Anyways, I like you & your taste buds. I also like that I can text you at 7:50am on a Sunday morning with a picture of my steaming waffle maker because I know you’re already awake. Thanks for being a person who doesn’t like to waste a Sunday morning.